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name: architecture-studio description: > AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) studio for building and site work. Use when designing a building, planning or assessing a site, running NYC zoning or property due diligence, programming workplace space from headcount, comparing material sustainability (EPD/embodied carbon), building FF&E schedules, or writing CSI specifications — the physical-building AEC domain, not software architecture or UI design. Entry point: /studio [task], or call any sub-skill directly. version: 1.0.0 author: AlpacaLabs LLC tags:

• architecture
• aec
• zoning
• sustainability
• materials
• construction
• site-planning
• epd
• ffe

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Architecture Studio

36 skills, 7 agents — AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) intelligence. Single entry point: /studio [your task] or call any skill directly.

The 36 nested skills below are reached via /studio or by name from inside this skill; they are intentionally not registered as separate top-level estate skills.

Claude Code only: the hooks/ automation and the allowed-tools/user-invocable frontmatter on nested dispatcher skills (e.g. studio) are Claude Code-specific and inert under Codex/GPT-6 Astra, which can still use the plain skill content routed by /studio.

When to Use This Skill

• Site analysis: environmental, mobility, demographics, history for any address
• NYC property: zoning, DOB permits/violations, landmarks, ACRIS, HPD, BSA
• Workplace programming: headcount to space program, occupancy calculator
• Sustainability: EPD research, GWP comparison, LEED eligibility, embodied carbon
• Materials research: product search, spec extraction from PDFs/URLs, alternatives
• FF&E: schedules from messy data, room packages, SIF export/import
• Specifications: CSI outline specs from materials lists
• Presentations: HTML slide decks, colour palettes

When Not to Use

• For software architecture decisions — use build-with-quality (design interrogation) or codebase-memory (structural analysis); this skill is BUILDING architecture (AEC), not software
• For general UI/UX design — use ui-ux-pro-max-skill or the bencium designers
• For 3D modelling/rendering — use blender
• For geospatial GIS analysis — use qgis (complementary for site data)
• For game world generation — use terracraft

Entry Points

/studio [task] — Smart Router (recommended)

Describe your task; the dispatcher routes to the right agent or skill.

/studio 123 Main St, Brooklyn NY
/studio I need a space program for 200 people, 3 days hybrid
/studio task chair, mesh back, under $800
/studio parse this EPD

Direct Skill Invocation

Call any skill directly by name — see full list below.

Agents

Agent	Role
Site Planner	Full site brief — climate, transit, demographics, neighbourhood context
NYC Zoning Expert	Property + zoning — due diligence, FAR, buildable envelope
Workplace Strategist	Space programs — headcount to occupancy compliance
Product & Materials Researcher	Find products from brief, extract specs, find alternatives
FF&E Designer	Build schedules, compose room packages, QA, export
Sustainability Specialist	EPD research, GWP comparison, LEED eligibility
Brand Manager	Presentations, colour palettes, visual consistency

Skills by Domain

Site & Due Diligence (11)

Skill	Description
environmental-analysis	Climate, flood, seismic, soil for any address
mobility-analysis	Transit, walk score, bike, pedestrian access
demographics-analysis	Population, income, housing, employment
history	Neighbourhood context, landmarks, commercial activity
nyc-landmarks	LPC landmark and historic district check
nyc-dob-permits	DOB permit and filing history
nyc-dob-violations	DOB and ECB violations
nyc-acris	Property transaction records
nyc-hpd	HPD violations and complaints (residential)
nyc-bsa	BSA variances and special permits
nyc-property-report	Combined NYC report (all 6 above)

Zoning (3)

Skill	Description
zoning-analysis-nyc	NYC buildable envelope from PLUTO data
zoning-analysis-uruguay	Maldonado, Uruguay lot analysis
zoning-envelope	Interactive 3D zoning envelope viewer

Programming (2)

Skill	Description
occupancy-calculator	IBC occupancy loads, egress, plumbing
workplace-programmer	Space programs from headcount and work style

Specifications (1)

Skill	Description
spec-writer	CSI outline specs from a materials list

Sustainability (4)

Skill	Description
epd-research	Search for EPDs by material or category
epd-parser	Extract data from an EPD PDF
epd-compare	Side-by-side environmental impact comparison
epd-to-spec	CSI specs with EPD requirements and GWP thresholds

Materials Research (11)

Skill	Description
product-research	Find products from a design brief
product-spec-bulk-fetch	Extract specs from product URLs
product-spec-pdf-parser	Extract specs from PDF catalogues
product-spec-bulk-cleanup	Normalise a messy FF&E schedule
product-enrich	Auto-tag products with categories, colours, materials
product-match	Find similar products
product-pair	Suggest complementary products
product-image-processor	Download, resize, remove backgrounds
ffe-schedule	Format raw product data into a schedule
csv-to-sif	Convert CSV to dealer format
sif-to-csv	Convert dealer format to CSV

Presentations (2)

Skill	Description
slide-deck-generator	HTML slide deck with editorial layout
color-palette-generator	Colour palettes from descriptions or images

Rules (Built-in Quality)

The suite includes 8 professional rules automatically applied:

• CSI formatting for specifications
• Code citations for sources
• Professional disclaimers
• Output formatting standards
• Terminology consistency
• Transparency requirements
• Units and measurements standards

Integration with Other Skills

Skill	Relationship
qgis	GIS data feeds into site analysis
blender	3D visualisation of zoning envelopes
report-builder	LaTeX reports from architecture analysis
wardley-maps	Strategic mapping of construction technology
perplexity-research	Web research for site context enrichment

Attribution

Skills for Architects by AlpacaLabs LLC. MIT License.