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A4 Guide: The Six Phases of the Architectural Design Process

A4 Architects

This can establish “grandfathered” conditions that may apply to new project and impact planning and zoning calculations. These may be done with simple hand sketches, Sketch-Up models or even Computer Assisted Design (CAD) drawings, but they will tend to be very diagrammatic and simple.

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Rotterdam 2023: Part 2 - Urban Design and Architecture

Community Architect

GROUP A sits in Keilepand , a repurposed old concrete warehouse next to a filled-in dock which now is a zone for a community garden and De Urbanisten's experimental garden testing the concept of "sponge city". From sketch phase to user phase, we investigate how we can reduce the CO2 footprint of our design proposals.