Design doesn't begin without considering a few things first for a successful and worthy project. Design Considerations is a series that would look at some factors that come into play for an architect when designing your project.

The second instalment of the series is Light, which looks at how it would affect a building design. Ziwu takes you through what an architect would think of when considering different types of light.

Design doesn't begin without considering a few things first for a successful and worthy project. Design Considerations is a series that would look at some factors that come into play for an architect when designing your project.

The first instalment of the series is Views, which look at how it is considered from within the site and the surroundings of the site. Ziwu takes you through what an architect would think of when considering it.

Case Study. Is it something you are aware of? Or is it something architects only know and use?

Doubtful, but architects use a case study on a daily for your projects when designing. It helps to have a clear direction on what is possible for any project.

In this chapter, Ziwu will take you through what a case study is and how architects use it in designing for your projects.

Passivhaus is a housing standard used to improve the energy efficiency of houses when designing them.

In this chapter, Ziwu takes you through what Passivhaus is and how it can benefit your home when its strategies are applied during the design phase.

Feasibility studies help to determine if a design project is worth doing. Architects conduct this study and provide you with options for your project if necessary.

In this episode, you would get to know what a feasibility study is about, and then you would be able to decide for yourself if you need one for your project, especially if you are unsure of what to do.

Studying and analysis a site is done before an architect begins to design a project for you (their client). A good architect always performs a site study before getting into a design as it helps to create a building suited for only that particular location.

This is where the design begins to take shape. In this episode, Ziwu unveils the mystery of a site study that all good architects conduct to create a building design for you.

In designing any building, there are certain conditions that are factored by every architect. These conditions help create a building design that you appreciate, live, and work in.

Ziwu talks about these factors every good architect makes in creating a building, made just for you.

In this episode, Ziwu talks about the many architectural services that have never been mentioned before. These services are performed by architects all over the world and yet are not known to clients until they are suggested by an architect during specific projects.

The services are usually put together to create proposals for a building project when you are in need of them. Ziwu takes you through different types of proposals that are created for any project to help you understand how an architect's service provides value to you.

There are a series of steps an architect goes through in designing a building and making it a reality.

Design Process is a series that would look into detail at the steps an architect takes to develop a building for a client.

As the sixth and last instalment of the series, the Contract Administration Phase looks at the administration of building construction done by a contractor.

In this episode, Ziwu takes you through the construction phase from the point of view of the architect.

There are a series of steps an architect goes through in designing a building and making it a reality.

Design Process is a series that would look into detail at the steps an architect takes to develop a building for a client.

The fifth instalment of the series is the Bidding and Negotiation Phase, which looks at selecting the right general contractor for a project.

In this episode, Ziwu takes you through how a project is bid and negotiated by contractors and the processes involved.