Architecture
Architectural Design and Coordination of the engineering
Officine VisualArch provides integrated design, starting from feasibility studies up to the detailed and final designs. This kind of approach allows to achieve high standards in terms of technology and overall performance of the final building. The coordination of the various disciplines allows maintaining a total control of the processes and results, and guarantees against highly demanding customers.
The firm also deals with all the authorization processes required during the different project phases, from the micro scale, which requires authorizations for small operations, to the macro one, required to build complex structures.
Structural design
The firm avails itself of staff and external professionals responsible for everything related to the structural design. The experience and the ability to coordinate the various engineering disciplines guarantees excellent results and a total integration between structural design and architectural design.
Plant design
As for the structural design, also for the internal systems the Firm avails itself of staff and external professionals. The experience and the ability to coordinate the various engineering disciplines guarantees excellent results and a total integration between plant design and architectural design, with a focus on highly efficient and innovative systems.
KlimaHaus Design and Certification
Officine VisualArch deals with the integrated design of highly energy-efficient buildings under the KlimaHaus Protocol. A KlimaHaus project requires high expertise and technical knowledge that is in the planning stages in the implementation phases.
The firm is also able to follow the authorization process for the issuance of the Certificate and the Placard by the Klimahaus Agency, by having an internal KlimaHaus expert Consultant and Certifier.
Management and coordination of worksite activities
The firm has the goal to control and overall manage all the main parameters involved in a construction site, to ensure compliance with the time, cost and quality.
Related to the worksite, the study is responsible for overseeing all phases of construction, and the technical and administrative documentation. In addition, the study verifies the worksite management, monitors the contractors, the materials and the conformity with the design and specifications.
Technical assistance to businesses
Officine VisualArch, in recent years, dealt with several constructing companies, acquiring the necessary technical skills to provide support during the construction phases. Past experiences allowed us to develop skills such as to identify critical issues and possible proposals for improvement, especially in the context of a more efficient envelope, the identification of issues related to thermal bridges and their resolution.
Safety coordination in design and execution phases
The firm also deals with Safety in design and execution phases in the context of temporary or mobile construction sites, as places where it is necessary to safeguard and protect the health and safety of workers. The Building and Safety Coordinator is therefore a key figure in an intermediate position between clients, architect or engineer, companies and staff working at the construction site.
The role and responsibilities of Building and Safety Coordinator are regulated by Italian Legislative Decree n° 81/08 "Law on health and safety at work”.
The main activities of Building and Safety Coordinator in Officine VisualArch are the Safety Coordination in the design phase, the Safety Coordination in the execution phase and the editing of related plans (PSC).