What are the principal advantages of using a single building information model of the existing conditions as the foundation for modeling proposed additions or renovations?
- Why not create a separate model for the new proposed design?
Using existing conditions as foundation can make design process to be easier, more accurate and time-efficient as the existing design can act as a reference for dimensions, structure, and materials. This also benefits communications as stakeholders can easily keep track of any changes made instead of comparing the two designs separately.
What sort of complexities are introduced when you construct a building complex in phases?
- What happens at the interfaces between the buildings as the phases advance?
- How can you plan and prepare for these complexities as your create your initial building model?
What are the principal advantages of using a single building information model of the existing conditions as the foundation for modeling several proposed design alternatives for a portion of the building?
- Why not create a separate model for each of the design alternatives?
In your project, which features of the proposed design did you choose to model as design alternatives?
- Why did you choose these building features? And what were the biggest challenges in modeling them as the design alternatives?
I chose to create design alternatives on furniture layouts as furniture is the best way to present the spatial distribution and usability of the designs. Through exploring different alternatives, I had a better understanding of how I could optimize the value of the building.
The biggest challenges were that I was just changing furniture but not the structure of building, which limited the space for adjustments. I needed to consider how I could create two different yet reasonable and valuable sets of furniture layouts within space limitations.