Understand
Define project ambitions, programme, users, site conditions, priorities and constraints.
01 — Architectural Design
Architecture · Planning · Coordination
Architecture grounded in purpose.
From early site understanding to coordinated construction documentation.
Explore the service02 — Overview
Design intelligence.
Technical clarity.
Dharma approaches architecture as a coordinated response to site, programme, regulation, structure, climate, cost and construction.
Our architectural design service supports projects from initial feasibility and concept development through planning, design development, working drawings and construction-stage coordination. The process is structured to protect the core design idea while resolving the technical decisions required to make it buildable.
By working closely with engineering, project management, cost, approvals and execution disciplines, architectural decisions can be evaluated earlier and coordinated with fewer gaps between design intent and site reality.
01Site responsive
02Function led
03Technically coordinated
04Delivery aware
03 — Capabilities
What the service covers.
A coordinated architectural scope from early-stage analysis through construction support.
01Site analysis
Review site context, access, orientation, surrounding development and key physical constraints.
02Feasibility studies
Test development potential, programme fit, planning constraints and early spatial possibilities.
03Concept design
Establish the primary architectural idea, massing, spatial organisation and project character.
04Master planning
Organise land use, movement, built form, open space and development logic at larger scales.
05Space planning
Translate operational and user requirements into efficient, legible and adaptable layouts.
06Schematic design
Develop plans, sections, elevations and key relationships into a coordinated design direction.
07Design development
Refine materials, interfaces, dimensions and coordinated technical decisions before documentation.
08Working drawings
Prepare detailed architectural information required for coordination and construction.
09Construction documentation
Structure drawing packages and architectural details to communicate design requirements clearly.
10Facade development
Coordinate external expression, materials, proportions, openings, detailing and performance considerations.
11Consultant coordination
Align architectural intent with structural, services and specialist consultant inputs.
12Tender documentation
Support issue of coordinated architectural information for tendering and contractor pricing.
13Construction-stage design support
Respond to design queries, review interfaces and support resolution of architectural issues during execution.
04 — Process
From site to coordinated design.
01/06
Test
Study feasibility, planning parameters, site response, massing options and spatial strategies.
Conceptualise
Establish the architectural idea, organisation, form, circulation, identity and environmental response.
Develop
Refine dimensions, materials, facades, interfaces and design decisions into a resolved scheme.
Coordinate
Integrate structural, services, statutory and specialist requirements into the architectural package.
Document & Support
Issue working information and support architectural resolution as the project moves into construction.
05 — Related Sectors
Architecture across typologies.
The architectural methodology adapts to programme, scale, operational requirements and regulatory context.
06 — Selected Architecture Projects
Selected work.
Project imagery can be added when verified project assets are supplied.
07 — Integrated Coordination
Architecture works better when the disciplines talk early.
Architectural decisions influence structure, approvals, cost, services, procurement and construction. Dharma's multidisciplinary model allows those dependencies to be considered as part of the design process rather than deferred until later.
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ARCHITECTURE→ENGINEERING→APPROVALS→COST→EXECUTION
08 — Start a Project
Planning a project?
Bring the site, the brief or simply the ambition. We can help structure the architectural path forward.
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