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Module 3 - Points to Ponder
Please share your comments on 3 of the following Points to Ponder questions. (Choose 3 of the questions below.)
Why is it important to accurately model the land features of your project site with a toposurface?
- The hill side facing walls are most affected by the land features. For my project, I wanted to incorporate a patio that hangs over the hill and accurately modeling the land features can affect how this patio is perceived.
When designing a project...
- Yes, buildings should be able to adapt and blend into its terrain to provide the most efficient use of space and maintian the earth’s natural landscapes
- Or, should you adapt the terrain to the building?
What considerations affect a project team's decision-making when deciding the floor-to-floor height to use in a multi-story building?
- From a real estate developer's perspective?
- If the height of the building and the space it takes will be attractive enough considering the land
- From a designer's perspective?
- Does the height of the building disturb surrounding landscape
- From an engineer's perspective?
- Can building this high be supported by the designs features and land of the site
- From a builder's perspective?
- Am I lowkey gonna be safe building this tall building next to a cliff. JK, but from a builder’s perspective, is the site accessible enough to create a multi story building in this site.
- From an owner's perspective?
- Am i going to want to climb stairs all the time
What are the advantages of stacking the levels of a multi-story building vertically?
- The advantages of stacking levels is that you minimize your over all footprint of your building. However, the disadvantages are the building challenges of creating a multi story building or the usability challenges a multistory building can impose.
Why do stairs follow specific proportions with a set relationship between the tread length and riser height?
- Building modelling helps plan the overall footprint of a stair because if you don’t plan, you can end up with less space than needed for your stairs to reach the next floor and this is given by a set relationship between treat length and rise
Describe a case when it would be worthwhile to create a new custom component in Revit… How do you decide when customize versus using readily available components?
Creating a custom component can be worthwhile when getting attention from clients who are seeking something unique or if your design requires very specific requirements.