EAC code-compliant exports · v1 · Nairobi

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app.chimbuko.co · Kileleshwa bungalow

Widen the main corridor to 1.2 m and shift the master bedroom east 400 mm.

checking corridor widths against EAC 1.0 m minimum…

Widened the corridor to 1.2 m. Master bedroom shifted east 400 mm. EAC accessible-route satisfied.

rev-007Widened main corridor to 1.2 m, shifted master bedroom east 400 mm

Compliant · rev-007

Built with practising architects across the EAC

Kileleshwa StudioKaren + Co.Tatu City PracticeMombasa AtelierNairobi Pilot Cohort

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Open Chimbuko in your browser. Brief a project by voice or text. The canvas draws as you talk. Stamp revisions, run a county code-pack, export DXF + PDF. You stay the architect of record.

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How it works

Brief → plan → critique → export.

Four steps, one chat. You stay the architect; Chimbuko is the colleague.

Brief

Type, talk, or photograph a hand sketch. The agent runs a guided intake — site, occupants, lifestyle, budget, regulatory.

Plan

A live canvas draws as the conversation goes. Direct-manipulate rooms; the agent re-checks against the brief.

Critique

Compliance checks against the local code-pack (EAC v1, more on the way). Violations carry the rule citation, not “something went wrong”.

Export

DXF · PDF today, IFC on the roadmap — sealed with the architect-of-record stamp and the full revision history.

Compliance

Code-aware, not code-blind.

Every revision is checked against the active code-pack — EAC v1 at launch, with Kenya county-pack, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda following. Violations carry the rule citation on the canvas. Approvals stamp the architect of record into the revision history.

Corridor & door widths · accessible route
Setback geometry · zoning class
Daylight & ventilation minima
Plot ratio & ground coverage

⚠ Corridor 0.8 m · EAC min 1.0 mEAC Building Code · 4.2.1 (corridors) · Widen to 1.0 m or insert refuge bay every 9 m.

✓ Corridor 1.2 m · accessible routeEAC 4.2.1 satisfied · ISO 21542 accessible-route guidance met.

We used to lose a day moving a corridor by 200 mm. With Chimbuko, the corridor moves while you’re still on the phone with the client — and the code check is already done by the time you hang up.

Wanjiru K. · Principal, Kileleshwa Studio · Nairobi

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