Users & operations
Identify who uses the facility, how services are delivered, and which activities must relate to one another.
Savoie Studios / Municipal & public facilities
Public purpose.
Clearly defined requirements.
Civic and institutional facilities must serve the public and the people who operate them. Savoie Studios helps owners translate that responsibility into a project brief teams can understand and the owner can evaluate.
Start with the service the building supports
A facility is a setting for work, service, and public access. Before focusing on a proposed solution, establish what the organization needs to accomplish and how its staff, visitors, and operations should be supported.
The questions may involve an existing building, a new facility, an expansion, or improvements that must be phased around ongoing services.
Build a practical basis for design-build
Explore service deliverables
Quality & stewardship
Describe expectations for durability, maintenance, building systems, and long-term operation.
Site & scope
Organize known conditions, project boundaries, dependencies, and information requiring further investigation.
Evaluation & decisions
Define what teams should explain and how the owner will compare technical responses.
Work alongside the owner’s team
Our technical support connects leadership, facilities staff, and the people managing procurement. We help make requirements explicit, surface unresolved questions, and document the technical basis for decisions.
The owner’s procurement and legal teams establish the applicable process, approvals, and contract requirements. Our agreed scope focuses on the project criteria and technical evaluation that support that process.
Choose the next useful step
Begin with criteria development if the project requirements are taking shape, selection support if teams will soon respond, or technical advisory if a proposed design or change needs review.
An industry partner’s perspective / IUPUI Rotary Building
“He saw opportunities to bring the existing character forward—to make it more apparent and more valuable—while thoughtfully introducing contemporary elements.”
Project credit: Steven Savoie served as project architect, including early concept development and day-to-day project coordination, while at Schmidt Associates. Architect of record: Schmidt Associates.
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IUPUI Rotary Building
Respecting history while creating new possibilities
The IUPUI Rotary Building renovation called for careful judgment. This was an aging building with meaningful historic character, and the challenge was to prepare it for a new chapter while preserving the qualities that made it worth keeping.
In our early design conversations, Steve approached that balance with sensitivity and imagination. He saw opportunities to bring the existing character forward—to make it more apparent and more valuable—while thoughtfully introducing contemporary elements.
He understood that sophisticated design does not always require the most expensive solution. It requires knowing where an investment will make a difference, how materials work together, and how the team can execute the idea within the owner’s budget.
That combination of respect for the building, creative thinking, and practical coordination is what I remember most about working with Steve on this project.
— Eric SpohnView IUPUI Rotary Building project & professional photography
Project credit: Steven Savoie served as project architect, including early concept development and day-to-day project coordination, while at Schmidt Associates. Architect of record: Schmidt Associates.
An owner’s perspective / Rushville City Center
A lasting contribution to the community
“The finished City Center has become an important part of Rushville’s downtown and our community identity. It represents the kind of investment and momentum we wanted to create in the heart of our city, and Steve’s architectural vision and leadership played a significant role in making that happen.”
“The finished City Center has become an important part of Rushville’s downtown and our community identity.”
Reflecting on Steven Savoie’s work as Architect of Record for Rushville City Center.
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