Working link to your Revit cloud model in Forma Data Management
(Also shared with teaching team)
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.
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.
At this point in our design phase, it is really important that we are getting an understanding of the space in reference to people occupying it. If someone were to live in the residential units right now, would it feel cramped? Is the area large enough? How is the room layout? Is there sufficient natural light?
I decided to calculate the volume of each room type in my building. I had a shaft, stairs, corridors, bedroom, bathroom, living room, and kitchen/dining room space types for my design. Especially when considering the fact that the site is residential, it was important for me to understand if the breakdown of the space was realistic and sustainable for a family to actually live in. By calculating volume, I gained a better understanding of the dimensions of that space.
Tagging the rooms and naming them was extremely tedious and time-consuming. The most useful part of working with the floor plans was furnishing the 3-bedroom unit on level 1 in building 1. Initially, I had a lot of worry that I did not allocate enough space for any of the units to house more than one person. From a distance, the units looked small. But once I added furniture and plumbing fixtures, the sizes of items in relation to the space worked fine. A lot of my bathrooms were bigger than needed, allowing me to add more space to the units for bedrooms and living room space.
Also, in buildings as massive as mine, or larger, I can also see how schedules are important for community and a comprehensive breakdown of info about the site. However, the schedules only seemed useful if the correct parameters, sorting, and grouping were used to communicate certain context. When considering IPD methods and general collaboration of design and construction teams, I can see how these schedules can be powerful, but very confusing and a waste of resources if not done properly.