The Site Survey. A Tape Measure and One and a Half Steps.
Roki went to measure a flat that looked like a rectangle online. He came back with a drawing where the walls had their own opinion.
ROKI / COORDINATORA STUDIO STORY
Roki went to measure a place that looked like a rectangle on the internet floor plan. In reality it was a rectangle in name only. Tape measure, sketchbook, and a dose of humility — the full kit of a coordinator.
Walls Don’t Read Floor Plans.
Old buildings have their own opinion about right angles. The same wall measured three different things for Roki, and it was right every time. A floor plan from a property portal isn’t documentation — it’s an invitation to a conversation.
So we note everything that eats centimetres: the radiator stand, the protruding threshold, the pipe, the cabinet that exists and the door that doesn’t, and the window that ends earlier than the drawing claims.
One and a Half Steps Isn’t a Typo.
In the listing the client wrote: “three steps to the living room”. In nature there were two and a half, and the last one was more of an architectural decision than a step. Roki measured, drew it, and added: “please don’t count on half a step”.
These things only show up on site. That’s why the survey travels with us even when the investor says they’ve “already measured everything”. They did measure. They just didn’t measure for us.
A Drawing You Can Come Back To.
After measuring there is one plan with the deviations marked, instead of four notes living in three phones. Kept next to the project, nobody has to remember which version was the right one — arkeeno keeps the drawing, the photos and the decisions on the same cart.
And if a wall turns up along the way, it lands on the same drawing. Roki likes those situations. They mean he comes back with an answer instead of a tape measure.
SIGNED BY
LEAD DESIGNER
[ ROKI SAYS ]
“IF A WALL IS 4.02 M, THAT ISN’T A MEASUREMENT ERROR. IT’S A NEW DESIGN TASK.”
