I spent a good portion of Week 3 working on a scheme to fit my site plan. In the process I also created a larger scale site model (1″=60′) with the new elevated railway lines and study building.
Building Sketch 1
Building Sketch 2
Building Sketch 3
Building Plan Lower
Building Plan Upper
Greenfield Ave View
Overhead View
The above scheme features a lower area on the west hugging the elevated railway berm containing the production equipment, and an elevated 2-story glass truss box holding the office space. Services are contained in the solid pillars, with the eastern one also featuring the design gallery. The cantilevered portion over the commuter railway holds the cafe and lounge, open to the public, overlooking the restored wetland area and out to the lake.
Below are photos of the new site model. Everyone stopping in my room tries to turn the bridge, but alas, I glued it down. Duly noted for the next iteration: the bridge will turn.
And for those who have experience with Revit: I ran into a number of memory maximum issues with my model, so I divided it into many different worksets and turned off what I didn’t need to keep the model alive.