Schematic Design

Organize program data and early design decisions in one place.

Layer helps architects structure program requirements, adjacency logic, and massing options linked to the Revit model — keeping early decisions traceable throughout design.

Without Layer

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Program requirements stored in static spreadsheets

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Early design options disconnected from user needs

❌

Manual formatting and coordination required for every update

With Layer

✅

Program data, constraints, and adjacencies in one workspace

✅

Sketches and massing options linked to design criteria

✅

All updates synced with the project model and referenceable

Without Layer

❌

Program requirements stored in static spreadsheets

❌

Early design options disconnected from user needs

❌

Manual formatting and coordination required for every update

With Layer

✅

Program data, constraints, and adjacencies in one workspace

✅

Sketches and massing options linked to design criteria

✅

All updates synced with the project model and referenceable

Without Layer

❌

Program requirements stored in static spreadsheets

❌

Early design options disconnected from user needs

❌

Manual formatting and coordination required for every update

With Layer

✅

Program data, constraints, and adjacencies in one workspace

✅

Sketches and massing options linked to design criteria

✅

All updates synced with the project model and referenceable

Schematic data connected to the model from the start.

Layer applications for Schematic Design

Room Data Sheets

Capture a client’s program needs with photos, areas, FF&E counts, and more that can be linked to Revit. Summarize it all with custom reports made with our intuitive drag-and-drop report builder.

Architect

Interior Designer

Don't just take our word for it, here's what our users say:

Workflows created for Architects

Pádraic Daynes

Amica Senior Lifestyles

Layer has allowed my company to deliver many of our projects faster and with greater ease. For my industry, Layer's ability to attach pictures, descriptions, and other information to specific points in a building while simultaneously adding them into a searchable, robust database greatly improves our workflow to become more organized and faster.

Jason Maple

Bryan Health Systems

Layer ensures we have the right data at the right time. The direct integration into Revit is also a major bonus.

Olga Kerkhanidi

DMA Architects

From heritage buildings to new construction, Layer works as a kit of parts to manage our data. It’s a highly flexible tool that adapts to your workflows and not the other way around.Their staff are available and truly care about the success of our projects.

Mark LePage

Architect & Entrepeneur

Layer is very impressive and intuitive. When you see that a conversation about the flooring material in a specific room in a specific building can be found in seconds and that can happen over and over all day long, it’s amazing how much time and money using Layer would save.

Drew Zeiba

Tech Editor

The goal of Layer App is to increase project transparency and ease of use by allowing all of the information on a building to exist together and to allow team communication to happen within the same space.

Roy Carroll

Kasian Architecture

Layer’s support team has helped us speed up the time it takes us to accomplish our goals. Once you have a Layer template set up, the rest is easy peasy. The fields are already there because I copied it from the original template. All I need to do is input the data.

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Want to see how Layer can transform the way your team works?

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Layer is a flexible data & workflow platform for buildings

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Layer is a flexible data & workflow platform for buildings

Made with ♡ in Nebraska

Layer is a flexible data & workflow platform for buildings

Made with ♡ in Nebraska