Digital twin design
Design — From concept to permit

One model.
Every output.

You provide your working files — SketchUp, Revit, CAD, site scans, or even mood boards. We build a 1:1 digital twin and derive everything your project needs from it.

Other studios treat renders, drawings, and quantities as separate workflows. We build one asset — and derive them all.

A single digital twin, built from a photogrammetry scan or your working files, produces your renders, your construction documents, your BOQs, and your procurement packages. Change the model once and every output updates with it. Clashes get caught on screen — not on site.

Start anywhere

Whatever you have, we can build from it.

No clean Revit model? No problem. The twin can begin from almost anything.

a
Working files
Revit, SketchUp, CAD
b
Site scan
Drone or LiDAR
c
Drawings
PDFs or paper sets
d
Photos
Photogrammetry
e
Mood boards
Just a direction
Four ways to use the twin

Services

Use one, or chain them. Every engagement runs off the same model, so nothing gets re-drawn between steps.

01Visualize
Visualize

Renders & walkthroughs

Photoreal renders, animations, VR, virtual staging, and interactive experiences. Progress renders for design development; final renders for marketing and presentation.

For: client presentations, investor decks, design review, marketing, virtual staging.
Scope-based packages · from $4,000Send us your project
02Document
Document

Construction documents

Construction documents, BOQs, shop drawings, specs, procurement packages, and material takeoffs — production-ready and extracted from the same model. Your Architect of Record stamps; ZARHA produces.

For: permitting, bidding, construction, procurement.
Scope-based per deliverable setRequest a scope estimate
03Live Design
Live Design

Real-time sessions

Real-time design sessions with live screen-share and same-day iteration. Stakeholders review and align by walking through the model together — decisions made in the room, not over email.

For: design development, client reviews, stakeholder alignment.
Hourly · $85–125/hrBook a session
04Site Digitization
Site Digitization

QR-linked live model

QR codes posted on the construction site link the team to the live model, drawings, renders, and project data — phone-based or station-based. The source of truth travels to the field.

For: GCs, site managers, construction teams.
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The pipeline

From scan to source of truth.

However a project arrives, it ends up as one model — and everything downstream comes from it.

01

Capture

Drone photogrammetry, site scan, or your working files.

02

Digital Twin

A 1:1 model — the single source of truth.

03

Derive

Renders, CDs, BOQs, and live reviews, all from the twin.

04

Build

Coordinate on site against the model in real time.

What you receive

Deliverables.

A representative set — every engagement is scoped to what your project actually needs.

The difference

Why one model wins.

 
Typical workflow
ZARHA
Renders & drawings
Separate tools, separate teams
One model, every output
A design change
Re-drawn in each deliverable
Propagates everywhere instantly
Material quantities
Estimated, re-counted by hand
Exact, pulled from the model
Procurement
A fresh handoff to a new vendor
Already in the model, ready to price
Clashes
Discovered on site
Caught on screen
Design in practice

The method, built.

Clear Valley
Residential · Design

Clear Valley

Encino, Los Angeles · Under construction

A steep hillside answered with design, not resistance. Drone photogrammetry built a 3D site mesh that drove grading and foundation; a subterranean ADU is carved into the slope. On-site conflicts were resolved against the digital model in real time — the full design pipeline from scan to construction.

PhotogrammetryVisualizeDocumentLive Design
Carl Zeiss
Commercial · Design + Delivery

Carl Zeiss Customer Centers

Bursa & Ankara, Turkey

A 1,300 m² fit-out where the client's program kept evolving during construction. Because every space lived in one model, each revision propagated across drawings, renders, and the BOQ instantly — no re-drawing, no drift between design and build.

VisualizeDocumentLive DesignProcure
Find your fit

What do you need right now?

Pick the situation closest to yours — we'll point you to the service that fits.

Try it

Tools that show the work.

Interactive pieces we use to review and present — open any of them.

A glimpse

Renders that sell the room.

From hospitality to retail — a sample of work derived from the twin.

Questions

Design, answered.

Who stamps the drawings?+
Your Architect of Record. ZARHA produces the model and documentation; the licensed professional on your team stamps for permit and construction.
Do I need a finished design first?+
No. We work from any starting point — including mood boards — and the twin evolves with the design through Live Design sessions.
How fast are renders?+
It depends on scope, but because everything derives from one model, progress renders are quick and revisions are fast. We'll give you a clear timeline with the scope estimate.
What happens to the model after design?+
It becomes your procurement engine. Every material in the twin can be priced and ordered through Delivery — the package is already built.
The Bridge

When it's time to build, the procurement package is already in the model.

Every material in the twin can be priced and ordered through our Istanbul network. Design flows straight into delivery.

Explore Delivery →

Send us your project.
We'll quote it free.

A render, a full CD set, or a live design session — tell us what you need and we'll scope it.

Free quotes · 48-hour turnaround · No commitment