A client brief goes in. Concept directions, floor plans, renders and a deck come out.

How it works

Six steps, in the order a practice works. These are screens from the studio on the demo practice.

1. 1 of 6

   Write the brief the way the client told it

   Four short steps: the site, the size and budget, what goes in it, who it is for. Everything the studio produces is read from these words, so the wizard asks for the things a model cannot guess.

   

2. 2 of 6

   Two or three directions, strategically different

   Each direction comes with its play, its massing, its site response, a room program, the numbers and the risks. Every press says how many generations are left this hour.

   

3. 3 of 6

   Every number checked against the brief

   Coverage, plot ratio, floor area and budget per square metre are recomputed from the concept's own figures and compared across directions. A number that does not reconcile is flagged, never hidden.

   

4. 4 of 6

   A floor plan at true room sizes

   Rooms are drawn from the program with real dimensions, a north point, a scale bar and the firm's own drawing notes, then checked against the design standards before it is shown.

   

5. 5 of 6

   Checks to review, on the sheet

   A corridor under the minimum width, a room below the standard, a total off the target: each one is a line in the review tab and on the printed sheet, so the architect decides.

   

6. 6 of 6

   A printable A3 deck on your letterhead

   Cover, contents, brief, one section per direction with its plan and visual exploration, a comparison sheet and a closing page. Every sheet is marked draft for review.