Discover
Get the important things on the table.
Your way of living, your site, your priorities and a sensible starting budget. Begin with a collection home or an open brief.
A clear starting briefThe Aster Vale approach
Thoughtfully
from the start.
A good home is the result of many careful decisions. Our approach gives those decisions a clear order, and gives you room to make them well.
Find your first step
A CLEAR PROCESS, FROM FIRST IDEAS TO FRONT DOORASTER VALE / OUR APPROACH
From foundation to familiar
One idea.
Carefully assembled.
Follow the home as it comes together: a foundation, a frame, an envelope, and the details that make it ready for life.
A conceptual construction sequence. Real sequencing, engineering and construction methods vary by project.
Loading architectural study
The journey
Clarity at
every stage.
A conceptual guide to how a custom-home project can progress. Scope, appointments and timing would be agreed for a real project.
Shape
Find the right idea.
Explore layout directions, orientation, proportion and an initial material palette. Test the idea against your life and the place it belongs.
A concept worth developingResolve
Turn the idea into a coordinated design.
Work through room dimensions, structure, services, openings and finishes with the relevant project professionals.
A resolved design directionPrepare
Bring certainty to the next step.
Confirm the required planning pathway, technical documentation, contractor scope and cost information before making construction commitments.
A project ready for its next stageMake
Keep the intention in the details.
A building team translates the drawings into a home. Site coordination, inspections and careful decisions protect the quality of the result.
A home brought into beingSettle
Make the space your own.
Handover, aftercare information and time to understand the home. The design is complete. The life inside it is just beginning.
Room for a life well lived
A shared process
Good decisions
need good space.
Space to ask a question. To test an alternative. To understand what a choice means before you commit to it.
That is why our Design Studio puts the plan, materials and budget together. It is a useful way to turn a feeling into something you can discuss.
Try the Design StudioYour next chapter
A home begins
with a conversation.
Find a starting point. Make room for your own way of living.
Choose a first step