Matthew Salenger of coLAB studio was approached by a couple to facilitate a unique IDP for a house, and potentially many homes.

Because of a genetic health issue, the couple and their children require a special home that does not allow water infiltration to produce interior mold. The family sought to create a case-study of a house designed for patients like them, which could be replicated, and possibly expanded into multi-family housing developments.

The IDP allowed everyone participating to understand all the special needs of the couple, while the couple learned a tremendous amount about the building industry, specialized building materials and equipment, from the experts the couple and coLAB studio brought in.

This is one of several sheets of notes containing important aspects of the project. The IDP group sets priorities and orders the content to help guide the entire IDP process as well as the design and construction of the project.

Through careful conversations, the client and coLAB studio produced frameworks to “test” various building enclosures’ ability to meet the needs of anyone wanting to build a home.

The experts in health, building remediation, design, and building science allowed our IDP to educate the group and speed up the process for finding the right enclosure to utilize for the house’s design.

Part of our facilitation involves organizing all the IDP participants, setting up the workshops, disseminating information, and keeping the workshops productive.

This is an example of an “IDP Roadmap,” which shows dates and needed participation for workshops. What is shown is partial, as the IDP ultimately should extend through all design, construction, and post-occupancy testing. The workshops end before construction, but occasional site-tours and/or meetings may continue to occur as-needed through post-occupancy as desired by the client.