Hypar: Spatial Planning Tool to Accelerate Architectural Projects for SMEs

Hypar is a web-based spatial planning application focused on architecture and engineering. It allows architects and designers to quickly create and optimize three-dimensional floor plans by automating tasks that previously required days or weeks.

In this review, we analyze why this design automation tool for architecture is essential for SMEs: it accelerates project generation, reduces design time, and facilitates collaboration in small or distributed teams.

AgentAya Verdict

This tool is ideal for architectural SMEs looking to optimize their conceptual design phase through intelligent automation. It allows you to generate and evaluate multiple spatial layout options and export them directly to BIM programs like Revit or Rhino, streamlining workflows.

Its greatest strength is automation with intelligent suggestions, which saves time and effort. We especially recommend Hypar for small studios or startups in the AEC sector that want to integrate intelligent automation into their design processes, understanding that it requires a period of technical familiarization.

Score Breakdown

Category	Score	Description
Features and Functionality	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0	Automated spatial planning, intelligent suggestions, automatic metrics, and cloud collaboration.
Integrations	⭐⭐⭐ 3.0	Compatible with Revit and Rhino; no direct connection with office or messaging tools.
Language and Support	⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0	Support and documentation available only in English. Interface translated into Spanish, French, German, and Japanese.
Ease of Use	⭐⭐⭐ 3.0	Powerful, but with a moderate technical learning curve.
Value for Money	⭐⭐⭐ 3.0	Free trial and affordable paid options compared to similar programs.

AgentAya Overall Score: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 / 5

Hypar stands out for its power and speed in generating conceptual designs through automated spatial planning, offering a considerable efficiency boost to SMEs with technical profiles.

Key Features

• Spatial planning: Converts complex building requirements into accurate floor plans quickly, with 3D design options and real-time area tracking.
• Intelligent suggestions: System that automatically generates editable building masses, structural grids, columns, and furniture layouts that adapt to any space.
• Cloud collaboration: Allows simultaneous real-time editing from the browser.
• Design options: Users with paid licenses can create multiple design options with one click, facilitating exploration and comparison of alternatives.
• Reusable libraries: Allows saving spaces or furniture in personal or group libraries, reusing and adapting designs across projects.
• BIM integration: Exports projects to Revit and Rhino while maintaining data consistency.
• Program import: Allows importing construction programs from spreadsheets in any format, including custom colors, and tracking counts and areas in real time.
• Program groups: Organizes spaces by department, function, floor, or any logical structure that makes sense for the project.
• Clearances and conflict detection: Allows adding and editing clearances in furniture, equipment, and spaces, detecting conflicts instantly and intentionally accepting conflicts when appropriate (available in paid plans).
• Visualization and metrics: Shows key indicators (area, efficiency, density, space counts) to objectively compare options and make informed decisions.
• Doors, walls, and levels: Adds doors and openings, adjusts wall thicknesses, and creates stacking diagrams with multiple levels. Walls export clean and joined to Revit.
• Diagrams: Visualizes spaces as bubble diagrams and toggles between different levels of detail without needing to redraw.
• Annotations: Supports text annotations and dimensions to facilitate collaboration and documentation.

These functions help SMEs reduce time, minimize errors, and optimize resources in early design phases. With Hypar, a studio can develop and compare multiple alternatives in a matter of hours, improving efficiency and decision-making.

Automation Features

Hypar applies advanced automation. As of January 2025, it integrates a “suggestions” system that automatically generates editable building masses, structural grids, columns, and furniture layouts from spatial programs or base layouts. When you create a space, the tool automatically suggests appropriate furniture and equipment based on your model’s layout. You can rename the space to get different layout suggestions.

What’s truly powerful about Hypar is its ability to quickly evaluate multiple combinations, proposing solutions tailored to spatial efficiency and programmatic requirements. Additionally, it doesn’t require programming: the visual interface and automatic suggestions allow efficient work without writing code.

Integrations

• Revit: Direct transition from Hypar to Revit without starting from scratch. Exports complete models with clean, joined walls. Also allows importing content from Revit via a plugin.
• Rhino: Direct export of designs to Rhino for greater flexibility.
• Export formats: PDF (with customizable scale and editable titles), PNG (with customizable resolution and transparent background).
• Import: DXF, DWG (paid), PDF, and images.
• SSO: Google Workspace, SAML (enterprise).

Security and Data Compliance

Hypar protects user information through appropriate security measures, internal access controls, and confidentiality policies aligned with industry standards. According to its Terms of Service, all uploaded content is classified as “Private Material,” treated as confidential and accessible only by authorized personnel for maintenance, support, or legal compliance purposes.

The company retains data for a maximum of 90 days after account cancellation, except for encrypted backup copies. The Privacy Policy specifies that Hypar does not sell or share personal information with third parties, limits its use to service delivery, and allows exercising rights of access, rectification, or data deletion.

Additionally, enterprise organizations can implement single sign-on (SSO) through Google, SAML (Azure), or OIDC, ensuring centralized authentication and corporate compliance.

Language – Customer Support and Interface

Interface options exist in English, Spanish, French, German, and Japanese, expanding its reach across different markets. However, complete technical documentation remains only in English, which may limit widespread adoption by non-English speakers.

Tool Language and Features

Hypar is a spatial planning application that doesn’t depend on natural language but on specific software languages. For standard use, the interface is available in several languages: English, Spanish, French, German, and Japanese.

It’s built on Elements, an open-source cross-platform library developed in C# to create architectural elements like walls, beams, and spaces. Most users don’t need to program to leverage Hypar: automatic suggestions and the visual interface allow efficient work without programming knowledge.

Mobile Access

No native mobile applications are available. It can be used from web browsers on any device, but the optimal experience is on desktop.

Support, Onboarding Process, and Account Management

Hypar offers quick-start guides, technical documentation, and tutorial videos on its official website and YouTube channel. It doesn’t have formal onboarding programs or dedicated account management. Email support is offered.

SMEs can learn independently. Hypar is designed to be intuitive, although it’s recommended that at least one team member has technical knowledge in BIM to better leverage integrations with Revit and Rhino.

Ease of Use / UX

The interface is designed to be intuitive, with well-organized panels that allow smooth navigation. Hypar focuses on making spatial planning accessible without requiring programming knowledge.

Automatic suggestions and drag-and-drop tools facilitate quick work. However, maximizing the potential of BIM integrations may require technical familiarization.

Although there’s a learning curve, once you understand the work logic, SMEs can gain value in a few weeks, automating processes that previously took days.

Pricing and Plans

Hypar offers monthly and annual subscription plans, with discounts available for annual subscriptions.

You can use Hypar immediately without a credit card through its free trial. However, this trial has important limitations you should know: it cannot be used for professional work and allows you to own a maximum of three projects at a time. Additionally, several advanced features are not available in the free trial, including automatic conflict detection with editable clearances, multiple design options, and advanced sharing options. You’re expected to upgrade to a paid plan when you decide Hypar is useful for your work.

For teams, Hypar allows assigning licenses to other users when you purchase multiple licenses, facilitating team management and collaboration among studio members.

Case Study

A small architecture firm used Hypar to develop modular office proposals. Previously, their team spent two weeks on initial sketches. With this tool, they generated three options in a single day and exported the chosen one directly to Revit.

Delivery time was reduced by 70%, and the studio could offer more alternatives to clients, improving competitiveness and productivity. This example demonstrates how Hypar allows SMEs to gain speed and efficiency in architectural spatial planning.

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Tool vs Alternatives

Tool	Advantages	Disadvantages
Hypar	Automated spatial planning with intelligent suggestions, real-time metrics, cloud collaboration, direct BIM transition.	Documentation only in English; interface translated to multiple languages; technical learning curve.
AutoCAD / Revit / SketchUp	Large community and local support; full control over every detail.	No intelligent automation; manual and slower design in conceptual phases.
Autodesk Forma (Spacemaker)	Advanced urban analysis and environmental simulations.	Less detail in interior space planning; focus on urban scale.

Hypar differentiates itself through its focus on automated spatial planning with intelligent suggestions, while other tools focus on traditional modeling or urban analysis.

FAQs

Does Hypar offer free trials or educational licenses?

It offers a free trial that allows registration and platform use without requiring a credit card.

What file formats and interoperability options are compatible?

Hypar allows direct export to Revit and Rhino. It can also export to PDF (with customizable scale) and PNG (with customizable resolution). For importing context, it accepts DXF, DWG (in paid plans), PDF, and image files.

Does Hypar use AI in its tools?

Hypar uses intelligent automation based on rules and algorithms. Its “suggestions” system automatically generates spatial layouts, furniture, structural grids, and columns based on parameters and layouts defined by the user.

Do I need to know how to program?

Programming knowledge is not necessary to use Hypar. The visual interface, automatic suggestions, and drag-and-drop tools allow efficient work without writing code.