When working on your project, we think through all the nuances:
Check out the main design stages from the ZROBIM architects studio and find out the cost work on your project.
What are the stages of the work process?
How long does it take to develop a project?
What is the final result for our client?
Based on many years of experience, we divide the entire process of working with the customer on a project into the following stages:
It involves getting to know the client and defining their initial request.
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.
The main goal of this stage is to combine all your wishes, identified at the previous stage using a brief, with the initial data about the site: site parameters, area, relief, orientation to the sides of the world, sunny sides, etc. And get as a result a volumetric model of the future house with a certain area, technical solutions and a visual component.
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.
Thus, you have not just a worked out idea - a sketch project, which can be further refined by a construction project, but also an approximate cost of such architecture.
The main goal of this stage is to give a clear explanation and instructions on how to bring our idea (sketch project) to life. The construction project is divided into 2 large sections, which are performed by 2 different specialists: constructive solutions and architectural solutions.
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.
The result of this stage is a construction project - a detailed instruction on how to build a house, from what materials, how to perform a complex technical node. Such an instruction often allows to reduce the costs of construction, because we provide a list, where it is already calculated the necessary amount of each material for construction and builders will not be able to deceive you, buying more materials than necessary.
Thus, having a construction project in hand, you can organize a tender for builders and choose the most attractive commercial offer for the construction of your house.
The purpose of this stage is to give a clear understanding of what engineering systems and technologies we will use in the house. We recommend ordering the engineering networks section from us, just like the construction project - turnkey, as it helps at the start to understand what technologies we can and will apply and gives a comprehensive understanding of all the engineering systems of the house, and not point comments from contractors for each communication conducted.
This section includes 5 voluminous components:
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.
As a result, you have a holistic project for all engineering systems of your house (except for electricity, which we will work on in the process of developing interior solutions).
The engineering project, just like the construction one, allows to reduce the total costs of construction, as we think through and calculate all the used solutions in advance and optimize the process of their implementation in terms of time and material costs.
This stage implies control over construction processes and deadlines on our part, freeing you from the need to do it yourself and "live" on the construction site. Here are 2 options for our participation: customer service and author's supervision.
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:
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.
The main task of interior design is to create a unique comfortable space that will meet all your visual and functional requirements and reflect your lifestyle. That is, as a result, you get a well-thought-out ergonomic interior, in which everything is convenient and practical just for you, and which brings you aesthetic pleasure every day.
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.
This stage implies control over construction processes and deadlines on our part, freeing you from the need to do it yourself and "live" on the construction site. Here are 2 options for our participation: customer service and author's supervision.
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:
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.