Villa Before the Slab

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Preparing your villa

Building the 3D model, materials and lighting. This takes a few moments the first time.

VR · her view of the finished terrace
Phone · the furnished living hall, sent over WhatsApp
On site · the villa rises on the plot and on the tablet
Live on their tablet

Let your buyers live in the villa before the first slab is cast.

This is one of your pool villas, rebuilt as a working model. Scroll through it to see what a dedicated BIM and visualization specialist adds to every house and apartment you design.

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The model

One model holds the whole villa.

Walls, slabs, glazing, railings and the pool are real objects with levels and sizes. Drawings, schedules and every image in this story come from the same model, so a change made once shows up everywhere.

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Areas and levels

Every level, measured once.

Lift the floors apart and each level shows its rooms. Carpet areas for the brochure and the RERA statement are read from these rooms, so the sales sheet and the filing always agree.

Sun and shade

Know where the shade falls at four in the afternoon.

At Chennai's latitude the sun is high and hard, and the evening light decides whether a terrace gets used. Drag the hour and watch the pergola's shadow cross the deck.

Visualization

The blue-hour photograph, taken before there is a building.

Stills and short films come from the same model: the pool lit at dusk, the wall washers on, the terrace dressed. They are ready for the launch brochure and the hoardings while the site is still a plot.

On site, before construction

The family stands at the plot and watches their home rise.

The deck, the three floors, the boundary walls, the pool and the planting go up in sequence, on the plot and on the tablet in their hands. They see the height, the setbacks and the view from the gate before any work starts.

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Virtual reality

She puts on the headset on the empty plot.

Nothing is built yet. With a VR headset, the client steps into the finished villa at true scale, while the family watches. Nobody needs to read a plan.

Through the headset

What she sees: the terrace at dusk, at her own eye height.

She walks under the pergola, past the planter and the egg chairs, and looks out over the railing. It is a sample villa you never have to build, and every member of the family can take a turn.

On every phone

Send the villa over WhatsApp.

A link opens a walkthrough or a 360° view on any phone, with no app to install. Here a buyer stands by the pool and opens the furnished living hall. Families can show the home to everyone who missed the site visit.

Finish options

Let buyers choose, then show them the result.

Switch the deck, the cushions and the gate below. Each buyer gets a finish board from the same model, so choices are agreed and recorded before handover.

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Interiors

Now walk through the glass, into the living hall.

Buyers spend their lives inside. Here the same specialist builds the hall layer by layer, in the order your site team will, so every decision is visible before it is built.

Stage 1 of 7 · Structure

Columns, beams and slab come first.

The frame is modelled at its real sizes, so spans, beam depths and clear ceiling heights are known before anyone draws the interior.

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Stage 2 of 7 · Walls and openings

Blockwork rises around the openings.

The sliding door to the pool deck and the garden window are placed in the model, so openings are sized and checked before the masons start.

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Stage 3 of 7 · Services

Ducts and conduits, checked before plaster.

Air-conditioning ducts, light points, TV and floor sockets are modelled and checked against the beams. Clashes are fixed on screen, not by breaking finished walls.

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Stage 4 of 7 · Flooring

Lay the floor, one tile at a time.

Italian marble, teak, Kota stone or Athangudi tiles from Chettinad. Each choice changes the picture and the quantity schedule together.

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Stage 5 of 7 · Plaster, paint and glazing

The walls close and take their colour.

Plaster covers the conduits and the glass slides into its frames. Try a wall colour.

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Stage 6 of 7 · Ceiling and lighting

Shape the ceiling, then switch on the light.

A false ceiling with cove light, exposed teak beams or a coffered grid. Downlights sit exactly where the electrical drawings place them.

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Stage 7 of 7 · Furnishing

Furnish it, and the hall becomes a home.

Piece by piece: the rug, the sofa, the coffee table, the TV wall, the chairs, the art, the oonjal swing, the lamps and the plants. This is the evening a buyer imagines, shown months before handover.

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Design studio

Change anything and see it straight away.

The family reviews the hall together. She walks through in VR while he changes the finishes on a tablet, and every option updates live.

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What comes with your specialist

Everything in this story, on your projects.

One dedicated person works with your team every day, fully equipped and supported by ZERO.BIM. You bring the design. We turn it into a model your clients can walk through.

A dedicated specialist

BIM modelling and visualization on your houses and apartments, working alongside your architects.

Models and drawings

Revit models set up to your standards, with plans, sections and schedules taken from them.

Stills and films

Day and dusk images and short walkthrough films for launches, brochures and hoardings.

VR walkthrough kit

Headset and render workstation provided and set up, ready for your sales office.

Walkthroughs on the phone

Links and 360° views your clients open on any phone and forward to their families.

AR on the plot

Model previews on site for buyers, owners and approval meetings.

Sun and shade studies

Hour-by-hour light on terraces, balconies and pool decks while the design can still change.

Area statements

Carpet areas read from the model, consistent across brochure, drawings and filings.

Interiors and finish boards

Rooms built stage by stage, with colour, material and ceiling options rendered for each buyer.

Supervision and checks

ZERO.BIM reviews models and visuals before they reach you or your clients.

How a week works

From your drawings to your client's phone.

  1. Brief

    You share the design and what the client needs to see this week.

  2. Model

    The specialist builds or updates the model in your standards.

  3. Visualize

    Images, films and VR scenes are produced from that model.

  4. Check

    ZERO.BIM reviews the work. You review it with your client.

  5. Share

    Links, walkthroughs and finish boards go out to buyers.

Founding client

Among the first to use what we are building next.

  • Early access to ZERO.BIM's upcoming cloud BIM platform when it is released.
  • Founding-client terms for Deejos on the platform.
  • A say in the features we build for architecture practices in India.

Next step

Let's build the first one together.

Choose one villa or apartment block that is in design now. We will take it through the model, the visuals and a VR walkthrough, so your team and your buyers can judge the difference on a real project.

Ing. Ajayraj Ramaswami Founder, ZERO.BIM s.r.o. · Prague
info@zerobim.eu
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