Working link to your Revit cloud model in Forma Data Management
Working link to your Individual Forma Board
PDF sheet set, 30 by 42 inches (E1 size)
A screenshot of Forma Data Management showing your two published versions side by side for comparison.
Between V4 and V5, the only change was in Unit 213’s Bathroom 1, where the 36"×36" walk-in shower was replaced with a 60"×30" bathtub. The comparison flags just that: one element added (the tub), one removed (the shower), and nothing else modified.
Design memo of 250 to 400 words: what your calculated field computes and what it told you, and what you learned about your own design from having to document it.
For my calculated field, I estimated Occupant Load using the same strategy as in the lecture video. I added an Occupancy Factor parameter to each room and set it to 200 ft² per person for apartments and 60 ft² per person for the ground-floor commercial space, based on building codes. I left corridors, stairs and shafts blank, so they don’t count towards the total Occupant Load. The field divides each room’s area by its factor and rounds up, since a fraction of a person still needs a way out.
This told me the building holds about 600 people in total, and the commercial ground floor accounts for 242 of them. That’s roughly 40% of the occupants on 16% of the floor area, so the retail floor, not the housing, will drive exit and stair sizing. The occupant load also drops at higher levels since the floor plates are smaller at higher levels:
- L02 and L03: 71 each
- L04–L06: 54 each
- L07–L08: 27 each
What documenting taught me about my design
I had to make decisions to account for plumbing. For instance, I put all of the rooms that rely on water (laundry, kitchen, bathrooms) along one wall that lines up from floor to floor, keeping drain runs short. The reflected ceiling plan made me choose ceiling heights deliberately: 9'-0" in the units, dropped to 8'-0" in bathrooms and closets to hide services. Annotating the enlarged plan of unit 213 made me check that the furniture and clearances actually fit, instead of trusting the 3D view.