Our intelligence · research note 01

How a building is read.

Five specialists, one building, one report. Everything on this page uses sample readings for illustration.

The field is live
From cloud to land · particle field · cursor reactive
NUBIS ad TERRAM
Nunu
Computer vision/01

Photographs become measurements.

Street, listing and interior photos are read for what an inspector would find, boarded windows, roof damage, damp, overgrowth, and each finding is placed where it is on the building.

Findings placed on the building · confidence 0 to 1
Machine learning/02

Measurements become a value.

Condition, size, type and location are matched against real sales and a library of repair costs, so the number rests on evidence you can inspect, not a guess.

As standsCost to repairAfter works
Value ladder · evidence you can inspect
Generative AI/03

A value becomes a future.

Given the footprint and the street, our models draw the layouts and views a site could support, a hall as housing, a mill as workspace, so “what could it become” is something you can look at.

Unit A · 62 m²Unit B · 71 m²Unit C · 58 m²StudioShared courtWorkspace
Generated layout over the after works view · 6 units

The inspector · findings placed on the building
Terrace as found
Terrace after works
As found After works
Roof breach
Boarded windows
Vegetation
Masonry
One building, read as you scroll
  • Roof breach0.91
  • Boarded windows0.96
  • Facade vegetation0.88
  • Masonry, flagged for review0.84
Confidence is the model's own certainty in each finding, 0 to 1. Every line carries its source.
NUBIS · Riverside Row · Buffalo, NY · dossier 0421Reading
Survey
TypeRow housing, c. 1890, brick
Gross area2,840 sqm · 4 storeys
Plan6 units over 2 ground floor studios
Area score
0/ 100 · street coming back to life · hospital, university within 2 km
Valuation
As stands$0
Cost to repair$0
After works$0
Anything structural is flagged for a registered engineer, never decided by the model. Nubis is a closed source model: the readings are yours, the model that makes them does not leave Nubis.
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Cost to repair
Value after works
Return on works
Order of works, best return first
Repairs needing no work drop to the bottom of the list. Real reports carry line item quantities, local labour rates and a comparable sales curve.
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Condition read
Area score
Could become
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Where we read

Four countries.
One method.

01United States, rust belt factory towns, empty officesCalibrated
Where the method was built and where the numbers are tied to real sales.
02Australia, gateway cities, walk up flatsIn progress
Condition reading live, valuation being tied to local sales.
03Japan, nine million empty homesIn progress
Vacant houses and public estates, read from listings and street imagery.
04Italy, bank held stock, court auctions, one euro villagesIn progress
Auction documents and listings in Italian, read into the same report.
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