Keep it Simple

I met with a client this past week at one of his existing buildings. He and his wife are great people and we have done multiple building renovation projects with them over the years. As we stood there trying to figure out the best use of an existing space that they no longer needed, we started down a rabbit hole of ideas that were becoming quite complex and expensive. The plan was to remove a load bearing wall and move it about 3 feet to enlarge a smaller space, which seemed like a costly solution. As we talked further, his wife suggested that the adjacent room was actually large enough to simply split in half and create two new treatment rooms with very minimal disruption to their current space. It was like a light bulb went on and we saw a clear path to their end goal with much less effort, much less cost and much less intrusiveness on their existing day to day business operations.

Here’s the deal with this entire e-bits, sometimes the best solution is the simplest solution. As Architects and designers, we often want to propose the perfect solution, when a much simpler compromise is right there in front of you. Many times getting together with the client, in their space, points you in the right direction. The solution to simply split the adjacent larger room into two treatment rooms will accomplish their goal with very minimal cost involved. All three of us left the meeting feeling great about the outcome.

Here at PDMi, we pride ourselves on being solution providers. The funny part is, we aren’t always the one that comes up with the best solution! In this case the client had the idea and now we will draw up a much simpler set of plans for them to present to their contractor. As my 11 year old daughter tells me all the time “think smarter dad, not harder”. If we can help you think smarter, give us a call.