Neo Development Simulator
Simulate your developments at the speed of intelligence—turn zoning, land, and design assumptions into buildable GFA, compliance clarity, and cost intelligence in minutes.
Problem
Urban development decisions are often made across fragmented spreadsheets, static masterplans, and disconnected feasibility studies. Landowners and project teams struggle to understand how regulatory constraints (KDB, KLB/FAR, height limits), land allocation (roads, parks, infrastructure), and building typologies (podium + tower) interact in real time.
Small shifts in tower floors or footprint can materially change total GFA, compliance, and cost exposure—but traditional workflows require repeated recalculation, manual checking, and consultant iteration. By the time numbers are consolidated, the opportunity window may have moved.
Developers need a faster way to test scenarios, understand regulatory trade-offs, and move from land assumptions to investment-ready insight—without waiting weeks for updated feasibility models.
Solution
Kolabs.Design built Neo Development Simulator, a regulatory and development intelligence engine for masterplans, superblocks, and mixed-use sites.
It transforms zoning inputs, land allocation, and building typology assumptions into instant outputs: total GFA, FAR and KDB utilization, compliance checks, optimization curves, and cost breakdowns.
Instead of static spreadsheets, users interact with a scenario-based simulator. They can adjust tower floors, podium levels, and floor plates, immediately see the impact on regulatory caps, and identify optimal configurations within constraints.
The system includes:
Real-time compliance checks (FAR, KDB, height)
Optimization visualization (floors vs GFA curve)
Podium × tower floor plate heatmap for yield trade-offs
Scenario saving and comparison
Integrated cost engine with sensitivity and currency options
Board-ready export (PDF/XLS) with structured regulatory tables and charts
Neo is designed to be used not only by planners and architects, but also by decision-makers—providing clarity before capital is committed.
How
Inputs:
Site area and coordinates
Regulatory parameters (KDB, KLB/FAR, max floors, max height, floor-to-floor, efficiency)
Non-buildable tracts (roads via RoW × length, parks, water, infra)
Lot configuration (podium footprint, podium levels, tower floor plate, tower floors, efficiency)
Cost assumptions (unit rates per m², contingency, soft costs, FX, sensitivity)
Outputs:
Total GFA (podium + tower)
FAR utilization (%) and remaining buffer
KDB utilization (%) and footprint status
Height compliance check
Land split summary (buildable vs tracts)
Optimization curve (tower floors vs total GFA)
Sweet spot configuration within caps
Podium × tower floor plate efficiency heatmap
Detailed cost breakdown (direct, contingency, soft, grand total)
Exportable regulatory tables and charts for board and investor reporting
Neo Development Simulator bridges land logic, regulatory constraints, and financial intelligence—so development decisions can be tested, validated, and communicated in a single, coherent system.