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A design studio is a fantastic method for quickly exploring ideas. Perhaps even more important is the journey your team takes to arrive at a decision. Everyone who participates has a stake in the design they helped create. A sense of shared ownership encourages greater autonomy and a sense of responsibility. This shared ownership permeates all aspects of design from code to architecture.

Collaborative design workshops are a powerful tool, but as we’ve seen so far, there is more to architecture design than group work and sticky notes. A design studio alone is not sufficient for designing an amazing architecture. Its effectiveness depends greatly on the context in which it’s used. We still need to think and do the work.

So far you’ve learned how to define the problem in a way that aides architecture design, how to explore design concepts, how to create models, and how to make design decisions. In the next chapter, you’ll learn how to visualize design ideas so you can share them with your stakeholders and team.