| The Gateway to Armory Square Project A Demonstration of CAD in a multidisiplinary Setting |
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| 1. Introduction | 2. Joint Project | 4. Conclusions | 5. Since then .. |
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| 3. THE PROJECT PROGRAM. | ||
| The program called for intensive development of the site, including one story of commercial space, a second floor of professional office space and neighborhood services, with housing above, up to six stories. An eleven story tower formed one edge of the site. The tower faced an existing 11 story apartment building. Together the two towers would form the "Gateway to Armory Square", which became the project title. | ||
| THE DATA. | ||
| The city's mapping division provided a portion of its computer based 3D map of the city. This map began with an aerial photo and ended as a series of AutoCAD files. It was an accurate 3D map, including topography, building roofs, location of all utilities above ground, etc. No vertical surfaces were documented but all information was placed in its correct vertical elevation. The major civic building of the Armory Square area, the Armory, had been sold to the county and was to be renovated into The Museum of Science and Technology. The architects for the renovation provided their computer based plans for the building plus some of the original working drawings that had been scanned and vectorised, all in AutoCAD | ||
| THE PROCESS. | ||
| All computer data was combined into more manageable sets of data within AutoCAD. Data not needed, such as utility pole locations and parking meter locations, was isolated and filed separately. Missing information, such as vertical surfaces and specific facade information of significant buildings was added in order to produce a more complete and useful 3D architectural model. All AutoCAD files were translated into IBMCAD and AES. | ||
THE TEAMS. |
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| The students were formed into three teams, like small offices, each with one architecture student and one interior design student. The architecture student was responsible for the overall form and design of the buildings, with advice by the interior designers, who then developed one apartment and one shop in greater detail. The engineering students served as advisors to the three teams for the first half of the project, then selected one of the designs and fully engineered the frame. Interior designers worked within IBMCAD. The architects and structural engineers used modeling, plotting, rendering and structural design software modules within AES. Graphic files (that is, files whose content is data which can be displayed graphically) were translated between IBMCAD and AES to permit architects and interior designers to work together. AES graphic data files were moved into the AES structural design program without translation | ||
| THE PRODUCT. | ||
| The result was three different design solutions developed through the schematic design phase. The computer models were fully developed in 3D. Students wrote command files (script files) to drive the AES software in making on-screen presentations. Relevant images were then photographed, plotted and video taped. | ||
| THE PRESENTATION | ||
| A video was prepared to "set-up" the final presentation, with an explanation of the development of CAD in the profession, the formation of the CAD Lab and the background for the project. The student teams then presented their projects illustrated with slides of the computer images. The public presentation was made to the Mayor, the city's Director of Development, the director of urban design, the Chancellor of the University, representatives of IBM, faculty and students from the three academic divisions. | ||
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