LOCUS

The Complete Architectural Intelligence Ecosystem

From the first line of the brief to the final render — one project, one mind, every stage connected.

Program Area

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Gross m²

Est. Cost

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Construction

Roadmap

0/8

Stages Complete

Render Brief

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Not Started

Current Project

Untitled Project

No type · No location set

The concept will appear here once written in the Brief or Studio.

Quick actions

⬆ Import Project

The Eight Modules · A Continuous Workflow

Every module writes to a single shared project, kept in your browser. Set the type once and it travels — into the site analysis, the cost model, and the render brief. Nothing to re-enter.

Module 01 · Program

The Brief

Architecture begins as a list of needs. Build the space program here; the totals and the gross floor area calculate themselves.

Project Definition

Client / Owner

Plot Area (m²)

Target Floors

Design Brief / Requirements

Space Program

Space / Room	Qty	Area each (m²)	Subtotal

Net Area

0 m²

Circulation

0 m²

Gross Floor Area

0 m²

Module 02 · Context

Site & Climate

No building is abstract. Orient it, place it on the Earth, and let the climate write the first rules of the design.

Site Parameters

Plot Width (m)

Plot Depth (m)

Building Orientation — front faces

Climate Zone

Latitude (°)

Exact Location GOOGLE / OSM MAP · EXPORTED WITH REPORTS

📍 No pin yet

Tip: click the map to drop a pin, drag it to fine-tune, or paste a Google Maps link. The location card is embedded in every report and the PowerPoint.

Solar Compass

Generated Bioclimatic Strategy

Derived from climate, latitude and orientation — passive-first, then mechanical.

Module 03 · Numbers

Feasibility

The honest module. What the program costs to build — in real money, with a real breakdown — before a single render is made.

Inputs

Gross Floor Area (m²)

Net : Gross Efficiency

Rate Basis

Quality Tier

Region

Contingency

Currency

Usable Area

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Net m²

Cost / m²

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est.

Construction Cost

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incl. contingency

Range

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low — high

Indicative Cost Breakdown

Order-of-magnitude only. Rates are parametric benchmarks for early feasibility — not a quantity-surveyed estimate. Always validate locally.

Module 03b · Relationships

Bubble Diagram

Spatial relationships before form. Seed bubbles from your program, size them by area, drag to arrange, and link adjacencies — then export.

Click “Seed from program” to start, or “Add bubble”.
Move mode: drag bubbles · Link mode: click two bubbles to connect · Delete mode: click to remove

No bubbles yetPublic Private Service Circulation Outdoor Technical

Module 06 · Vision

Render Studio

The heart of LOCUS. Your brief, site and palette flow in automatically — shape the rest and generate a platform-ready prompt.

● synced with project10 platforms4 modes⬆ Import Prompt

✦ AI Writing — Powered by Claude Enhance, Expand & Translate your concept — no API key required

01 — Project Concept

Describe the idea, story, and philosophy behind the design. This will be embedded directly in your prompt as a conceptual brief.

Project Concept / Design Narrative

Concept Tone / Voice

Output Language

✦ Enhance with AI

Enhance — rewrites your concept in architectural prose with the selected tone.
Expand — takes a brief idea and develops it into a full design narrative.
Translate — converts your concept to the selected output language.

02 — Target Platform

Midjourney

Nano Banana

Nano Banana PRO ✦

Stable Diffusion

DALL·E

Firefly

Leonardo AI

GPT-4o ✦

GPT-5.5 ✦✦

GPT-5.5 Pro 👑

03 — Generation Mode

✏ Text to Image

🖊 Sketch to Image

🔄 Image to Image

📎 Image Reference

Upload sketch / linework / floor plan

Sketch Upload

🖊

Drop sketch or click

JPG/PNG — hand sketch, floor plan, section

✕ Remove

Sketch Fidelity

Sketch Type

Geometry Abidance — Sketch

75%

0% — Free50% — Balanced100% — Exact

Upload render/photo to transform

Source Image

🔄

Drop image or click

Existing render, photo, visualization

✕ Remove

Transformation Strength

65%

Geometry Abidance — Image

80%

Transform Goal

Upload style/mood reference

Reference Image

📎

Drop reference or click

Architecture, interior, mood board

✕ Remove

Influence Strength

50%

Reference Aspects

Style

Color

Materials

Composition

Lighting

Details

04 — Core Parameters

Project Type

Architectural Style

View Type

Time of Day

Climate / Context

Rendering Style

05 — Geometry Abidance

Global Adherence to Original Geometry / Building Form

80%

0% — Full Creative Freedom25% — Loose50% — Balanced75% — Faithful100% — Exact Match

What geometry to preserve

Overall Massing

Facade Proportions

Floor Plan Layout

Roof Form

Structural Grid

Entrance Location

Cantilevers

Curved Lines

Setbacks

Courtyard / Voids

Tower / Podium

Site Boundary

Deviation Allowed

Geometry Source

06 — Architecture Schools & Theory

School / Movement

Theoretical Approach

07 — Inspired by Architect

Architect

Influence Strength

70%

Influence Mode

08 — Building Scale, Massing & Form

Scale / Type

Height

Footprint

Floor-to-Floor Height

Massing Concept

Section Complexity

Solid / Void Ratio

Ground Relationship

Roof Type

Structural Expression

Special Massing Features

Corner Condition

Sky Gardens

Upper-Level Void

Asymmetric

Recessed Entry

Vertical Emphasis

Horizontal Emphasis

Distinctive Crown

Tripartite

Mono-Material

Double Skin

Tree Within Building

09 — Artistic Medium

Medium / Technique (select multiple)

Digital Render

Photography

Watercolor

Oil Painting

Gouache

Pencil Sketch

Ink Drawing

Charcoal

Pastel

Blueprint

Linocut Print

Collage

Concept Art

Matte Painting

Comic Style

Clay Render

Low Poly

Voxel Art

10 — Materials & Facade

Primary Materials (select multiple)

Glass CW

Frosted Glass

Raw Concrete

White Concrete

Stone Cladding

Limestone

Granite

Sandstone

Marble

Travertine

Corten Steel

Steel

Aluminum ACM

Copper

Bronze Mesh

Perf. Metal

Mirror Metal

Terracotta

Ceramic

Zellige

Brick

Rammed Earth

Timber

Charred Wood

Bamboo

Living Walls

ETFE

Param. Lattice

GFRC

Polycarbonate

Basalt Flooring

Basalt — Exterior

Basalt — Polished

Basalt — Brushed

Basalt — Flamed

Basalt — Grey

Basalt Cobbles

Basalt Pool Coping

Basalt Steps

Basalt & Marble

Interlock — Grey

Interlock — Red

Interlock — Travertine

Interlock — Cobble

Interlock — Grass

Large Format Slabs

Porcelain Outdoor

Interlock — Sandstone

Interlock — Charcoal

Interlock — Cream

Herringbone

Basket Weave

Fan & Circle

Granite Setts

Exposed Aggregate

Rubber Sports

Wood-Effect Deck

11 — Facade Systems & Solar Control

Sun Louvers

Sun Breakers / Brise-Soleil

Dynamic Facades (select multiple)

Kinetic Rotating Panels

Folding Origami Panels

Motorized Sun-Tracking

Kinetic Cable Facade

Sliding Screen Panels

LED Media Facade

Electrochromic Glass

Thermochromic Color

ETFE Pneumatic

Wind-Responsive Petals

Hydraulic Relief

PV Solar-Tracking

Responsive Facades (select multiple)

Bio-Responsive Moss

Double-Skin Adaptive

Sensor-Driven Porous

Occupant-Controlled

Shape Memory Alloy

Hygroscopic Timber

Piezoelectric Energy

Phase-Change Material

Algae Bioreactor

AI-Adaptive Facade

Retractable Green Wall

Acoustic Responsive

11b — Sustainability & Green Architecture

Certification

Carbon / Net Zero

Passive Strategies

Active Energy

Water Management

Biophilic Design

Sustainable Materials

Sustainability Narrative

Visible Sustainability Features

Solar Panels

Green Roof

Vertical Green Wall

Rainwater Visible

Wind Turbines

EV Charging

Cycling Infrastructure

Edible Garden

Car-Free Site

Bird-Safe Glazing

Urban Beehives

Natural Swimming Pond

12 — Atmosphere & Mood

Mood

Color Palette

Vegetation Density

40%

Human Activity

Spirit & Human Feeling

— Genius Loci —

"Architecture is not about space and light and walls. It is about how it makes you feel."

Primary Emotional Resonance

Bodily / Sensory Experience

Time & Memory Layer

Relationship to Nature & Cosmos

Genius Loci — Spirit of Place Chips

Rooted to Place

Sacred Geometry

Generosity of Spirit

Poetic Truth

Shadow as Meaning

Desert Memory

Maternal Enclosure

Democratic Belonging

Threshold Between Worlds

Built for Centuries

Human Scale — Always

Layered Narrative

Scent of Materiality

The Horizon as Teacher

Spirit of Resistance

Cosmic Awareness

The Visitor Thinks / Feels —

14 — Country & Cultural Context

Country / Region

🇪🇬 Egypt Zone / District

Cultural Accuracy

Season / Weather

15 — People & Attire

Attire Category (select multiple)

Gulf — Thobe & Abaya

Egyptian — Galabiya

Moroccan — Djellaba

Islamic Modest

Contemporary Casual

Business / Formal

Luxury Fashion

Resort / Beachwear

Sportswear

Japanese — Kimono

Indian — Sari

African — Ankara

European Chic

Multicultural Mix

Young Professionals

Families

Elderly

Workers / Laborers

Street Vendors

Tourists

Attire Detail / Formality

People Density

16 — Cars & Vehicles

Vehicle Presence

No. of Cars in Shot

Vehicle Era

Vehicle Types & Brands (select multiple)

Luxury Sedans

SUVs

Sports Cars

EVs

Pickups

Motorcycles

Bicycles

Taxis

Public Transit

Rolls-Royce

Bentley

Mercedes

BMW

Audi

Porsche

Ferrari

Lamborghini

Range Rover

Tesla

Land Cruiser

Escalade

17 — Lighting Design

Interior Lighting

Facade Lighting

Landscape Lighting

Street Lighting

Special Lighting Effects

Wet Pavement

God Rays

Mashrabiya Shadows

Bokeh Lights

Rim Lighting

Neon Reflections

Water Caustics

Dusty Beams

Firelight

Starry Sky

18 — Camera & Technical

Camera Lens

Aspect Ratio

Output Format / Use

Quality Level

Depth of Field

Quality Enhancers (select multiple)

Ultra-Realistic

Cinematic Lighting

Arch Photography

Hyperrealistic

Award-Winning

Golden Hour

Long Exposure

HDR

Ray-Traced GI

Unreal Engine 5

V-Ray Quality

Tack Sharp

Full Frame DSLR

Drone Photography

Magazine Quality

19 — Custom Details

Additional description (optional)

20 — Negative Prompt — Exclude

What to avoid

Cartoon

Blurry

Distorted

Oversaturated

Bad Proportions

Watermark

Text Overlay

No People

No Cars

Low Quality

Lens Flare

Noise

Flat Lighting

Bad Scale

21 — Poster Builder

Poster Type

Poster Size

Poster Style

Poster Title

Subtitle / Tagline

Architect / Studio

Location

Year

Poster Layout Elements (select multiple)

Hero Image

Bold Title

Studio Credit

Location & Year

Floor Plan Inset

Section Inset

Elevation Inset

Site Plan

Concept Diagram

Description Text

Technical Data

QR Code

North Arrow & Scale

Award Badge

Multi-Image Collage

Aerial Context

22 — Save & Load Sessions

Local

Import JSON

Google Drive — via Claude

Google Drive is handled by Claude in chat. Copy session data, paste with a save command.

✦ Generated Prompt — Ready to Copy Midjourney

Module 04 · Matter

Material Palette

Architecture is felt before it is understood. Compose a tactile palette, then carry it into the render brief.

Your Palette

Select materials below to compose

Material Wardrobe

Module 05 · Lineage

Reference Library

Every design carries ancestors. Browse the masters, schools and theories — and send any of them straight into the Studio as design DNA.

Module 07 · Journey

Project Roadmap

The RIBA Plan of Work, mapped to LOCUS. Track the project from a first idea to a building in use.

Current Project

The Eight Modules · A Continuous Workflow

The Brief

Project Definition

Space Program

Site & Climate

Site Parameters

Exact Location GOOGLE / OSM MAP · EXPORTED WITH REPORTS

Solar Compass

Generated Bioclimatic Strategy

Feasibility

Inputs

Indicative Cost Breakdown

Bubble Diagram

Render Studio

Spirit & Human Feeling

21 — Poster Builder

22 — Save & Load Sessions

Material Palette

Your Palette

Material Wardrobe

Reference Library

Project Roadmap

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