CalqOpen CalqThe brief, tracked room by room
In Calq the client's brief lives in the model. Each room answers a line of it, and each line is measured against the room it names, so the brief and the design cannot drift apart. Tracking a brief is part of Calq Build, free.
The brief in the model
A spreadsheet of spaces (CSV or Excel) becomes the brief in the Programme drawer. A room is linked to its line, and every linked room is measured by the rule the line states, to 0.01 m2. Bringing a new version of the spreadsheet in updates the lines by their code, never twice.
A plan mode shows each room as a measuring jug: how full it is against its line.
What is checked
- Room standards (NDSS for homes) and whether a furniture set fits, measured from the room's own outline with door swings kept clear
- Walking distances, door to door round the corners, between the rooms a line says are related
- Daylight depth (the BR 209 limiting depth) and the building's efficiency
Four roles
The brief owner writes the brief, the designer links rooms to it and asks for a change of target, the reviewer reads, and the approver signs. The approver signs off from an emailed link with a code that proves the address, with no account.
From the brief to a building
Calq Ask lays a building from the brief: it draws massing options first, you choose one and move or turn it, and every room it then lays is born linked to its line. A brief of departments (a hospital, a school, an office) is compared over several building forms on daylight, walks, cost and carbon indices before one is built.