Architecture, engineering and BIM for resort developments.
Two disciplines, one voice. Architecture sets proportion, material and light; engineering makes it buildable. We carry a project from concept to construction — measured drawings, coordinated models, documentation a contractor can build from.
GEOMETRY · MATERIAL · LIGHT — from concept to construction
One voice, from concept to crate.
§02 — modelOn remote sites, discipline is not a preference. It is the condition for building at all.
Below are six service groups. Each states an outcome, lists what we deliver, and names how we collaborate. Architecture sets proportion, material and light; engineering makes it buildable — and we carry both through to a set a contractor can build from.
Six service groups.
§03 — disciplinesResort Architecture
We design the resort as a set of considered rooms — villas, pavilions, arrival and public buildings — placed with restraint against water, horizon and light. The result reads as one context, not a catalogue of parts.
- Concept design: site reading, framed views, orientation, massing and character studies.
- Masterplanning input: typology mix, circulation, back-of-house and guest sequence, in coordination with the project masterplanner.
- Typology design: villas, over-water and beach pavilions, spa and wellness, dining, arrival and staff buildings.
- Materiality and spatial composition: palette, section, threshold, shade and framed view — drawn, not described.
- Design intent packages that carry through to technical documentation without loss.
Collaboration: we design alongside the developer's operator brief and any appointed masterplanner, and hand a coherent architectural intent to the engineering and MEP disciplines.
Structural Engineering
We size and detail the superstructure for the marine environment — lightweight where transport and craning are constrained, robust where salt and wind are not. The aim is a structure economical to ship, quick to erect and slow to corrode.
- Steel and reinforced-concrete superstructure design for villas, pavilions and public buildings.
- Seismic and wind design appropriate to the jurisdiction and exposure.
- Foundations coordination for coral, sand and reclaimed ground, with the geotechnical engineer.
- Retaining and shoreline-edge systems, coordinated with coastal and marine specialists.
- Corrosion-aware detailing: material selection, protection systems, connection design and durability strategy.
- Value engineering: option studies that hold the architecture while reducing tonnage, transport and erection time.
Collaboration: we work with the geotechnical engineer, coastal/marine specialists and the local structural checker, whose sign-off the design is prepared to satisfy.
MEP Coordination
We coordinate mechanical, electrical and plumbing services so the building systems fit the structure and the architecture — resolved in the model before they are resolved on site, where correction is slow and expensive.
- Services coordination across architecture, structure and MEP, resolved in a federated model.
- Clash detection and resolution, with tracked and closed-out reports.
- Integration with plant and utilities: STP, desalination, solar and power, water and cooling.
- Riser, plant-room and reticulation coordination, with space and access planned early.
- Buildability review of routing for prefabricated and modular elements.
Collaboration: we integrate the work of the MEP designer and the utilities, STP/desalination and solar consultants into a single coordinated model, and flag conflicts while they are still cheap to fix.
BIM & Tekla
We run the project as a federated model so geometry, structure and services agree before anything ships. For remote construction, the model is the coordination instrument — and, through Tekla, the fabrication instrument.
- Federated BIM models with a defined IFC exchange and agreed levels of development.
- Tekla Structures detailing for steel and precast: connections, assemblies, quantities.
- Shop and fabrication drawings suitable for off-site prefabrication.
- Model-based coordination for remote sites, reducing rework and site queries.
- Model deliverables aligned to the developer's BIM and information-management requirements.
Collaboration: we align to the project BIM execution plan and exchange IFC with the wider design team and appointed fabricators.
Technical Documentation
We produce documentation a contractor can build from — complete, specific and coordinated. The measure is simple: fewer questions from site, and fewer surprises when the crates are opened.
- Tender and IFC packages: drawings, schedules and quantities.
- Construction-oriented documentation: details, sections and setting-out at the resolution the site needs.
- Specifications and material schedules, calibrated to marine exposure and transport constraints.
- Coordination with the architect and engineer of record so the issued set is consistent and signable.
Collaboration: we prepare documentation to the standard the local architect and engineer of record require, and coordinate revisions through a single controlled issue.
International Collaboration
Our model for international work is deliberate and honest. We are the design and technical partner. We do not replace the local consultants who carry statutory responsibility, and we do not claim approvals we are not licensed to give.
- The local architect and engineer of record hold statutory responsibility and sign-off; we produce coordinated design and documentation to their standard.
- Code compliance is checked against the applicable local code, with the local checker.
- Environmental and coastal approvals run with the EIA consultant and coastal/marine specialists.
- Fire and MEP/utilities strategies are developed with local fire and services consultants.
We are the design and technical partner. We do not replace local consultants, and we do not claim approvals we are not licensed to give.
For international projects — including the Maldives, Greece and other jurisdictions — local approvals, statutory submissions, code compliance and professional sign-off are handled together with local licensed architects, engineers, structural checkers, EIA consultants, coastal/marine specialists, fire consultants and MEP/utilities consultants.
Assembling a team.
§05 — nextIf you are assembling a team for a resort or hospitality project, we would be glad to discuss where our disciplines fit.
Start a conversation on the contact page, or read how we structure joint appointments on the partnerships page. The studio provides both architecture and structural engineering in-house, led by an architect and a structural engineer, and was founded in 2017 with offices in Bucharest and Craiova, Romania.