ABSTRACT
Rigid methodology may inhibit innovation. Standardized methods for designing, applied across all projects, may be effective in achieving minimal competence (i.e., protecting the safety and welfare of occupants), but they may also limit possibilities. All factors affecting design (programmatic, aesthetic, socio-cultural, site, technical, budgetary, and so on) must be integrated-choreographed-in a mutually reinforcing and case-specific balance. This begins to get at the heart of design process. Therefore, the following material continues to set forth key ingredients-and tools-that are used to strive for excellent design rather than prescribing specific formulae.
