Working links to both Arch and Stru models in Forma Data Management.
Arch with updates after clash report: https://acc.autodesk.com/docs/files/projects/523e14cd-482e-410a-be5e-ea207a875e34?folderUrn=urn%3Aadsk.wipprod%3Afs.folder%3Aco._-qkTsCnQ_CPQzeLEqalmw&entityId=urn%3Aadsk.wipprod%3Adm.lineage%3AOI5xohRhSqiakTqHIAgSJg&viewModel=detail&moduleId=folders
Working link to your Individual Forma Board
PDF sheet set of Structural Plans, 30 by 42 inches (E1 size)
Classified clash report with counts.
Design memo of 300 to 400 words: which system and why, where the grid fought your architecture, what you changed in the architectural model.
For the ground floor I decided to use a concrete framing system. This is to provide a solid ground floor system to support the 6 addition floors above it. The tradeoff of using concrete is the increased construction time and higher embodied carbon. For the upper floors, I decided to use mass timber over the typical light wood-framing system. As discussed in the Friday check-in session, a light-wood framing system can only be a maximum of five stories above the concrete podium. The design I establish in week three has six stories above the concrete podium, which disqualifies it from using this method. Glulam is more expensive and more carbon intensive than the light wood framing structure so if I had more time, I would try to maximize my lot usage to reduce the number of stories to the threshold. The architecture made setting up the structural grid a challenge. I had to be sure to avoid placing columns in the corridors, and avoid placing beams or columns in the stairways, elevators or elevator shafts. I decided not to worry about columns being placed in units. As a structural engineer, I would prefer a more evenly distributed grid system, regardless of if there is a column in my bedroom. I actually think I would like having a column in my bedroom, especially since the upper floors will be glulam columns. The clash report showed some columns intersecting with furniture I had placed in previous weeks, so I went back into the architecture model and moved that furniture out of the way of the column and have included the updated model separately in my submission. To make sure I did not place furniture where there are columns, I linked the structural model into my architecture model the way we had linked the architecture to the structural when establishing grids. These furniture instances were typically not a major issue, but one clash involved the bathroom of my furnished unit. This bathroom was already small, so the column prevented the plumbing from being placed conveniently. I had to adjust the wall locations to expand the bathroom, but the rest of the unit layout remained the same. Some changes were also made to the structural model. The major change was making sure the structural walls did not interfere with the usage of the stairs. In the original model, the stairs were blocked, but by expanding the wall boundaries, I was able to unblock them. This would have been an extremely dangerous mistake as stairs are required for egress.