Planning & Development
What is Test Fit?
A test fit is a quick layout study showing how a tenant's program — desks, offices, meeting rooms, support space — fits into a specific floor plate. Brokers and architects use test fits to prove (or disprove) that a space works before a lease is signed.
In practice
Test fits are speed-sensitive: deals move fast and each study was traditionally hours of a designer's time. Generative space-planning tools now produce multiple compliant layout options in minutes, which is why leasing and workplace teams adopted them early.
Tools for Test Fit
qbiq
AI planning and visualization for layout alternatives
TestFit
Real-time site feasibility and unit mix optimization
Saltmine
End-to-end workplace design platform: programming, algorithmic layout generation and design collaboration for corporate real estate.
laiout
Office layout design automation
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