A new farm
Establish a land-use framework before committing to roads, planting blocks and water infrastructure.
Agriculture / A main specialty
A working farm begins with a considered plan.
Farm design and productive landscapes, bringing land, water, access and production into one coherent layout.
Farm design at DELONIX
Agriculture is central to our practice. We help landowners and project teams turn a production brief into a clear plan for the site — from the arrangement of cultivation areas to the infrastructure that supports them.
Our focus is the physical organisation of the farm. The plan connects the client’s production objectives with terrain, water availability, movement and the way the land will be developed and managed.
Based in Abuja, we work across Nigeria, West Africa and internationally. Each proposal responds to local conditions, seasonal change and the information available for that particular site.
When to involve us
Before the key decisions
become fixed.
An existing holding
Review how access, production areas and irrigation could work together more effectively.
An expansion
Plan new areas and services in relation to the existing operation and the next phase of investment.
What we bring together
Read the land
Review boundaries, topography, soils information, rainfall, existing vegetation and access. Identify practical constraints and the survey or testing needed before detailed decisions.
Organise production
Lay out crop blocks, orchards, nurseries or other agreed production areas around terrain, working dimensions and the operating brief. Consider routes for people, machinery and harvested produce.
Plan water and irrigation
Relate water demand to the available source, storage and distribution system. Coordinate irrigation zones, pipe routes and service access with production blocks and planned expansion.
Connect the working farm
Reserve suitable areas for access roads, service yards and agreed support facilities. Consider the relationship between production, handling, storage and utilities with the client’s operational team.
Protect landscape functions
Integrate retained trees, buffers, shelterbelts and drainage corridors. Identify opportunities for agroforestry and planting that support the farm’s productive and ecological objectives.
Build in a workable sequence
Set out development priorities and dependencies. An agreed first phase can establish access, water and initial production while preserving space for later investment.
The design package
A plan you can
work from.
The agreed scope may include:
- Site appraisal and constraints mapping.
- Farm master plan with production areas, circulation and infrastructure zones.
- Block layouts and indicative land-use or area schedules.
- Water-distribution and irrigation layouts, calculations and equipment schedules.
- Agroforestry, shelterbelt and landscape planting proposals.
- Development phasing, quantities and estimates of probable cost.
- Presentation plans, sections and views to explain the proposal.
Concept proposals establish direction. Detailed documents are developed to the appointed scope after the necessary site information and specialist inputs are confirmed.
From brief to implementation
One site.
A clear sequence.
Brief & site understanding
Define objectives, intended uses, operating requirements and budget priorities. Review site information and agree the investigations needed.
Concept & master plan
Compare layout options and establish the preferred organisation of land, movement, water and landscape systems.
Detailed design & documentation
Resolve the appointed design scope, coordinate specialist input and prepare drawings, schedules and quantities for pricing and implementation.
Implementation support
Where appointed, respond to design queries and undertake agreed site observations, with attention to establishment and the next development phase.
Design in dialogue
with operations.
The farm operator’s knowledge is part of the design brief. Crop choices, cultivation methods, equipment, labour, water requirements and handling needs help determine how the layout should function.
We coordinate the spatial design with agronomic and engineering input where required. Crop performance, financial feasibility, statutory surveys and specialist building or infrastructure design need their own appropriate assessments and appointments.
Begin with the land
Tell us about
your farm.
Send the location, approximate area, intended crops or production activities, existing facilities and your priorities. A boundary plan or KMZ file is a useful starting point; surveys, soil information and water-source details help define the next steps.
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