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Vafi Atelier

Our process

How a project actually runs

Four phases and five stages, with one point of accountability across all of them. Nothing here is a black box — you will know at every point what is happening and what comes next.

Our process

How we work

  1. 01

    Discover

    We begin by listening. We establish how the space has to work, what the site will allow, and the standard the finished work is expected to meet — before a single line is drawn.

  2. 02

    Design

    Spatial planning, materials and finishes are developed into one coherent scheme, resolved on the drawing board and on screen rather than improvised on site.

  3. 03

    Develop

    Drawings and specifications are detailed and coordinated across every discipline the build will involve, so that nothing of consequence is left to be decided in the field.

  4. 04

    Deliver

    We execute the approved scheme and hand over the finished space, working throughout as a single accountable partner rather than one voice among several.

Workflow

The five stages of a project

  1. 01

    Requirements

    We record the brief in full — how the space will be used, by whom, the site as it stands, and the standard expected of the finished work.

  2. 02

    Planning & Concept

    Spatial planning and a first concept direction, tested against the brief and revised with you until the intent is settled.

  3. 03

    Visualisation

    Three-dimensional renders and walkthroughs of the agreed direction, so the scheme can be seen and approved before any work begins on site.

  4. 04

    Execution

    Delivery on site under our direction: procurement, sequencing, supervision and quality control, held together by one point of accountability.

  5. 05

    Handover

    Final finishes, snagging and a completed space handed over clean, documented and ready to be used.

After handover

What handover looks like.

The sequence above ends at handover. This is one of them, filmed in a single continuous take with no cuts and nothing arranged for the camera. Every junction, finish and fitting in it is what the five stages were for.

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06Why the sequence matters

Most problems on site were decided months earlier.

A late change on a drawing is a conversation. The same change once material has been ordered is a cost, and once it is installed it is a rebuild. Holding the sequence is not bureaucracy — it is the cheapest form of quality control there is.

  • Decisions taken in the order that keeps options open
  • Nothing ordered before the detail is resolved
  • Changes recorded against the drawing set, every time
Completed commercial interior in use

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Tell us about your space.

Send us the brief, or call and talk it through. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right partner for it.