The Finished Detail Hides the Handoffs

The new high school project had just opened to its first when I stopped by during its first week of operation.

In this corner detail several scopes meet within a remarkably small area: timber soffit, glazing, facade panels, lighting, concrete and external shading.

The finished detail looks simple, but each interface represents information and decisions that had to move between different packages, trades and installation sequences before reaching this point.

By the time a building is opened to its new audiences, that coordination has is no longer visible and has disappeared from view.

What remains is the detail it produced.