Vyntra Studio
D39 rules
Drawing quality
Title block, scale, north point, dimension strings that do not add up, levels that disagree between plan and section, schedules that contradict the plan.
Technology-driven architectural practiceVadodara, GujaratEst. 2026
Architecture for the age of intelligence.
Vyntra Studio integrates technology into architecture, urbanism and advanced computation. Our agents generate, check and score every viable option for a site; architects design the one worth building.
The idea
We do not automate architecture. We automate what gets in the way of it.
Feasibility guesswork, compliance loops, coordination rework and drafting hours consume most of a project and none of them make the building better. Our tools take that work off the table, so the studio's time goes where it belongs: into better spaces.
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Feasibility by guesswork
Weeks spent testing two or three massing options by hand, then committing to one before the site has been understood.
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Compliance as a review
Setbacks, FSI, egress and access discovered at submission. Each rejection restarts design work that was already paid for.
- 03
Coordination rework
Structure, services and architecture drawn separately, reconciled late, and rebuilt on site when the clashes surface.
- 04
Drafting hours
Sheets, schedules and tags produced by hand, again, for every revision, by the people hired to design.
None of this is design. All of it is where the time goes.
Normhawk · the compliance agent, open to other practices
Drawing review that cites the clause.
Normhawk reads an architectural drawing set the way a plan-checking officer does, checks it against ISO 19650, NBCS 2026 and the local building rules, and pins every finding to the sheet with the clause it rests on.
Invite-only testing · one access code per office · advisory, not a compliance certificate
- 1Stair flight width below the governing minimumMeasured check · local code clause cited
- 2Corridor clear width not dimensionedDrawing quality
- 3Status code missing from the title blockISO 19650
- 4Travel distance: confirm on the fire planUnverified · not counted as a defect
107review rules
4,561numeric code limits, each tied to its clause
5code sets, national and state
S1–S6work stages, checklist narrowed per stage
Rule library 2026.09.13 · counts as served by the live instance
What it checks
I22 rules
ISO 19650
Information-management checks on the sheet itself: status and revision codes, naming, and what a drawing must carry at the stage it is issued for.
C19 rules
Coordination
Conflicts within and across sheets: height against floor count, FSI against coverage, plot outline between sheets, mixed scales, a stair or section that is missing.
R27 rules
Code compliance
Setbacks, FSI, coverage, height, corridor and stair widths, travel distance, exits, ramp slope, room sizes and lift provision, compared with the governing limit.
From PDF to pinned report
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Upload the set
Vector or scanned PDF sheets. Choose the local code and work stage, or let Normhawk read them from the drawing and its stamp.
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The sheet is read three ways
Geometry, the text layer and a rendered image. Stair flights are measured from their tread lines; detail callouts and “refer to” notes are followed, not flagged.
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Rules, limits, cross-sheet checks
The library is filtered by sheet type, stage and building. Limits come from the code that governs the site, with amendments ahead of the base text.
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Findings on the drawing
Numbered pins on each sheet, the clause and its source quote beside every finding, and a PDF report with cover, sheets, findings and parameters.
Precision first
If it cannot be confirmed, it is not called a defect.
A review only saves time when every line can be trusted. Normhawk is built to miss a finding rather than invent one, and to say plainly what it could not judge.
- Unverified is its own category. What the sheet does not show is listed for the reviewer to confirm, separately from the findings.
- Scale is read, not guessed. When the scale cannot be trusted, derived dimensions are reported as unverified instead of quoted as measured.
- Two independent passes. In Verified depth the review runs twice and is reconciled; a finding seen in only one pass is downgraded and labelled.
- Other sheets are respected. An element detailed elsewhere by a callout or schedule is treated as provided, not missing.
- The reviewer has the last word. Accept or reject each finding; a rule an office keeps rejecting is demoted on that office's later reviews.
The codes in the library today
National standards always apply. The local code is chosen in the review or detected from the drawing; a Chennai review never cites another state's rules.
| Standard | Applies | Indexed limits |
|---|---|---|
| ISO 19650Information management | Always | 22 rules |
| NBCS 2026 (SP 7:2026)Part D services · Part E plumbing · Part F fire and life safety | Always | 1,511 |
| NBC India 2016, Part 3Development control, where no local code governs | Fallback | 818 |
| CMDA Development Regulations 2026Second Master Plan, Vol. II | Chennai Metropolitan Area | 836 |
| TN Combined Development and Building Rules 2019Including the G.O. (Ms) No. 16/2020 amendment | Tamil Nadu | 895 |
| UP Building Bylaws 2025 | Uttar Pradesh | 501 |
Working under another state or authority? Tell us which code you need.
Your reports stay yours
Each office gets its own access code. Reports are listed, opened and deleted only under the code that created them.
The PDF is not kept
A completed review stores its findings and one image per sheet for 30 days. The uploaded drawing file itself is never stored.
Advisory by design
Findings are for review by a qualified professional. Normhawk does not issue a compliance certificate and does not check structural calculations.
OSMosis · the urban model studio, open to everyone
Any place on Earth, as a measurable 3D model.
Type a city, a district, an address or a pair of coordinates. OSMosis builds its buildings, streets, green space and amenities into a 3D model, draws the site analysis, generates concept masterplans with a full report, and exports drawings, CAD, GIS and 3D files for the software you already use.
Start free, no card needed · for architects, urban designers, planners and students
44site-analysis maps from one model
17masterplan concepts to compare
9chapters in each plan report
12file formats out
Vyntra Labs · research and in-house agents
A new practice, built on three agents.
01 · Massing agent
Every viable building, before we choose one
Give it the plot, the brief and the regulations. Overnight it generates thousands of compliant volumes and scores each for built-up area, daylight autonomy, structural regularity and facade cost. The output is a Pareto front, not a picture: every point is a real model that opens in Revit.
- Removes
- Weeks of feasibility guesswork
- Throughput
- ~12,000 options per night on studio hardware
- Output
- Scored option set, Revit models, feasibility report
02 · Compliance agent · Normhawk
The code reads the drawings as we draw
Each issue appears on the sheet with the clause that triggered it, and a clause-referenced report ships with every design stage. This is the agent we offer to other practices and developers as a service.
- Removes
- Rejection loops and late redesign
- Output
- Pinned findings, clause report
- Available
- As Normhawk, by invitation
03 · Envelope surrogate
Facades tuned panel by panel
Full daylight and solar simulation takes hours. A machine-learning surrogate trained on our own Radiance runs predicts the same results per panel in seconds, which makes optimisation across thousands of facade variants practical.
- Removes
- Hours of simulation per variant
- Speed
- ~0.4 s per variant vs. 2–3 h full simulation
- Output
- Optimised envelope, cut files, panel schedule
Roadmap 2026 – 2027
- Now
Three agents in production
Massing, compliance and envelope on every project.
- Q4 2026
Drafting agent
Sheets, schedules and tags generated from the coordinated model.
- 2027
Cost agent
Live rate-based costing on the option front.
- 2027
Digital twin at handover
As-built model with tagged assets, delivered with the keys.
The principle
Two lists we keep separate.
What technology takes on
- Generating every compliant massing option
- Checking the drawings against the code
- Simulating daylight, solar gain and cost per panel
- Producing sheets, schedules and tags from the model
- Finding clashes before they reach site
What stays with the architect
- Reading the site and the client
- Choosing between options with the trade-offs made plain
- Section, proportion, material and light
- Being accountable for the building
- Standing on site until the last drawing is closed
Technology proposes. The architect decides.
Process
Five stages.
One continuous model.
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Brief & constraints
The brief, the site and the regulations are encoded as constraints before any form is drawn.
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Generate & score
The massing agent produces the option space overnight. We review the frontier with you.
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Design
Architects develop the chosen option in section, plan and material, with the compliance agent checking continuously.
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Document
The coordinated model generates sheets, schedules and fabrication geometry.
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Build & hand over
The same team supervises construction and delivers the digital twin with the building.
Selected work · 2026
Built from the option space.
| Project | Type | Location | Status | Area | Options |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sayaji Ridge Housing | Residential | Vadodara | In development | 31,000 m² | 4,860 |
| Alkapuri Workplace | Workplace | Vadodara | Feasibility | 18,400 m² | 3,120 |
| Narmada Learning Commons | Institutional | Bharuch | Competition | 9,200 m² | 2,240 |
| GIFT City Tower Study | Workplace | Gandhinagar | Concept | 42,000 m² | 7,900 |
| Riverfront Pavilion | Civic | Vadodara | In development | 1,100 m² | 980 |
| Padra Courtyard House | Residential | Padra | Concept | 420 m² | 1,140 |
The studio is new; the figures describe the agents' option counts, not a track record of completed buildings.
The studio
Architects who think beyond buildings.
Designers who explore through technology.
Founded in Vadodara, Gujarat, in 2026.
An architecture and design studio bringing together architectural thinking, computational design and engineering to create thoughtful, functional and context responsive spaces.
Our practice spans all typologies of the built and unbuilt, with a focus on design innovation, spatial experience and the relationship between people, place and the built environment.
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Section before plan
Daylight, structure and height are settled in section first, so the plan can't lie about the building it produces.
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Constraints, not checks
Regulations are inputs to the agents, not a review left for the end.
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Technology proposes, the architect decides
Agents widen the search and sharpen the evidence. Choosing, and being accountable for the choice, stays with people.
StackRhino + Grasshopper · Revit + Dynamo · Python · C# · Ladybug · Radiance · Karamba · Speckle · IFC · PyTorch · Agent orchestration
Contact
Have a site? We'll tell you what it can hold.
Send a plot plan and a paragraph. Within two working days you'll have a scored option set, a code summary and a first read of the brief. To try Normhawk on your own sheets, ask for an access code.
Inox Road, T.B. Sanatorium,
Vadodara 390021, Gujarat, India