Visualization & Collaboration

reflecting ideas into reality

Studio 516 Design offers 3D visualization as a great tool during the design and construction process. Understanding the design in multiple dimensions and seeing the materials and finishes in context helps homeowners visualize the experience of living in the space and communicate with the construction team to bring it into reality.

This home built into the hill is an example of a collaboration with David B. MacNeill Architect to experiment with various materials and textures to visualize the design ideas and integration with the setting.

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featured project: home above the vineyards

Collaboration from visualization through construction

This project is an example of building ideas into reality in collaboration with Brian Evans, owner of Evans Construction, Inc., where integrity, craftsmanship, and family values converge to create exceptional custom homes in the heart of Sonoma County. 

Their longstanding connections with both clients and employees are a testament to their dedication to creating an environment where trust, loyalty, and shared values thrive. Many of their employees have been with them for decades, contributing to a cohesive and experienced workforce that consistently delivers top-notch craftsmanship.

Studio 516 Design is honored to have numerous opportunities to collaborate with Evans Construction over the years.  

Examples below of the visualization tools used to build these ideas into reality.

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Reflecting ideas into reality... Building the dream

evans construction inc.
custom home builder.
serving Sonoma county since 1992

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photographs by Gene ivester, California Property Photography

Homeowner feedback

Hi Julie Anne, I just wanted to tell you how impressed I was with last week's "Julie Show". Obviously your renderings were beautiful and inspiring, and your! talent as a designer was perfectly displayed - you keep coming up with better designs.  But more impressive was your command of all the details of the project. Your amazingly detailed agenda was completely covered in our meeting. Most meetings I've been to have had no agenda beyond a subject, and absolutely nothing is accomplished. You rock!
GM
Homeowner
This morning when I saw this and opened the file, it was just glorious! You are so talented and I really appreciate the creativity you bring to the project and then how effectively you present your ideas for change both with the materials and with the presentation on site yesterday. You are such an amazing asset to the entire project and I can't imagine now how to ever do a house project without you at the helm! You have shown a breadth and depth of understanding of materials, people and engineering which is dazzling. Thank you again for making this whole house so much better and more beautifully creative while solving the problems that come up and keeping in mind sensitivity to budget, timing and our aging in place requirements. I know it's a huge juggling act you manage so graciously and with tireless good humor and efficiency.
HM
Homeowner

interior exterior integration

Integration of palettes, textures, materials and finishes in a comprehensive “Parti”  for a cohesive and seamless experience.

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visualization services

range of rendering options

Studio 516 Design can tailor the level of drawing to your needs and budget.  Just the basics to convey the facts to the team, delve into options to spend more time on the nuances of choices or full deep dive into variations in renderings and mock ups to get complete buy in on concept prior to construction.

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just the basics, let’s do this

Studio 516 can provide a great set of drawings and convey necessary details for construction on a simple scale and on smaller budget.  Seeing designs in 3D instead of just plan view saves time and therefore money.

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The refinement of details can bring a design to life.  Visualization can convey the parti, options for design. color, texture etc. 

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The sky is the limit with visualization styles & budgets.

3D is a bit memorizing. Once you see a few idea you want to see more.  We keep an open conversation on the value of balancing visualization of ideas and the budget.  

Check out some big budget examples on the Past Life Visualization page.  Not visions of living in the days of the Pyramids – just a historical portfolio of rendering work.

more renderings

Video to the right shows a fun study of various casework designs for the east entry gallery.