For this exercise, I used 10x33 steel columns and 12x26 beams/beam systems, and the beam span did not exceed 50’. The architect seemed to envision a space with connection to the outside world that included trees in the middle of the design. I chose to use steel columns for the design to highlight the wooden features in the architectural design.
This image shows the interior of the linked architectural and structural models:
As far as clashes, there were some instances where you could see the structural features in the window views, so I could have done a better job of spacing the structures out accordingly. I think in not wanting to exceed the span of the steel frame, I was a bit too conservative in the beam span. This picture depicts some of the clashes I had regarding the spacing of the beams:
For my design, I also intend to use steel frames so I used this exercise as a practice in placing steel elements. In the future, I will use a longer steel span to also encourage the use of prefabrication to reduce the time and resources used during construction. This image shows my structural design:
