Ontron · Architects
For architects in design

Every trade, one room, your desk.

You compose the whole look — paint colour, upholstery, curtain fabric, floor tile and lighting — as one spec, and each trade gets its own part. This is where Ontron is headed for architects: today it composes codes and quantities from the plan you mark; the live multi-trade composite render is coming, and the tile render is in pilot.

Book an architect walkthrough One sitting, every trade
One roomEvery tradeYour deskOne sign-off

Illustrative drawing of where the architect view is headed. Today it composes codes and quantities from the rooms you mark; the live multi-trade composite render is coming, and the in-room tile render is in pilot.

The problem

Each trade shows its sample alone.

Today the paint card, the fabric swatch, the curtain, the tile sample and the lighting catalogue are seen apart. Nobody, including the client, sees them together until the room is built.

Paint card A shade, held up to the wall.
Fabric swatch Upholstery, on its own.
Curtain sample A length of cloth, not the window.
Tile sample A piece, not the floor.
Lighting catalogue Fittings, listed, not placed.
One sitting, every trade

The trades join you. One spec, every layer.

Paint, upholstery, curtains, tile, lighting and automation come together in one session at your desk as a single spec — codes, quantities and the automation scene, from the rooms you mark. The live combined re-render is coming; the in-room tile render is in pilot today.

Sample codes below are illustrative. They are not a live catalogue.

  • PaintNCS S 2010-Y30R42.6 m²
  • UpholsteryLIN-04 Sand6.2 m
  • CurtainsDRP-18 Ivory14.8 m
  • Floor tileIVY-600-MT21.6 m²
  • LightingDL-12 3000K12 fittings
  • Automation1/1/12 Eveningcove 30%
The full picture

You hold the look the client approves.

The architect is the person who holds paint, fabric, curtains, tile and light together. The client signs off that combined look with you, before any trade starts from a sample of its own.

Client approval

Living room, combined

  • PaintIn the look
  • UpholsteryIn the look
  • CurtainsIn the look
  • Floor tileIn the look
  • LightingIn the look
  • AutomationIn the look

One approval, of the whole look. You keep the record of what was agreed.

Send each trade its part

One approved room. A spec for every vendor.

From that room, each vendor receives their own spec and bill of quantities. Paint gets the shade code and the wall area in m². Fabric gets the code and the metres. Tile gets the SKU and the boxes. Lighting gets the fittings and where they sit. Areas and runs come from the rooms marked on the plan.

Approved room Living · marked plan
  • PaintNCS S 2010-Y30R · 42.6 m² walls
  • UpholsteryLIN-04 Sand · 6.2 m
  • CurtainsDRP-18 Ivory · 14.8 m
  • Floor tileIVY-600-MT · 17 boxes
  • LightingDL-12 3000K · 12 positions
Illustrative

Illustrative quantities. Nothing here is detected from the drawing. The numbers come from the rooms marked on the plan and from the codes you chose.

For the practice

You stay the single point of truth.

Fewer revisions
The client sees the combined look before a trade is asked to order.
A faster decision
One sitting, one room, one approval, instead of samples passed around.
Your sign-off
Every trade works from the room the client approved with you.
An exact spec
Vendors quote the shade, the metres, the boxes and the positions from the marked plan.

Book an architect walkthrough.

A session on one of your rooms: the trades composed into one spec, the automation scene, and the part each vendor would receive. No commitment.

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