Client Meeting

Our first client meeting gave us an opportunity to learn more about SASS and who the project is intended for. We learned that many of the people who seek SASS's services do not actually visit the premises. Most of the work occurs over the telephone. Nonetheless, our client has asked us to respect the fact that survivors, along with friends and family, do visit the offices from time to time. 

We also discovered some of their priorities for the yard. Since SASS relies completely on volunteer labor for their yard maintenance, the plant and materiality that will be selected should require no maintenance. For design development, we will need to focus on materials that weather well and plants that do not require to much upkeep.  

 Our client also mentioned that the space should be inclusive and allow anyone, despite physical disability, to access the yard. This would require a ramp to be built to reach the ground and surfaces to be smooth enough for handicap or blind people to utilize. 

 One other request was to make the space as safe and secure as possible, but to make sure that a false sense of security is instilled. Visual and acoustical privacy should be taken into account in case people may want to have a private conversation in the yard.