ARCHITECTURE I - DESIGN PROCESS
Architects more or less go through the following process in order to complete their projects. In our design projects we will follow this process and tweak it as needed to fit our specific project.
1. PROJECT CHECKLIST - CLIENT NOTES, GOALS, SCHEDULE
Basically, this is the notes you take during and after your first meeting about the project. You need to know and remember what your client wants and when they want it. You need to set up a timeline of what you need to do, when you need to do it, and who needs to do it. Everyone involved will keep a copy of this schedule and will use it to complete their tasks successfully and in a timely manner. Before leaving the client meeting you need to set up your interim meeting to go over what the project is looking like at that point and get feedback from the client on what they want to change.
2. PROJECT RESEARCH - SITE MAP, CLIMATE DATA, LEED IDEAS
Site Map & Climate Data
Location Research Template
LEED Sustainable Design
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is one of the most popular green building certification programs used worldwide.Developed by the non-profit U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) it includes a set of rating systems for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of green buildings, homes, and neighborhoods that aims to help building owners and operators be environmentally responsible and use resources efficiently. Here is the most recent LEED checklist that you can use to make your buidlings more sustainable.
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3. PROGRAM & AESTHETIC INSPIRATION:
This process helps you organize your thoughts around what rooms you want in your building, what you want your building and rooms to look like, how big those rooms will be, and where your building will be located. You need to plan out these things before you start designing your detailed model, so that you don't forget any important details and then have to start over. Use the Room Size Guide below to get an idea of how big your rooms should be. Use the Inspiration Template to help you set up a word document that will end up looking like the example below.
Click to Download Room Size Guide
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Inspiration Template
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4. NARRATIVE
The Narrative is the 'story' that you want to tell with your design. Every design needs to have a clear purpose and theme. You need to connect your design to the story of the client(s) of the building as well as with the culture that surrounds the building. Your Narrative should be set up in 3 paragraphs like what is shown in the attached PDF.
5. SKETCHES & DIAGRAMS
Your Bubble Diagrams need to show how your building is oriented on your site. You need to start by drawing your site and the surrounding context, then you can build your diagram on your site.
6. MASS MODELLING
The mass model is done in SketchUp. This is just a basic shell of your building, meant to show what the outside shape of your building will look like. Whether you start with just the overall shape, or you start with boxes that represent your rooms, either way you need to include enough interior space to fit all of your rooms and circulation space from your Program. Also, don't forget to plan out your site: driveways, sidewalks, parking, building placement, landscaping, etc.
Parking Guidelines
Pages 32-45, page 40 especially
7. DETAILED MODEL
The detailed model will be started in Revit; beginning with a toposurface and a building pad, and then creating the walls, roof(s), doors and windows, and all of the interior and exterior details. If needed you can export the file to Sketchup and finish out any details that you couldn't accomplish easily in Revit.
This is what you need to include in your Revit model:
1. Topography
2. Foundation, Floors, and Flatwork (Driveways, Porches, Walkways, etc)
3. Walls, Interior and Exterior
4. Roof
5. Windows and Doors
6. Furniture and Fixtures
7. Materials and Finishes
8. Landscaping
Each room should be filled and designed completely, geared toward rendering and presentation purposes.
In order to move your Sketchup Model into Revit, you need to go to: File > Export > 3D Model, choose .DXF file type, and save it your Google Drive. Then in Revit go to the Insert tab > Import CAD > then find your DXF file.
See videos below for refresher on how to start a Revit model:
This is what you need to include in your Revit model:
1. Topography
2. Foundation, Floors, and Flatwork (Driveways, Porches, Walkways, etc)
3. Walls, Interior and Exterior
4. Roof
5. Windows and Doors
6. Furniture and Fixtures
7. Materials and Finishes
8. Landscaping
Each room should be filled and designed completely, geared toward rendering and presentation purposes.
In order to move your Sketchup Model into Revit, you need to go to: File > Export > 3D Model, choose .DXF file type, and save it your Google Drive. Then in Revit go to the Insert tab > Import CAD > then find your DXF file.
See videos below for refresher on how to start a Revit model:
8. FINAL SCALE MODEL
To accomplish the final model you need to follow the model building procedures we taught in the first year class here under the 'Google Earth to SketchUp to AutoCAD Pieces' lesson. Then you need to follow the laser cutting procedures in Output Devices here under the 'AutoCAD to Epilog Laser' lesson.
9. FINAL DESIGN POSTER
The poster should be created in Photoshop with the settings: 36" wide x 24" high x 200 px/in.
You need to include on your poster:
Project Title with your name
Program List (room names with their sizes)
Design Narrative
View Titles
Floor Plan views
Site Plan view
Perspective view
Section view
All 4 Elevation views
A couple 'Design Process' views (Diagrams and Sketches)
A couple Inspirational Pictures
A couple Interior Perspective views
To accomplish the final poster you may need to follow the Photoshop Design Poster tutorial here.
Included in the tutorial is the steps to move your Revit model into Sketchup. In case you need to refer to them, here they are again in writing:
1. In Revit: you must be in the 3D view.
2. Still in Revit: File > Export > CAD Formats > DXF
3. Still in Revit: In the DXF dialog box, click the [...] button at the top, then go to the Solids tab and choose ACIS Solids.
4. Click OK, then click Next, and save your file to the desired location, as a 2010 version.
5. Now in Sketchup Pro (it has to be the Pro version of Sketchup, it cannot be the free version): File > Import > Choose 'AutoCAD files' from the File Type drop down menu > Select your file > Click Open > Then click Close once it imports.
6. You can now edit this model as you see fit, in order to create images for your poster.
7. To export the images for your poster, you just need to go to File > Export > 2Dgraphic
Here is a wonderful tutorial on how to create a professional looking presentation board:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx6lF79zCdo
Below is an example:
You need to include on your poster:
Project Title with your name
Program List (room names with their sizes)
Design Narrative
View Titles
Floor Plan views
Site Plan view
Perspective view
Section view
All 4 Elevation views
A couple 'Design Process' views (Diagrams and Sketches)
A couple Inspirational Pictures
A couple Interior Perspective views
To accomplish the final poster you may need to follow the Photoshop Design Poster tutorial here.
Included in the tutorial is the steps to move your Revit model into Sketchup. In case you need to refer to them, here they are again in writing:
1. In Revit: you must be in the 3D view.
2. Still in Revit: File > Export > CAD Formats > DXF
3. Still in Revit: In the DXF dialog box, click the [...] button at the top, then go to the Solids tab and choose ACIS Solids.
4. Click OK, then click Next, and save your file to the desired location, as a 2010 version.
5. Now in Sketchup Pro (it has to be the Pro version of Sketchup, it cannot be the free version): File > Import > Choose 'AutoCAD files' from the File Type drop down menu > Select your file > Click Open > Then click Close once it imports.
6. You can now edit this model as you see fit, in order to create images for your poster.
7. To export the images for your poster, you just need to go to File > Export > 2Dgraphic
Here is a wonderful tutorial on how to create a professional looking presentation board:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx6lF79zCdo
Below is an example:
10. FINAL PROJECT FOLDER
To accomplish the final project folder you will need to compile all of you previous work for this project and put it into a professional looking folder that you will either affix to you final poster or turn in separately along side of your poster and model.
11. FINAL video/animation
To create the video you will need to open your model in SketchUp. If you haven't put your model in SketchUp yet, then you can follow the steps in the Poster step above to export your model from Revit. After you have done that you can follow the steps below to create your animation:
1. Once your model is in SketchUp you will need to first paint your model.
2. After painting the model you can start creating your scenes.
3. You should already have one scene tab created. It should be called "3D" because that is the view you used to export your model from Revit. If a scene is not already created then you will need to go to View > Animation > Add Scene to create your first scene.
4. Once a scene is created all you need to do is position you view/camera where you want it, turn off edges and profiles, turn on shadows, and set the zoom field of view. After doing all of that, to save those settings, you just right-click on the scene tab and choose 'update' scene.
5. If you want to rename your scenes or change other settings, you can right-click on the scene tab and go to 'scene manager'.
6. After setting your first scene, all you need to do is move your camera to your next position, adjust your style and settings as you want them, and then right-click on the scene tab and choose 'add...' scene.
7. Continue repeating this process as you make your way through your model, adding scenes to create a fluid walk-through of your building.
8. Once you have created all of your scenes, you will just need to view your animation and export it. Before you do that you will need to adjust your animation settings. You need to go to View > Animation > Settings. In the settings dialogue you will change that 'scene transitions' to 3 or 4 seconds. This will affect how much time it take to move from one scene to the next scene. You will also need to change 'scene delay' to 0 seconds. This will make it where the animation doesn't stop on each scene, but continues to flow through the scenes in one motion. After making these changes, just close out of the settings.
9. After changing the settings you can view your animation by right-clicking on a scene tab and choosing 'play animation'. If you want to alter a scene you can simply go to that scene, move the camera to the new position, and then right-click and 'update' scene.
10. Once you are happy with the animation, to export the video, you need to go to File > Export > Animation > Video. Choose your file location, your file name, your file type, and click on 'options' to change any settings to your video.
11. Open your file and view your animation to make sure it is of superior quality.
1. Once your model is in SketchUp you will need to first paint your model.
2. After painting the model you can start creating your scenes.
3. You should already have one scene tab created. It should be called "3D" because that is the view you used to export your model from Revit. If a scene is not already created then you will need to go to View > Animation > Add Scene to create your first scene.
4. Once a scene is created all you need to do is position you view/camera where you want it, turn off edges and profiles, turn on shadows, and set the zoom field of view. After doing all of that, to save those settings, you just right-click on the scene tab and choose 'update' scene.
5. If you want to rename your scenes or change other settings, you can right-click on the scene tab and go to 'scene manager'.
6. After setting your first scene, all you need to do is move your camera to your next position, adjust your style and settings as you want them, and then right-click on the scene tab and choose 'add...' scene.
7. Continue repeating this process as you make your way through your model, adding scenes to create a fluid walk-through of your building.
8. Once you have created all of your scenes, you will just need to view your animation and export it. Before you do that you will need to adjust your animation settings. You need to go to View > Animation > Settings. In the settings dialogue you will change that 'scene transitions' to 3 or 4 seconds. This will affect how much time it take to move from one scene to the next scene. You will also need to change 'scene delay' to 0 seconds. This will make it where the animation doesn't stop on each scene, but continues to flow through the scenes in one motion. After making these changes, just close out of the settings.
9. After changing the settings you can view your animation by right-clicking on a scene tab and choosing 'play animation'. If you want to alter a scene you can simply go to that scene, move the camera to the new position, and then right-click and 'update' scene.
10. Once you are happy with the animation, to export the video, you need to go to File > Export > Animation > Video. Choose your file location, your file name, your file type, and click on 'options' to change any settings to your video.
11. Open your file and view your animation to make sure it is of superior quality.