Capabilities

• Residential and commercial lot models
  • Scale models from lot plans
  • Google Earth map and terrain placement
• Scale building and facility representations
  • Room layouts
  • Furniture arrangements
  • Window, door, corridor sizing
  • Routing for plumbing, electrical

Deliverables

• Sketchup model, with layered representations of objects for maintainability
  • Model provides architect with layout of rooms and building envelope, plumbing and electrical routing recommendations, landscape and road design elements
  • Ready for architectural and engineering review for materials, structural design, building code conformity, electrical and plumbing designs, and blue printing
• Video fly-throughs and tours of models in mp4 and mov formats
  • Live guided web (“Zoom”) tours
  • YouTube video with music and/or dialog soundtrack
• Architectural proposals, with key design element descriptions tied to the model

Work Estimate Examples – 1500ft2 single story building
Representative time estimates for budgeting; actual times will vary based on project complexity

• Lot plan conversion to Sketchup, Google Maps                                                3 hours
• Building envelope and room layout (empty)                                                       3 hours
• Furniture and appliance arrangement, representative                                3 hours
• Plumbing and electrical routing                                                                                 4 hours
• Alterations and revisions                                                                                               1 to 8 hours
• Video fly-through                                                                                                               2 hours
• YouTube publishing with sound                                                                                 4 hours
• Architectural proposal report, detailing key design features                  6 hours
• Client meeting and reporting at milestones, per meeting                         2 hours

​​Pricing

• $100 client setup fee, payable at start
  • Applies towards first hour of work
• $200 per hour for all activities
  • Not to exceed estimates provided upon request
  • 50% due upon first milestone review, or after 20 hours
  • Remainder due upon delivery of model, video, report and/or other material deliverables
• Payable in US dollars or Costa Rican Colones, or direct bank transfer
• Flexible terms for barter, crypto currency, local community support

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PORTFOLIO

Residential, Small Businesses

​Hexagon house, 3 bedroom with elevated floor.  Open kitchen/living space, merges with outside deck.  Radial plumbing and electrical for simple installation and renovation.

​Simple steel-framed 3 bedroom house design, with elevated floor and open kitchen/living space

​Three story commercial space on constrained lot with high slopes.

​New interior layout for conventional "Tico" square house design

​Automated hydroponic greenhouse, with central water/nutrient system, PV electrical and inline harvesting system

Machines

​Electric Cruiser
The next iteration of the electric Rebel, based on the Honda Fury, and packed to the hilt with batteries

Waste-to-Energy
​Municipal-scale composting facility driving wind energy.  Composting heats the air, which rises by chimney-effect up a central tower made of structural fabric.  Direct-drive wind turbines at the air inlets produce electrical power from the resulting flow.

​"Stealth" Home Turbine
A novel wind turbine design from Alan Tratner, for attic placement in residential houses.  This model is a scaled test version for use in a wind tunnel

​Stealth Mini
A smaller version with wind tunnel design, for aerodynamic evaluation

Campuses, Systems and Facilities