‘What makes for a good working relationship between Architect & Visualiser?’

Having worked in both camps I have been involved in projects that have had varying levels of success when it comes to presenting a design proposal in the best light.

For example, information supplied by architects differs from practice to practice. I have worked in offices where I would have faced death by firing squad had I dared to issue drawings where floor plans did not concur with elevations and with no revision clouds shown. Seemingly this is not common practice, nor is checking drawings prior to issue or standard issue of drawing issue sheets. Indeed, increasingly it falls to the visualiser to highlight where a design simply won’t work.

By no means am I favouring the position of the visualiser. Architects can be heard snapping scale rules through sheer frustration at lack of roughs, only to be issued with a finished image minutes before a deadline that isn’t correct.

We have our standard approach to working which has stood us in good stead for a number of years and the result is we have a loyal group of clients. That said, there is always room for improvement and it would be interesting to hear from both sides to understand where the problems arise and how the stress can be avoided!

So what can we do to improve this working relationship? What are your experiences, good, bad or somewhere in-between…?

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Cheers,

Holly
www.animated-remedy.com

Gate House, Ward Homes Development

Welcome

Firstly, welcome to our first blog post. We're just getting to grips with 'blogging' so bear with us, it's a bit like homework without the detention at the end and we're sure you'll give us marks out of ten via your comments!

We're feeling somewhat upbeat following the publication of CG Architects 2009 Industry Survey results http://www.cgarchitect.com/news/newsfeed.asp?nid=4664 , thanks to Jeff Mottle for compiling a valuable insight into how the economic downturn has affected our industry. We concur that whilst the recession has undoubtedly left many businesses reeling it will ultimately provide a 'reset' to what was an unsustainable level of growth. As Jeff suggests

'Those who will recover and stay the course will be the companies and
individuals who are both savvy in business and have the talent to separate
themselves from the masses. I would hazard a guess that these companies
will be better off in the long term as they will be more diversified in the type
of work they do and better positioned to grow more organically with the
industry'.

2009 started on a rocky footing and Animated Remedy was no exception to the many visualising firms that felt hard times had arrived. That said, business picked up and our good client base has seen us through what has hopefully been the worst the recession has to offer.

Animated Remedy kicked off 2009 with the launch of its new HTML site. If you haven't visited already please take a look http://animated-remedy.com We're pleased with the results and the site now offers visitors the opportunity to view a vast array of our work to date. Let us know what you think, we value your feedback.

We're an approachable bunch so if you have a project that you think may benefit from our services and you want to talk it through please give us a call on 01344 6363369.