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SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

From an idea to a
verifiable project.

Bau Lütz reads the place, the building, the requirements, and the constraints before fixing a solution.

Alternatives: complexity, legal uncertainty, incompatibilities, additional burdens, and the risk that no one ultimately decides with courage.

Modello topografico e disegni per la progettazione sostenibile
Place, topography, and alternatives are brought into relation before the project is defined.

WHO WE WORK WITH

A process proportionate to the decision.

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Owners and clients

to assess land, a building or a transformation before a full mandate.

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Foundations and operators

To compare uses, options, risks, and costs against shared criteria.

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Public Authorities

To read scenarios, territorial needs, and alternatives within a decision-making framework that can be shared.

Architetto al lavoro su disegni e planimetrie
Design coordinates scenarios, risks, and variables within a single language.

GIVING FORM TO CHOICES

Design means making choices comparable.

We do not begin with a predetermined image. We understand uses and markets, anticipate risks and options, and build scenarios that can be verified over time.

The project becomes a deliberate, precise, measurable, and tested instrument. True responsibility comes from considering places as a whole.

EIGHT AREAS OF ANALYSIS

Eight questions, one complete picture.

01

Place and purpose

Analysis, access, and potential; coherence with the context and readiness for change.

02

Constraints and compatibility

Regulations, property rights, provisions, systems, and interactions between scenarios.

03

Accessibility and logistics

Pedestrian access, parking, connections, and distances between functions and needs.

04

Programme and uses

A matrix of spaces and relationships needed to organise the building.

05

Energy and consumption

Orientation, envelope, systems, and short- and long-term operating costs.

06

Materials, water, and biodiversity

Circular compatibility, water efficiency, green areas, and ecological continuity.

07

Durability and maintenance

Long-term legibility, maintenance plans, and key details.

08

Resilience

Evolving plots or markets that may change in direction and value.

SIX AREAS OF DECISION

From the question to the decision.

01

Listening

Defining objectives and the decision to be made.

02

Collection

Data, constraints, rights, risks, and measurable evidence.

03

Reading

place, building, uses and constraints.

04

Scenarios

Valuable, comparable alternatives.

05

Comparison

Costs, variables, limits, and risks.

06

Decision

A responsible choice and the methods that follow.

HOW WE PUT IT TO WORK

A legible basis for moving forward.

01

Initial framework

Available data, certainties, and known elements of the current state of knowledge.

02

Open questions

Checks or questions that condition or guide the choice.

03

Alternatives

Scenarios and implicit grounds for comparing them without premature promises.

04

Next steps

Decisions, expertise, and checks to be activated according to the appointment.

RELATED PROJECTS

From model to study

La Farfalla, modello per villaggi ecologici
LA FARFALLA — A model for ecological villages

EXPLORE LA FARFALLA →

Studio concettuale St Gingolph tra edificio, pendio e lago
ST GINGOLPH — Relationship between building, slope, and lake

EXPLORE ST GINGOLPH →

Clear responsibilities, readable documents

LA FARFALLA is a model in development for ecological villages and the regeneration of underused structures. ST GINGOLPH is an archived concept study exploring the relationship between building, slope, and lake. Neither is presented as an active commission.

A genuine project reduces risk and requires adaptation to the building’s capacity to evolve over time.

ARCHITECTURE FOR TOMORROW’S CLIMATE →

WHO IT IS FOR

Owners and clients

to assess land, a building or a transformation before a full mandate.

Foundations and operators

to compare uses, management, impact and phases.

PUBLIC AUTHORITIES

to read assets, territorial needs and alternatives within a shareable decision framework.

START A PRE-STUDY

WHAT WE ANALYSE

01

We examine the condition, quality, and existing relationships to understand what should be preserved, transformed, or investigated further.

02

We review known planning instruments and limits to avoid incompatible scenarios and define the necessary checks.

03

We assess accessibility, routes, and logistics because they influence function, phases, and management.

04

We relate needs, spaces, and services to select realistic programmes of use.

05

Orientation, envelope, systems, and use guide performance objectives and further studies.

06

We compare compatibility, life cycle, water management, and ecological continuity.

07

Future responsibilities and resources influence details, phases, and durability.

08

We make visible the uncertainties that could change the decision or the scope of the mandate.

SCENARIOS AND ALTERNATIVES

A SIX-PHASE PROCESS

Listen

objective, stakeholders and decision.

Collect

documents, surveys, sources and gaps.

Read

place, building, uses and constraints.

SCENARIOS

explicit, comparable alternatives.

Compare

criteria, benefits, limits and risks.

DECISION

choice, responsibilities and next appointments.

READ THE METHOD

WHAT THE CLIENT RECEIVES

01

Available data, context, and state of knowledge

02

Questions that condition or guide the choices

03

Alternatives and explicit grounds for comparison

04

Data, decisions, and expertise to be activated

Content and level of detail depend on the appointment.

DISCUSS THE PROJECT

RELATED PROJECTS

From model to study

Clear responsibilities, readable documents

LA FARFALLA is a model in development for ecological villages and the regeneration of underused structures. ST GINGOLPH is an archived concept study exploring the relationship between building, slope, and lake. Neither is presented as an active commission.

The project is also assessed in terms of its climatic behaviour and the building’s capacity to adapt over time.

ARCHITECTURE FOR TOMORROW’S CLIMATE →
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