Week 4 - Tasks and Collaboration Reflection

Group Task Check list For Submission next week:

Orange Highlights Complete Tasks

Submission: Due Thursday the 24th of August 5:00pm

1. As-built (existing) building model

• Revit Models- Architectural, Structural, Services
• Model of existing
• Change all objects to the “Existing” Phase
• Site Plan created from Google Maps
• Orientate project to “True North”
• “Demolish” existing objects that are to be removed
• Create new views for different phases
• Names of files
• Location of files
• Keep log of file sizes for all 6 Revit discipline models and, IFC, IFC optimized files, every week as part of project monitoring
• Log number of IfcBuildingElementProxy objects
• Model Room Check from IES-VE Ware
• Select appropriate materials, building type, building system, and geographic location, and Cooling and Heating Fuel for the existing building and then run IES Analysis. Include pdf IES report
• Run Solibri Model Checker and log results
• Schedule of Areas

2. Design brief response (Text and images)

• Formalise building brief:

a. Total building area to remain the same
b. Create “Area Plans” in Revit to measure the existing areas and create a schedule
c. Building envelope to not be enlarged
d. Stairs and lift to remain
e. Add a third level for apartments and café
f.  Areas
  Ground Floor
  ~1400 sqm: Entry, galleries, shop, office, Workshop
  ~400 sqm courtyard - open to the sky
  First Floor
  ~1000 sqm Studios 5 studios: workspace, entry,   store, kitchenette, WC, shr
  Roof level
  ~600 sqm: Apartments 5 apartments
  Roof top garden, green wall
  ~200 sqm Café

• Formalise  your own project building brief
• Spreadsheet of areas or schedule from Revit with some Room data   eg. Level, Room   Name, Area, Finishes
•  Areas from Area Schedules

3. Site Analysis (Graphics and text)

• Document site factors
• Add site information to Revit model
• Manage/Project Information
• Environmental criteria

4. Preliminary Concept Design (Graphics)

• Preliminary  design sketches
• Use Revit graphic capabilities
• 2D
• 3D isometric views
• Perspective (Camera) views
• Sun / shadows
• Shaded with edges, Hidden Line, Rendered views
• Silhouette lines, Gradient backgrounds

5. BIM Management Plan

•   NATSPEC documents

  a. NATSPEC National BIM Guide
  b. NATSPEC Project BIM Brief
  c. NATSPEC  Project BIM Management Plan
  d. Other reference documents

Collaboration Reflection:

This week was all about finishing off our individual tasks, and each member of the group has done this to an agreeable standard. There isn't to much to report on as this week was really just a consolidation on last, in preparation for the final submission which Jake will compile into one document. The only other job that requires attention at this point in time is the update of the blog progress which will be undertaken by me (Ben).

From our final ideas we produced a range of questions that we must follow up on with the tutor before the submission of project 2. Firstly our ideas about changing the roof. Some group members were worried that this goes against the criteria of the Brief, and could potentially effect our final grade. If this is the case we will have to consider the full re design of the top story in Project MCN, and therefore will also have to remodel the architectural model. The good news is that this will be the only model effected as we are yet to begin working with the structure, MEP and interior as we decided as a group that we should firstly get the design down 100%, and work following it's completion individually. For us this is the closest replication of a real world scenario where a model would be collaborated on between several different companies and personal.