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Building and site research Design analysis e client Even if the brief is vague, and whatever the practical requirements of it may be, there will be some constraints that you should try to establish: time and budget available, aesthetic style, the scope of project. Constraints, particularly heavy ones, can actually be good. Try to see them not as limiting the project, but helping to defi ne it. Once you know some of these constraints, you can plan more eff ectively, discarding options that fall outside the boundaries and concentrating on those options that will fi t the brief. Many projects, whether domestic or commercial, will have more than one individual as the client. You should try to make sure that, whoever has wri en the brief or whoever you have spoken to in your meetings, the fi nal brief has been agreed by everyone who has a stake in the fi nished project. You also need to take the opportunity at face-to-face meetings to be certain that you and the client understand each other explicitly; what does the client think of when they say 'contemporary'? Is their understanding of the word the same as yours? is is the time to fi nd out. Careful consideration has been given to the functions required of this room in the Homewood in Esher, England. e tubular steel leg of the bar folds under the bar top to allow it to pivot back into a wall that also contains storage for other items and a pass-through hatch to the kitchen. e briefi ng

