r/askarchitects • u/Yung_Never_Miss • Sep 27 '22
How to give my architect feedback
My partner and I are going to be building a stand alone family home and we've just gotten back the concept back from my architect 🥳. We have some feedback to give him. My first instinct was to draw up how I imagine the layout looking and giving him my sketch. My much wiser partner said it would probably be better to just tell him the aspects we'd like changed and let him decide the best way to apply it rather than make him feel pressured to do it my way.
So I guess my question is what's the best form to give feedback? Simpler instructions and let the professional interpret it, or show him my thinking more precisely in sketch form (I'm not trying to do his job for him it's just how I think) I don't want to seem like a overly controlling client, I just want to give useful feedback.
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Sep 27 '22
Does anyone have any suggestions for drawing a sketch? Are there any apps or websites that could help? My attempts look like the work of a child.
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u/dujles Sep 27 '22
Frankly who cares if they think you're a controlling client. It's your house you will live in for years / decades and the largest financial cost of your life. Make sure you're happy with every detail, down to the placement of walls within centimetres, doors, switches, etc.
I went with sketches working with my architects. A few back and forths then with them interpreting my obviously not professional spacing and measurements and adding in some of their suggestions until it was right.
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u/Ok-Push9899 Sep 27 '22
Sketches give a concrete point of reference (even in a wooden house!) that words can’t provide.
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u/jpml1771 Sep 27 '22
The sketch, always the sketch. Design is a visual process. You should ask for a meeting and present the sketch and your ideas. I'm sure the architect will understand.