The Studio
Seven tools
that do the
arithmetic.
Most design decisions are arguments about numbers nobody has calculated. These do the calculation: sun angles for your latitude, the palette your orientation can carry, the rug that fits, the weeks a wind wall buys you, and what the work is likely to cost.
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01Eight questions
Style Finder
Eight questions about light, mess, guests and how you actually spend a Sunday. One of six houses comes back.
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02Five colours
Palette Studio
Choose a room, an orientation and a temperature. Get a five-part palette with the surface each colour belongs on.
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03Sun angles
Daylight Compass
Your latitude, your orientation, your window head height. How deep the light reaches and how much overhang you need.
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04Room maths
Proportion Lab
Put in the room. Get the rug size, the seat spacing, the hanging height and whether the ceiling is too low for the plan.
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05Side by side
Material Bench
Eighteen surfaces, five criteria, no showroom lighting. Sort by what will annoy you in five years.
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06Usable weeks
Terrace Planner
Climate, orientation, wind protection, shade and fire. How many weeks a year you can actually sit outside.
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07Real ranges
Budget Model
Area, standard and scope. A cost range broken down by trade, with the lines people forget.
OpenA note on the numbers
Rules of thumb, not engineering.
These tools use published rules of thumb and standard solar geometry. They are good enough to argue with a builder and to size a decision before you pay anyone. They are not a structural calculation, an energy model or a quotation. Before you cut an opening, move a load path or sign a contract, have the work checked by someone qualified in your jurisdiction.