Executive Assessment
Determine What the Space Should Accomplish.
Establish the experience, performance priorities, and business objectives that should guide every decision that follows.
When the Opportunity Needs Definition
Before Design Begins.
Some outdoor opportunities are clear enough to move directly into a project. Others need strategic definition before design decisions should begin.
An Executive Assessment examines what the outdoor environment should accomplish for the people who use it and the property it serves.
It establishes the experience, operational requirements, business objectives, performance priorities, and long-term purpose that should guide the architectural response.
The result is a clear strategic direction for the decisions that follow.
What We Evaluate
What Should This Space Accomplish?
The assessment examines the conditions, objectives, and priorities that should shape the future of the outdoor environment.
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Gathering Experience
How people should arrive, gather, move, connect, dine, relax, and experience the space.
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Operational Requirements
How the environment should support service, staffing, capacity, transitions, maintenance, programming, and daily use.
03
Environmental Conditions
How sun, heat, wind, cold, rain, and seasonal change affect when and how the space can be used.
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Business Objectives
What the environment should contribute to utilization, financial performance, events, differentiation, and property value.
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Property Context
How the opportunity relates to the existing architecture, circulation, views, identity, surrounding uses, and design intent.
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Strategic Priorities
Which outcomes matter most and should guide the design, investment, and implementation decisions that follow.
The Value
Better Decisions Before Greater Commitments.
The Executive Assessment creates clarity before an opportunity advances into design, engineering, procurement, or construction.
Clarify the Opportunity
Define what the outdoor environment should accomplish for the people who use it and the property it serves.
Establish Priorities
Identify the outcomes that matter most so future decisions remain focused on the purpose of the space.
Align the Team
Give ownership, leadership, operations, design, and implementation teams a shared direction for evaluating the opportunity.
Guide Investment
Establish a stronger basis for deciding where design and capital can create the greatest value for the property.
The assessment does not predetermine the solution. It establishes what the solution should accomplish.
Next Steps
Begin With the Opportunity.
An Executive Assessment begins with the property, the outdoor environment, what you believe could be improved, and what you need the space to accomplish.
01
Share the Opportunity
Tell us about the property, the space, its current conditions, and the opportunity you believe may exist.
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Define the Assessment
We identify the information, people, conditions, objectives, and questions the assessment should address.
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Establish Direction
The assessment establishes the priorities, findings, and strategic direction that should guide the decisions that follow.
Executive Assessment
Tell Us About the Opportunity.
Start with what you know. The property, plans, photographs, existing conditions, or simply the opportunity you want to explore can give us a place to begin.