orientation, massing, and program tested against the climate before the section is committed.
the cheapest move in any building is the one that happens before the lines are drawn. we run radiation, daylight, and ventilation studies on the massing in week one, so the orientation, footprint, and big shading decisions are made with evidence, not intuition.
- climate-tuned massing studies
- orientation + ventilation analysis
- design brief written against the model