Focus

The focus of this schematic design stage for your integrated design project is to use the insights that you’ve gained from thinking about your design goals and your analysis of conceptual design alternatives to create a very high-level model of the proposed design for your building.

We’ll continue to refine this initial design in the coming weeks and use it as the basis for your detailed systems designs in upcoming modules.

For this check-in you’ll create:

• Space Budget — a list that identifies the functions and square footages of all the programmed spaces in your proposed design.
• Building Layout — a sketch or bubble diagram that shows the spaces in your proposed design with the connections between them as well as connections to exterior spaces.
• Building Model — an initial building model. This first model will have a very low level of detail (LOD 200), using generic walls to indicate the preliminary sizes and locations of the major programmed spaces (based on your space budget and building layout diagram). Include the:
• Exterior Walls — use generic walls to indicate the preliminary location of the exterior wall surfaces (don’t worry about modeling the windows, glazing features, and materials now -- you’ll do that next week in Module 7).
• Exterior Doors — place doors to showing the access and egress locations.
• Interior Walls — use generic walls to indicate the preliminary location of the interior wall surfaces (again, don’t worry about modeling the interior doors and architectural features -- you’ll do that in future weeks as you continue to design and refine your model).
• Building Cores and Circulation Elements — place stairs and generic walls to indicate the preliminary locations of the building cores (stair and elevators shafts), circulation spaces (corridors and hallways), and utility spaces (public restrooms and mechanical rooms).

Recommended Approach

At this point in our design process, we’ll be transitioning from exploring options through sketches and conceptual mass models to developing an initial building model in Revit.

Using all the insights you’ve gained from your design thinking and analysis, you’ll create a first version of a building model that illustrates your design ideas to date and depicts the overall building form and locations of the major building elements.

Getting Started

Create a New Architectural model and Link It to your Revit Project Site model

Adjust the Project North direction in your Architectural model

Start adding Revit building elements to your new Architectural model

How detailed should this version of your Architectural model be?

Can This Initial Model Be Changed Later?