RGA’S APPROACH TO DESIGN In our work, we promote the process of creating a project’s design beyond an unanimated preparation of plans and specifications for a building. Creativity in its most basic form is not adequate. Our projects are simple needs for shelter and a set of complex particular needs simultaneously. We must keep both extremes in mind in every decision we make. While one project calls for a response to a limited budget, another allows for greater financial flexibility in solving the problem. In both, we must always hold value and design integrity in mind. Those with unlimited budgets deserve value. The rest of the world deserves spaces with well-conceived solutions. High level designs are usually held out as expensive construction. Our charge is often just the opposite. Imagination is not enough. Pragmatism is not enough. Providing site responsive, environmentally conscious designs falls a little short. Our professional and social responsibilities go well beyond. We must solve for the comprehensive set of concerns. Our Client’s challenges define our work. The association usually lasts for years. We listen to the request to solve a problem not only at the initial meeting but continue to listen and solve until the project is occupied. Adherence to this approach is the way we plan our work, the way we check ourselves in our work and is the way for us to differentiate our responsibilities to our Clients from our own desires.