Pegs

That is a great description of the process.

Budget is always the first question. Next the physical and regulatory constraints of the site. Then the lifestyle questions because its their house and the house has to function well for the occupants.
That’s where the bubble diagram comes in. It is a tool for composing the where of the spaces without getting lost in the how.
First you place rooms and functions (not necessarily the same thing) where they work for the client and then you look at how to build. The problem for carpenters and framers is that we want to get to the structure, the fun stuff. But we have to make the house function first and tools like bubble diagrams keep you on task or this phase of design.
Of course then you start the iterative process or as Mark calls it "10,000 corrections" because new ideas, opportunities and issues will come up and you will be tweaking spaces to conform to the frame design.


Good topic

J.E.B.