BIM · Training · Architecture
ISO 19650 BIM consulting and implementation, Revit and BIM training for teams, BIM outsourcing and architectural design delivered entirely in BIM. For practices that want less rework and more control, with or without BIM in-house.
From the first assessment to supporting your team, or simply an extra pair of BIM hands when the practice needs one.
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An outside view of how your team produces and manages information, with a clear plan of what to change first.
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Standards, templates and workflows built around your team, not copied from a large firm.
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Revit and BIM management courses with exercises on real projects, taught by a certified trainer with years of practice experience.
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Architectural design delivered entirely in BIM, from survey to construction documents, with schedules and details taken from the model.
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For practices with no BIM in the office, or short of hands for a project. The studio works as an extension of your team, on your project and under your authorship, and delivers ready-to-use models and drawings.
The studio brings extensive experience leading BIM in architecture practices in northern Portugal: over twelve years of Revit practice, implementations and team training since 2018, and several years of BIM management on large-scale projects. Some examples of the work:
ISO 19650 information management protocols written and rolled out in several architecture practices: manuals, naming rules, CDE structures, client requirements questionnaires, BEP templates and mobilisation tests before every project.
Elements classified with SECClasS and the buildingSMART Portugal WBS, with quantities generated straight from the models. Applied on a residential and hotel development with more than 40 federated models.
Area and finishes plans, window, door and joinery schedules read from the model itself, so drawings, quantities and schedules always agree.
C# add-ins and Dynamo scripts for classification, quantities, documentation and model checks. Built through AI-assisted development, tested on live projects first and only then made permanent.
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Talking to the team, reviewing models and documents, and an honest picture of the starting point.
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Priorities, timescales and what stays out. Proportionate to the size and resources of the practice.
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Standards, template and tools tested on a live project, with the team, before they become the rule.
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Training, help with the first deliveries and adjustments until the method runs on its own.
The studio has trained teams in Revit and BIM since 2018, inside practices and at academies and vocational training centres, on site and online. Course materials are our own, built on real projects and revised every edition, and are taught by a certified trainer (CCP) and Autodesk Certified Trainer.
Beginner to advanced · up to 66.5 h
ISO 19650 · for professionals
In your office · on your projects
On site · online · hybrid
Training slides, blurred for confidentiality.
Delivered entirely in BIM, from concept design to construction documents. Click an image to enlarge.
On a 614 m² plot facing a street front still taking shape, the house sets out to steady alignments and heights: the façade takes its height from the neighbouring eaves and the parapet steps back from the main plane. The programme is split into separate volumes that keep views open between them and spare the garden from heavy earthworks, preserving its green, permeable ground. White walls, flat roofs and dark frames reduce the house to a few elements.
The refurbishment of a two-level apartment starts from its vertical circulation. A new solid timber staircase with a vertical-baluster railing now organises the route between floors; beneath it, a washroom uses the space under the flight. The kitchen opens around an island, and the five bathrooms share one vocabulary: ceramic mosaic, wall-hung fittings and round mirrors.
A ground-floor flat in a residential building becomes a bakery. The structure is kept; the new entrance comes from the street through one of the existing openings, which changes from fixed to hinged without altering the façade. Inside, the service area and a new washroom sit against the back walls, freeing the front for the counter and tables; green tiles and timber battens give the space its identity.
The sloping site is resolved on two levels: a timber-clad base set into the hillside, and a long white volume that cantilevers beyond it over the courtyard. Rooms line a glazed corridor and open onto a continuous balcony; opposite, a timber wall gathers doors and storage. Light render, timber and glass ask little maintenance of a building in heavy use.
A 226 m² plot within a row of terraced houses, and a planning history spanning two decades. Parking drops to the basement, its ramp starting inside the building itself, freeing the ground floor for the living room and kitchen, which open onto the rear garden; a lightwell ventilates and lights the lower level. Bedrooms occupy the upper floor. Grey solid brick and white render keep the row continuous, while metal railings and canopies set the rhythm of the façade.
The team’s experience also includes BIM coordination and modelling of multi-family housing, hotel, retail and refurbishment projects for several practices in Porto and Guimarães. Full portfolio available on request.
Architecture and BIM management studio · Porto
acstudio is an architecture and BIM information management studio based in Maia, Porto. It delivers architectural design entirely in BIM and supports other practices in adopting, managing and learning BIM, from the first assessment to the first deliveries.
Technical direction is by architect Fábio Acciaiuoli de Castro, with Revit practice since 2014, implementations and team training since 2018, and several years as BIM Manager. He authored an ISO 19650 information management protocol for a mid-sized practice, presented as a Master’s thesis at Politecnico di Milano.
The studio also develops its own Revit tools, through AI-assisted programming, to automate repetitive work. It starts from a simple principle: BIM only works when it is proportionate to the team that uses it.
Tell us how your team works today and what you would like to change, or which project you need support with.
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Porto, Portugal · on site or remote