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Plot analysis
Only if contracted separately. Otherwise we start from the brief and the geodetic base map.
Concept design
Concept design
Spatial organisation, massing, and how the building sits on the site, before main documentation.
What we deliver
Deliverables, required inputs, and boundaries - one overview in the Scope tab below.
Full scopeWhat we need from you
- Signed contract and recorded advance payment for concept design.
- Geodetic base map with site boundary and elevation levels (typically DWG).
- Plot analysis only if contracted separately; otherwise the brief and programme priorities.
- Programme priorities: must-have, nice-to-have, negotiable.
Once you know what the site allows, you need to see how the building would sit. Concept design helps you align programme, mass, and site relationship before expensive detail work. We prepare the first complete architectural proposal from the confirmed constraints.
This is the first time you see the building as space and form, not as a list of areas. Many decisions that later become costly to reverse are made here. That is why we prepare at least three options with a written comparison of strengths, limits, and consequences for later work.
We work on projects across Croatia: Zagreb, Zadar, Dalmatia, Istria, Kvarner, the islands, and elsewhere.
What we deliver
Three views on the same scope: deliverables, your inputs, and what is out of scope.
- Concept-level plans, sections, and elevations at agreed scale.
- Three options with a written comparison of strengths and limitations.
- Volumetric study (3D model, render, or physical model depending on package).
- Programme diagram: uses, areas, relationships.
- Written recommendation for continuation, with the scope for the location permit.
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Duration and rhythm
30 days from signed contract, recorded advance payment, and delivery of the geodetic base map with boundary and elevation levels (typically DWG).
Scope
- Concept is not a permit submission. That belongs to the location permit procedure.
- Renders are a communication tool, not a contractual material specification.
- Programme changes after the final decision are handled by written addendum.
When we finish this service for you, what is your next step toward a completed project?Location permit (Submission)
When concept design closes, we prepare the location permit next, or, exceptionally, move straight into the main project when the regulatory frame is already known.
Frequently asked questions
- Yes. The concept remains useful if the project resumes later or is handed to another team.
- Two rounds of revisions per option, at the whole-design level. Detailed material and equipment revisions belong to later services.
- Possible, with a written justification. We recommend at least two, because comparing options strengthens the decision.
- Yes if IP rights and a usage licence are clearly contracted.
- Changes flow through a versioned change process. Responsibilities are set by contract and procedural stage.
- Depends on the case and site. We map conflicts early; formal consents follow the actual procedure.
- No. Lawful execution requires permits and subsequent technical documentation.
- The contractual frame must be updated and legal status verified before continuing.
- Through confidentiality clauses and GDPR-compliant data processing.
Rules and procedures in Croatia
- Concept design is the basis for further technical and administrative steps, but is not itself a permit act.
- The concept must align with the applicable spatial plan and conditions formally checked in the permit procedure.
- The concept package serves special conditions and direction decisions. Its depth is not main-project depth.
- Specific interventions may require preliminary studies depending on building type and site.
- Architectural documentation is produced within the authority and responsibility of a chartered architect.
- Use rights for drawings and views must be clearly contracted before publication or sale to a third party.
- Tenet does not guarantee the authority will accept the concept without supplement. Supplements are a normal part of working with the authority.
Selecting a concept does not substitute the legal validity of the procedure or automatically create a right to build. The next step depends on special conditions and the client's decision.
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Where concept work typically breaks, and how we prevent it.
Revisions after a verbal lock
The concept is treated as finished verbally, then new requests follow. Each round changes volume, facade, or layout without a clear boundary.
Versioned reviews with sign-off
We label each variant and send it for written approval. Only then does work move toward the location permit or main project.
Conflict with the spatial plan
Form and envelope develop before the plan is checked. A late conflict forces expensive rework of the concept.
Plan check inside the concept
Plan review is part of the concept, not a late add-on. Parcel limits and use keep the form honest from the first drawing.
Build cost above expectations
The idea reads well on paper but build cost was not tested. The client sees the gap only on the contractor's quote.
Indicative estimate in the concept
We give an investment range by major item already in the concept service. Figures are rough but enough to decide before the next service.
Unclear use rights
Renders and views are used in sales without an agreement on authorship. A later dispute costs more than an early contract.
Written agreement before publication
We agree use, transfer, and publication before work starts. Anything not in the offer stays out of circulation.
What we need for serious concept work.
- Conclusion from plot analysis or equivalent plan extract.
- Programmatic brief (unit count, areas, priorities).
- Indicative budget and time frame.
- Existing sketches, site photography, surveys if available.
- Names of consultants already engaged (structure, MEP, landscape).
A missing document does not block the first conversation. Tell us what you have, what is missing, and what you want to reconstruct.
Concept design in the decision sequence
Concept design is the first service that turns space into a document. Everything that later enters permit and execution rests on the decisions made here.
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Concept design
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Investor presentation
Used as the basis for conversations with investors and banks.
Concept design itself is not a permit act. Production sits within the authority of a chartered architect.
Standards we work to
Concept design is not a design presentation. It is an operational decision document. Concept quality directly drives the number of later revisions and coordination cost.
Test and lock the spatial strategy before technical commitment.
Communicate intent with enough rigour for later permit work.
Concept decisions recorded as a reliable baseline for later packages.
Revision rounds, decision log, explicit exclusions.
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