Services
Architica can join a development at different stages — before a property is bought, while a concept and design are being prepared, during administrative procedures, or when a scheme needs a larger number of specialists and activities to be coordinated.
Not every case needs the same scope. Sometimes a single analysis or consultation is enough; sometimes a design and documentation; and on more complex schemes, a combination of design work, permitting, coordination, financing, marketing or sales.
First we understand the investor’s situation. Then we establish what the development requires and where Architica can add the most value.
You want to check whether the property suits the planned development, what limits it carries, and which decisions and formalities may arise before design begins.
We review the available documents, the conditions of the property and the basic constraints of the development. We help identify what should be clarified before a purchase, a lease or any further commitment.
You know the outcome you want but do not yet have a clear path to it.
We help translate assumptions into concrete design, formal and organisational questions. We establish what information is needed, which decisions come first, and whether the case should begin with an analysis, a concept, documentation or an administrative procedure.
You are planning construction, remodelling, conversion or a change of use.
We design buildings, site layouts, service units and commercial interiors. We prepare documentation appropriate to the type of development, its stage and how it will be delivered.
You need support with administrative procedures, documents, consultations, supplementary submissions or contact with authorities and institutions.
We help establish the right procedural path, prepare the necessary material and carry out the agreed formal and administrative work.
Discipline engineers, a surveyor, a geologist, valuers, utility operators, contractors and authorities are each working on different parts of the case.
We coordinate the flow of information and the consistency of studies. We help establish who is responsible for what, which decisions are needed, and which issues affect the course of the development.
You need a partner who understands not only the design and permits but also how a scheme is prepared for financing and, later, for market.
We can organise the design and formal side of the development, coordinate work with a credit partner, and then take on marketing, the sales office, client handling in a CRM and the sales process.
We analyse plots, units, buildings and intended schemes before a purchase, a lease or the start of major work. We check the available documents and the planning, functional, technical and formal constraints, and identify what needs further investigation.
Who it is for
For people considering buying a plot, landowners, businesses about to lease premises, investors planning a new scheme, and clients who need their situation organised before commissioning a design.
An analysis does not replace a design or a full procedure, but it can help judge whether the next stage makes sense and reduce the risk of committing to costly work on incomplete assumptions.
For us a design is not only an architectural form or a set of drawings. It should answer the real needs of its users, the potential of the property, the formal requirements and how the building will be delivered and used.
A bespoke design can respond to the specific conditions of a plot, the way its users live, the function, the budget and their expectations of the architecture.
We begin by understanding the investor’s needs and the constraints of the site. Design solutions are then developed in relation to later use, formal and technical feasibility, and the coherence of the whole scheme.
A stock design has to be checked against the particular plot, the planning documents, technical conditions and the site development design.
Before starting an adaptation we assess whether the chosen design suits the property and whether the intended changes are feasible and justified. An adaptation may involve not only the required documentation changes but also significant functional, technical and formal decisions.
The design of a service unit has to answer how the business operates, what clients and staff need, the technology, the back-of-house and the formalities tied to the intended use.
Before we start, we check whether the unit can be adapted to the planned activity. The design brings together function, circulation, technical and sanitary requirements and the character of the client’s brand.
We help establish which procedures a given case requires, which documents have to be prepared, and which institutions and specialists need to be coordinated with.
We cannot guarantee the content of an authority’s decision or how long it will take. What we can do is prepare the case, the documents and the reasoning properly, and carry out the agreed administrative work.
Coordination means bringing together information, studies and decisions from the different parties involved. The aim is to keep the assumptions consistent and to limit situations where the design, the permitting and the specialists’ work begin to move in different directions.
Architica can be the main point of contact for a defined area of a development, or support an investor who already has their own team. Not every collaboration requires handing us the whole process.
The extended scope is shaped around the needs of the development and defined separately each time.
Architica prepares and organises the information about a development and then coordinates the investor’s work with a trusted partner specialising in credit brokerage.
On our side this means organising the design and formal documentation, preparing a description of the scheme and its current stage, compiling data on the design and areas, presenting the state of procedures, and coordinating the exchange of information between the investor, the credit partner, designers and everyone else involved.
Credit brokerage itself is carried out by a separate partner firm under its own authorisations, contracts and rules. Architica remains the link between the design and investment side and the financing process. The decision to grant financing, its amount and its terms rests with the bank or other lending institution.
On housing and developer schemes we can prepare and run an agreed scope of marketing communication: how the development is presented, its name and communication foundations, unit fact sheets and sales floor plans, area and availability schedules, content, work on the website, coordination of the visual identity and promotional activity.
Knowing the design and the documentation helps keep what is communicated to future buyers consistent with the actual scope of the development.
Where the agreed model provides for it, Architica can also set up and run a sales office and the sales process on the investor’s behalf: handling enquiries, working in a CRM, qualifying leads, maintaining statuses and contact history, presenting the development, arranging meetings, conducting agreed stages of sales conversations, coordinating reservations and reporting on progress.
The detailed sales scope, the authority to represent the investor, the rules for communicating with buyers and the fee model are agreed separately for each development.
Each has a different scale and different constraints.
Designs shaped around the plot, the needs of future users, the budget and the investor’s way of living.
From analysing a property’s potential and the concept through documentation, discipline coordination, preparation for financing, the housing product, marketing and sales.
Designs driven by how the business operates, the function of the unit, the needs of clients and staff, and formal and technical requirements.
Developments that require design, business function, documentation, consultations and permitting to come together.
Schemes where the technological process, infrastructure, disciplines, environment and coordination of many parties are decisive.
Projects requiring deeper planning, environmental, technical or administrative analysis and work with specialists across fields.
Cases involving existing buildings and units, where the current state, a new function, the regulations and technical feasibility all have to be reconciled.
Analyses and concepts that help an owner or investor understand what a property allows before making further decisions.
Not every collaboration requires handing us the whole process.
For those who need their situation organised before buying a property, starting a design, signing a contract or entering a procedure. The outcome may be a document review, a summary of the key constraints and a recommendation on how to proceed.
We can take responsibility for one module — an analysis, a design, documentation, permitting, an opinion or a letter, discipline coordination or preparing development material. This also works well when the investor has their own team or project manager.
Architica can run a larger part of the process: preparing a development for permit, the design and documentation coordination, or preparing a housing scheme for market. The scope then covers several linked activities within one stage and one shared objective.
On larger schemes we can combine analysis, design, documentation, permitting, coordination, preparation for financing, marketing and sales. Before we start we agree the scope, the responsibilities, how decisions are made and how we work with the other parties.
Describe the development, its location, the current stage and the decision in front of you. On that basis we will assess whether we can help and what a sensible first step would be.
If you have documents, maps, a design, decisions or other material about the property, you can attach them. Having them organised makes the conversation about scope easier.