How We Do It
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The Design Center awards grants of technical services on an ongoing basis.
Qualified nonprofit groups receive pro-bono architectural and engineering services to fill their current need based on a mutually agreeable scope of services. After the organization has been qualified by the Design Center, the Design Center recruits volunteers from the appropriate design professions to provide these pro-bono services.
Programmiing, or needs assessment meeting
Staff, along with the volunteer professional adviser, and a student intern will meet with the client for a programming (needs assessment) session. This is when the client and staff discuss in depth the needs of the client and possible solutions.
After the programming session the student intern will do a code and best practices research, and, create multiple design solution scenarios for review by the volunteer professional adviser.
Solutions are presented to the client for discussion and comment, then revised and completed for use by the client in raising public awareness and financial support for the project.
Products provided through the Design Center are limited to conceptual design only, and cannot be used for construction or permitting purposes.
