Shape it ยท Before the architect
What can you build on your site?
Before design fees are spent, we tell you what the site allows, what to build, and what it will cost.
Send us the siteWhat you get
- 01Site briefZoning, approvals path, services, trees and site risks.
- 02OptionsTwo or three first massings to compare, with the program each one carries.
- 03BudgetLand, hard costs, soft costs, financing and contingency, every line listed.
- 04Architect briefThe document you hand your architect, so the design starts from a budget that holds.
FeeFixed, quoted after we see the site. Carries into Read it or Run it.
Questions
Asked before the first call.
Site feasibility and pre-design in Toronto. Before design fees are spent, we tell institutional, commercial and residential owners what their site allows, what to build and what it will cost.
Do we need this before hiring an architect?
Your architect designs what you ask for. Shape it tells you what to ask for: what the site allows, what it will cost and what to leave out.
Do you work on commercial and institutional sites?
Yes. Site analysis, program and a built budget for offices, retail, schools, places of worship and care facilities, in Toronto and across Canada.
Does a multiplex or custom home work on our lot?
The brief checks the zone, setbacks, trees, water, sewer and hydro, and says whether a variance would be needed and what it would buy.
Do you design?
No. First massings and the brief only. The design belongs to your architect.