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Stage 1: Preparation and brief: requires the formation of

the initial project brief and feasibility studies and
highlights the requirement to appoint the project team.

Stage 1 is about developing the information that the design
team will need to commence the design process at Stage 2.

Feasibility Studies might be required to tease out the full range
of briefing considerations and to demonstrate that the Spatial

Requirements can be accommodated on the site. In some

instances, several options might be prepared, but these options
should not be vetted and appraised at this stage.

Stage 2: Concept design: the design team’s first response

to the project brief

Stage 2 sets the Architectural Concept for a project. Proposals

that align with the Site Information and the Project Brief,
including the Spatial Requirements, are prepared. Regular

Design Reviews are used to seek comments from the client and

other Project Stakeholders and the design is iterated in
response. Any Project Brief Derogations are agreed, or the

Project Brief is adjusted to align with the Architectural Concept.

Stage 3: Developed design: the detailed design is

completed and will be coordinated and aligned with cost

information by the end of the stage

Stage 3 is fundamentally about testing and validating the
Architectural Concept, to make sure that the architectural and

engineering information prepared at Stage 2 is Spatially
Coordinated before the detailed information required to

manufacture and construct the building is produced at Stage 4

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