3D Architectural Visualization

Seeing a house before it is built

Most people find it hard to read a floor plan as a three-dimensional space. A visualisation turns drawings into something everyone in a family can respond to: the height of a living room, the depth of a verandah, the colour of a roof against the sky. Decisions that would otherwise be made on site, under time pressure and at a cost, can be made calmly at the design stage.

Accuracy before atmosphere

A render is only useful if it is truthful. Models are built from the working drawings, with correct levels, wall thicknesses, window sizes and roof pitches. Sun angles are set for the site's latitude and orientation, so shadows fall where they really will. Materials are matched to the samples under consideration, and cameras are kept at believable eye level rather than at exaggerated wide angles that make rooms look larger than they are.

What can be produced

• Exterior stills for elevations, colour options and landscape
• Interior stills for layouts, finishes and lighting
• Animated walkthroughs that move through the house in sequence
• Early massing and concept studies for comparing directions
• Before-and-after images for renovations and facade upgrades

When to use it

Visualisation is most valuable at three points: when choosing between concept options, when finalising elevations and materials, and before ordering joinery and finishes for the interiors. Families living away from Kerala often find walkthroughs particularly useful for following a design remotely, because a short film can be watched and discussed by relatives in several countries at once.

See exterior 3D renders and architectural walkthroughs, or discuss a visualisation brief.