Architecture with an idea

We organize a meeting with our art director in a live or online format. During the meeting in an informal setting, you tell us about how you see your future home, about your tastes and wishes, the estimated budget, etc.

We have a good attitude towards Pinterest boards, so if you have already saved pictures and details somewhere that you like, this will help us better understand the stylistics and the general direction of work.

At this stage, we also collect initial data: topographic survey, location and area of the site, the presence and composition of existing buildings, etc. - all the data necessary to start work on the project.

Next, together with the art director, you fill out a brief - a unique questionnaire, where there are specially composed questions that interest us for the start of designing. Therefore, if you forgot to mention something at the first meeting or did not specify, the brief will help systematize your thoughts, not miss anything and give a competent technical task for architects.

Then, based on your wishes or brief, a commercial offer is formed and a contract is concluded, and we move on to the next stage - the creation of a sketch project.

Get acquainted with the brief

Idea

Based on the brief, we make the first sketch of the house - a sketch, which is further refined and specified in the course of numerous iterations. We hold weekly meetings/calls, where together with you we look at the current version of the sketch and make changes to the project, bringing it closer to the final form. We are also always in touch in a messenger convenient for you to solve any operational issues.

Functional zoning

When we have the first agreed idea of the house, we proceed to functional zoning and planting the house on the site. Here we think through the interconnections of all the rooms of the house and work out various scenarios of human life in this space, that is, how he will move between rooms, from which side to arrange the entrance to the house, where to carry bags with products, etc.

Interactive 3D model

The next step is to create a volumetric model of the house. We develop a 3D model, based on which we solve more specific issues, for example, where the windows go out and what the facades will look like. Also, based on mood boards and selections of preferred materials, we detail the exterior of the house.

Planning solution

Next, based on the previous stages, we make a refined layout with furniture arrangement and make sure that all distances and sizes are correct and proportional. We also transfer this layout to a volumetric 3D model so that you can virtually walk inside the house and feel the fullness of space.

Visualizations

We give the detailed 3D model to visualizers who create photorealistic visualizations of the house on the site in its real environment. At this stage, we also clarify facade materials and solutions, their costs, and identify contractors for these works.

Detailing and packaging the project into an album

As a result, all the work we have done is formalized in an album, which gives a complete understanding of the filling of the house and what it will look like. We also calculate and add to this album an approximate estimate for the construction of this house based on the data that we clarify from our partner contractors. That is, you get not just an album, but also an approximate cost of the solutions we offer, so that if at some stage we understand that the architecture is becoming too expensive, we can easily optimize it and bring it to the desired budget.

Constructive solutions

This section is handled by an engineer-designer who calculates the loads on the building and designs all the load-bearing elements. That is, his task is to make sure that nothing happens to the house for many years and that the solutions he chooses are within the established budget.

For the work of the designer, we will need data about the geology of your site. You can either provide them yourself, using the services of specialized companies, or order such a service from us for an additional fee. Based on the data about the soils available on the site, the designer decides what kind of foundation to make, how to distribute loads and what constructive solutions to apply. The designer also calculates the amount of construction materials: how much concrete will be needed for the foundation and columns, how much reinforcement to use, etc. and explains how to implement complex architectural solutions and technical nodes.

Architectural solutions

Along with the designer, the architect works, who details our sketch project with technical explanations. drawings and documentation. That is, his task is to explain how to build a house exactly as we conceived it: how many windows will be, how they will open, what to insulate the house with, what materials will be on the facade, etc. After the work of the architect, you will have a list of basic materials, that is, you will understand how much to buy a particular material for the construction of the house, as well as a technical task for contractors on how to implement the solutions we have chosen.

Study and analysis of implementation conditions

The development of the engineering networks section begins with a comprehensive study of the construction conditions of the house: technical indicators of external engineering systems to which it will be connected, conditions of electricity, water, gas suppliers, etc., the structure of the house itself, maximum permissible loads, etc. We organize the work of more than 5 related specialists of our studio, who analyze the initial data and offer the most optimal engineering solutions.

Detailed BIM model

All proposed engineering solutions are entered into our volumetric model and then checked by the architect (as they are performed by various related specialists) for the absence of any discrepancies or undesirable intersections in communications. Thus, you get a complete package of engineering solutions for your house with explanations and instructions for their implementation. The only exception here is the electrical section, which we include in the interior design project, because there will already be determined the exact location of sockets and switches, type of lighting and number of light sources and other nuances.

Customer service

Here we take control and management of construction completely on ourselves. We provide you for approval a full estimate and specification of works that will be performed on the object. After approval, we break down the work into stages with the designation of deadlines and organize the work of contractors. That is, we provide you with one general document, which will have all the estimated offers from contractors and the timeline for the construction of the house, and also attach to your object a separate person who will conduct all communication with you and contractors, organize all construction work and solve emerging issues.

In this process involved:

• architect, who ensures that the implementation corresponds to the project
• construction manager, who controls all work directly on the object
• technical supervision specialists, whom we hire on the side for an independent objective assessment of construction from a technical point of view

Author's supervision

Here our participation and control over construction is significantly less, as most of the processes and interactions with contractors fall on you. We check the compliance of construction with our architectural solutions, laid down in the project: whether the walls are standing there, whether the window is of the right size, whether a certain engineering node is correctly executed, etc. That is, our task is to periodically check the progress of construction, so that as a result you get a house according to our project, and not amateur performance from builders.

Meeting-introduction

with our art director, during which we find out your wishes and ideas about what the interior will look like. At this stage, we also collect information (if it is not our architectural project): where the apartment/house is located, the area, the current layout, we take measurements.

Contract conclusion

Next, based on your wishes or a filled-out brief (a unique questionnaire with specially compiled questions that we are interested in for the start of design), we form a commercial offer and conclude a contract, after signing which we proceed to design.

Concept

At this stage, we try to combine your wishes and ideas with the original data. We work out various layout options (if it is not our architectural project), the color palette of the interior and the main finishing materials, select specific positions of furniture and decor in each room. As a result, this forms 3D schemes for each room, on which you can see and understand the shapes and color filling of the space.

Photorealistic visualizations.

We give the detailed and agreed-upon concept to visualizers, who create photorealistic visualizations of your interior based on it. At this stage, we also clarify finishing materials and solutions, their costs, and identify contractors for these works.

Detailing and packaging the project into an album

As a result, all the work we have done is formalized in an album, which gives a complete understanding of the filling of the interior and what it will look like. We also calculate and add to this album an approximate estimate for the implementation of the interior based on the data that we clarify from our partner contractors. That is, you get not just an album, but also an approximate cost of the solutions we offer, so that if at some stage we understand that the design is becoming too expensive, we can easily optimize it and bring it to the desired budget.

Customer service

Here we take control and management of implementation completely on ourselves. We provide you for approval a full estimate and specification of works that will be performed on the object. After approval, we break down the work into stages with the designation of deadlines and organize the work of contractors. That is, we provide you with one general document, which will have all the estimated offers from contractors and the timeline for the implementation of the interior, and also attach to your object a separate person who will conduct all communication with you and contractors, organize all work and solve emerging issues.

In this process involved:

• architect-designer, who ensures that the implementation corresponds to the project
• construction manager, who controls all work directly on the object
• technical supervision specialists, whom we hire on the side for an independent objective assessment of implementation from a technical point of view

Author's supervision

Here our participation and control over the implementation of the project is significantly less, as most of the processes and interactions with contractors fall on you. We check the compliance of the object with our design solutions, laid down in the project. That is, our task is to periodically check the progress of implementation, so that as a result you get an interior according to our project, and not amateur performance from builders.