WRNS Studio

For this project WRNS used Revit and Dynamo for Modeling, and Lumion for making Renderings. They picked those tools because they were very flexible and allowed for the development of design and production of working drawings in one platform. There is seamless file transfer between Lumion and Revit using Live Sync, and using Dynamo was the way for automation and making complex geometries in Revit.

400 Logue

Dynamo helps to automate repetitive tasks in Revit

Dynamo

Autodesk Revit is a building information modeling (BIM) software used by architects, landscape architects, structural engineers, NEP engineers, designers, and contractors. 

Revit

Lumion is a powerful, easy, fun-to-use, effective architectural visualization tool that allows anyone to build a 3D environment and then create beautiful images, impressive video presentations, and live walkthroughs. It is the fastest way to pick up your 3D model and create a scene in a matter of minutes.

Lumion

Novin Development Corp.

Learn how Novin Development Corp secured 7.4M in competitive TOD funding & their site 3x faster with TestFit: https://testfit.io/cs-testfit-for-affordable-housing-with-novin-development/

603A Street, Hayward, California

As the world’s most powerful configurator, TestFit lets you easily generate structures with geolocation support, time of day shadows, and multisite management among other features. You will never have to draw another polyline to calculate areas or wait for a colleague to calculate NRSF.

TestFit

Amanat Architect

Read more at: http://www.amanatarchitect.com/777/index.php

777 FRONT STREET

Rhinoceros 3D is a 3D computer graphics and computer-aided design application software developed by the American company Robert McNeel & Associates. Utilizing NURBS mathematical modeling to produce precise representations of free-form, curving surfaces, Rhino is used in industries such as architecture, industrial design, automotive design, product design, and multimedia and graphic design.

Rhino 3D

Grasshopper is a visual programming language and environment that pairs with Rhino 3D, a software program also developed by Robert McNeel & Associates. Grasshopper allows users to build algorithms by dragging and connecting components on a digital canvas. From parametric modeling and fabrication, lighting performance analysis, to building energy consumption, Grasshopper provides an intuitive way to explore design without requiring programming experience.

Grasshopper

Leers Weinzapfel Associates

Modus Studio

Adohi Hall, which means “woods” in Cherokee, located at the University of Arkansas (U of A) is the first university housing and mixed-use structure of its kind. Completed in 2019, the project is currently the largest cross-laminated timber (CLT) building in the United States.  

Read more about the project at: https://www.dlubal.com/en/downloads-and-information/references/customer-projects/001166  
http://www.modusstudio.com/projects/adohi-hall                   


Adohi Hall

The structural analysis program RFEM is the basis of a modular software system. The main program RFEM is used to define structures, materials, and loads for planar and spatial structural systems consisting of plates, walls, shells and members. The program also allows you to create combined structures as well as model solid and contact elements.

RFEM provides deformations, internal forces, stresses, support forces, and soil contact stresses. The corresponding add-on modules facilitate data input by automatic generation of structures and connections or can be used to perform further analyses and designs according to various standards.

RFEM by Dlubal Software

John and Julie were using their garage as storage. They knew that they wanted their moms closer to home so they decided to build an ADU. In order to prevent falls, Homestead built a roll-in shower with grab bars. Now they can live closer to their moms with the peace of mind that they'll be safe.

Source: https://www.homestead.is/case-studies/age-in-place-unit

Age-In-Place Unit

Homestead

Balmain & Co

“Procore’s platform and its ability to seamlessly integrate with great tools like BIMLauncher mean we can curate environments that are familiar to residents and managers of our projects, and the information they input is delivered to our construction professionals within Procore.” Read more at: https://www.procore.com/en-au/casestudies/balmain-co

Alchemy Apartments

BIMLauncher is a construction technology startup whose mission is to revolutionise project productivity by connecting the industry with advanced integration and workflow automation technology. It builds bridges between your construction technology platforms, connecting Aconex, Procore, PlanGrid and more.

BIMLauncher

Australia’s first robo-home – a residential property built by a mechanical bricklayer in less than four days – will go under the hammer in Western Australia next month

The family home in the Swan Valley was created using ground-breaking technology to build the property’s structural walls in July last year, taking just three-and-a-half days to complete. Read more at: https://www.realestate.com.au/news/australias-first-robo-built-home-hits-the-market/

Australia's first robo-built home

Hadrian X® is the world’s first mobile robotic blocklaying machine and system, capable of safely working outdoors in uncontrolled environments with speed and accuracy. 

Hadrian X® builds block structures from a 3D CAD model, producing far less waste than traditional construction methods while dramatically improving site safety. 

Hadrian X® is capable of building the walls of a house in situ in as little as a day, with no human hand touching a brick.

Hadrian X® by FBR

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Birchall and Partners

3D Virtual tour captured using Matterport Pro1 3D. Link to virtual model:

https://matterport.com/industries/gallery/bubble-house


Bubble House

Take your buildings online with Matterport to design, build, promote, and manage your most valuable asset at your fingertips.

We are leading the digital transformation of the built world, changing how homes are bought and sold, retail stores are planned out, hotels or vacation homes are marketed, facilities are managed, or design and construction projects are completed. 

Matterport

Cahill Contractors

https://www.offsight.com/post/cahill-contractors


We help solve the delivery, quality, traceability and communication challenges of modular/offsite construction and project-based manufacturing with our easy to use mobile software. We enable collaboration between project managers, quality inspectors, production supervisors, architects, and developers to ensure your offsite projects stay on track. 

If you're thinking about going offsite/modular or ready to take the next step to streamline your quality and productivity, drop us a note. 


Offsight

ATLV

Perforated Metal Facade of CAMO house was designed by ATLV, who acted as the computational design consultant for this project. Architect was WOW architects based in Singapore. Learn more: https://atlv.org/project/wow/
http://wow.sg/#/projects/camo-house

CAMO House

iGeo is free and open source 3D modeling software library in Java for computational design in architecture, product design, interaction design and more. It includes libraries of vector math operations, NURBS curve and surface geometries, polygon meshes and 3D model file I/O. It also has an interface specialized for processing.

iGeo

Arcadis

Read more at: https://dynamobim.org/exploring-structural-design-options-using-generative-design/

Concrete high-rise structure

CRATE Modular

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          https://www.offsight.com/post/crate-modular-turns-to-offsight-to-manage-multi-family-projects-in-southern-california

This project shows how a Design and Build firm leveraged Snaptrude to speed up their design workflow and win more clients. 3D Models for 26 unique homes, comprising one, two and three-bedroom layouts, were created and shared as a unique URL with clients. Clients can review the designs, navigate between saved views and share feedback from their mobile devices. Architects would then customize the design for them, incorporating their feedback. Since Snaptrude automatically calculates built areas and material take-offs, the architects presented accurate project costing at each iteration required by the client. The automation capabilities of Snaptrude gave the design team a whopping 8x productivity improvement over traditional workflows, enabling them to close contracts quickly and win more projects.

Being on the cloud, designs on Snaptrude can be viewed from a mobile device by clients

Snaptrude automatically dimensions floor plans with a click

Unit wise area distribution of different unit types

Number of hours saved by using Snaptrude over traditional workflows

Customized Mass Housing

Home design templates created on Snaptrude

Snaptrude is a collaborative design tool for architects and interior designers. Design teams can build efficient buildings, with data & automation,  saving weeks’ worth of effort. Collaborate with your team in real-time for faster feedback and approvals. As Snaptrude works on a web browser, you can work on any device, from anywhere in the world. Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Rhino, 3DSMax, ArchiCad, Vectorworks

Snaptrude

Historiska Hem

Developer for this project was Historiska Hem, and the location is Stockholm, Sweden. We used Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Render, and Photoshop to develop the renderings. 

Eclectic Apartment in Stockholm

3D modeling and rendering software for design visualization, games, and animation

3ds max

BEONE Studio is a young team of enthusiastic professionals who develop all types of 3D content with the main specialization on the creation of static renders, animations, and VR tours, meeting all modern requirements.


BE ONE Studio

Ananda

https://blog.alicetechnologies.com/case-studies/ananda-elio-del-nest

Elio Del Nest

Alice

MEAN* Middle East Architecture Network

House 00 is a retreat, a sanctuary of the self, and an architectural response to shifting sociality in a post-Covid-19 world. Envisioned as a prototype for living in isolation away from urban density, House 00 is an attempt at rebooting the basic conditions of domesticity, serenity, and intimacy.

Sitting at the highest point in the United Arab Emirates, on the soaring peaks of Jebel Jais northeast of Ras-Al Khaimah, House 00 boasts the critical balance of being simultaneously in nature yet out of reach. Quality of air, breath-taking views and exceptional Dunite rock landscapes make for a perfect location for a unique house.

On the inside, the 2000 SQM contemporary design borrows from traditional elements of local residential architecture, featuring all the amenities for a comfortable and healthy life, as well as the social and cultural necessities of the Emirati family. On the outside, the sculptural limestone and glass façade blends seamlessly into the surroundings, looking pristine yet man-made; monolithic yet architectonic at the same time.

The house is organized into two parts embracing an inner courtyard. Spaces are split between east and west wings based on their respective uses and expected visitors.

As the pandemic malaise drags across the big city, House 00 offers more than life in solitude. It sets forth a unique restart for sharpening both the soul and the senses.

House 00

Twinmotion is a 3D visualization software that utilizes Unreal Engine to produce high-quality images, panoramas, and standard or 360° VR videos from BIM or CAD models

Twinmotion

Sol design + consulting

The firm tested a few different design iterations to achieve its net-zero energy and daylighting goals. First, six forms were modeled in SketchUp and analyzed in Sefaira with the goal of maintaining at least 200 lux daylighting for 60% of the year in the main living areas. 

The final design incorporated a narrow plate, compact shape, taller windows, and an interior “light well.”  Once the ideal conceptual design was found, the challenge of maintaining a steady, passive temperature in a mixed climate with very cold winters and hot, humid summers was addressed. Eleven design strategies were analyzed using Sefaira, leading to the decision to specify an Insulated Concrete Formwork (ICF) and a combination of small fixed overhangs and operable shading screens over the south-facing windows.

Read more: https://blog.sketchup.com/home/tips-for-designing-a-net-zero-energy-home

Net Zero Energy Home, a post-occupancy assessment

Sefaira

SketchUp

San Mateo County homeowners often come to the Cottage team looking for the best way to integrate an ADU into their existing backyard. This Hillsborough homeowner had many of the commonly asked questions before she made her decision to move forward:

How can I match the new granny flat to the main home?
How much space do I need for an ADU that can double as a home office for working from home?
How can I choose the right finishes and features while remaining budget-conscious?
All these were questions that the Cottage design and operations teams addressed for this beautiful Accessory Dwelling Unit.

This particular Hillsborough property was separated into two distinct levels: the existing home on the elevated plane, and a garden area that sloped down to the lower lawn level. The homeowner saw an opportunity to build an ADU on that lower lawn level, as shown above.

Placement of the ADU unit was also important for the homeowner, who did not want the new structure to disrupt the existing views and main home design. At the same time, the ADU design needed to be flexible, allowing for multiple use cases: home office during extended work from home periods, independent apartment for rental income, and potentially housing for an au pair down the road.

The Cottage team walked the homeowner through a few different layouts and options that worked well with the space before settling on a design. The final layout emphasized an open concept living and kitchen area to maximize openness while allowing for the "bedroom" to be used as a full guest room or private office depending on the occupant.

In addition, ample storage in the bedroom along with a washer and dryer unit makes this detached ADU completely self-sufficient as a separate living space.

The interior of the ADU emphasized openness and an airy feel wherever possible. Simple yet elegant finishing choices paired nicely with the open floor plan in the living room and kitchen areas.

Look upwards in the unit, and you can't help but notice one key upgrade the homeowner opted for: vaulted ceilings. The loftier-than-normal headroom further served to expand the feel of the existing square footage without taking up a larger exterior footprint.

Given the ADU's use as a rental unit later on, the homeowner opted for simple and classic kitchen fixtures and cabinets to maximize rental income and minimize maintenance and care. Furthermore, the long wall opposite the front window and door entry allowed for the perfect TV placement—a decision that was made early on in the Cottage design development process.

With a skylight allowing natural sunshine into the space, the bathroom was simply designed, with floor to ceiling tile and a curb tile-in shower giving it a touch of luxury. When it comes to fixtures and formwork, no detail is too small for the Cottage team, as the design team was able to make recommendations based on the specific homeowner's use case and budget.

Whether you live in San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, or beyond, the Cottage team is here to help you build your custom ADU designed by the ADU experts. Our team is standing by to help you build the ADU of your dreams, whether that's a granny flat or guest house for now or a rental unit to help pay the mortgage for later.

Contact us today using the link below for a Free, No-obligation Consultation & Estimate and to learn more about how you can build your ADU this year!


Hillsborough Home Office and Future ADU Rental Unit

Custom design and a zero-hassle process with vetted professionals. Technology-enabled space planning and finishes.

Detached ADU, Spanish Bungalow, Los Angeles CA

Cottage

Location if this project is Eagle Rock. Size is 440 Sq Ft. Former structure was detached 2-car garage, and the finish package is contemporary. 
Source: https://www.homestead.is/case-studies/standard-garage-conversion

Standard Garage Conversion

This client came to us looking for a multifunctional space where they could entertain and host family. Our 350-square-foot Mighty Studio checked every box. Plus, the floor-to-ceiling windows and sliding glass doors would mean that they could take full advantage of the California sunshine.

Mighty Buildings is committed to environmentally-friendly design. Our units are sustainable and energy efficient. This client also opted for the solar panel upgrade, which means that they can reduce their carbon footprint even further.

Read more: https://mightybuildings.com/projects/studio-livermore

Studio in Livermore

We are a construction technology company based in Oakland, CA, that is innovating the construction industry by creating beautiful, affordable, and sustainable homes using 3D printing, robotics, and automation.

Our 3D printing technology allows us to produce modular houses and building components for our clients much faster than traditional construction. Our 3D printers use a thermoset composite material we invented called Light Stone Material (LSM), which hardens when exposed to UV light, making it a more robust building material.

Mighty Buildings has a near-zero waste production process, preventing 1,100 - 2,000 kg of CO2 emission per 3D printed home. We are committed to achieving Net-Zero by 2028 - making our company 22 years ahead of the construction industry.

Not only are we certified under California's Factory Built Housing program to build units using 3D printing, but we are also the first company to achieve certification under the UL 3401 standard for evaluating building structures and assemblies. We are backed by several notable International and Silicon Valley tech investors, including Khosla Ventures, Zeno Ventures, and Y Combinator.

MIGHTY QUATRO: Floor Area: 1176 sq. ft. // Bedrooms: 2 // Bathrooms: 2 // Starting at $434,000

MIGHTY CINCO: Floor Area: 1440 sq. ft. // Bedrooms: 3 // Bathrooms: 2 // Starting at $503,000

Mighty Buildings

MIGHTY TRIO: Floor Area: 864 sq. ft. // Bedrooms: 2 // Bathrooms: 1 // Starting at $349,000

Palari

The Palari Group has designs to build 15 eco-friendly 3D printed homes on a five-acre parcel of land in Rancho Mirage, an upscale community in the Coachella Valley near Palm Springs, California.

These homes will each feature mid-century modern architecture and will consist of:

- a three-bed, two-bath primary residence of 1,450 sq.ft.
- a secondary two-bed, one-bath property on the residence

Each home's 10,000-sq-ft lot will have a swimming pool in the backyard, with the option to pay extra for amenities such as cabanas, hot tubs, fire pits and outdoor showers.

Read more: https://mightybuildings.com/projects/rancho-mirage

Rancho Mirage: First 3D Printed Zero Net Energy Community

Salt Lake City International Airport, Garage and Central Utility Plant

DBM Vircon

San Francisco International Airport Terminal 1 Redevelopment

Client is Destination Brisbane Consortium, project budget is 3.6 Billion Dollars, and it’s in Brisbane, Australia. The Project covering 10% of the Brisbane CBD.

dRofus proved to be the best tool to consolidate all of the data coming from all of the different sources and provide a single source of truth for exporting COBie outputs. The software was also very flexible when defining COBie export processes.” – Gabor Gulyas, Operations Manager - Digital Engineering, DBM Vircon

Read more: https://www.drofus.com/queens-wharf

Queen’s Wharf Brisbane

dRofus is a unique planning, data management and BIM collaboration tool that provides all stakeholders with extensive workflow support and access to building information throughout the building lifecycle.

Unlike any other planning tool on the market, dRofus was developed directly on behalf of public building owners. Capturing client requirements (EIR), validating design solutions (BIM) against client requirements, management of public standards and equipment planning are core features in the software.

dRofus

3D architecture solution that assists designing and architectural firms with data modeling, attribute management, graphics overriding & more.

ArchiCAD

Tekla Structures is a building information modeling software able to model structures that incorporate different kinds of building materials, including steel, concrete, timber and glass. 

Tekla

Quintain

Quintain Ltd. engaged Delve to raise project density while minimizing daylighting and cost impacts, solving for complex project requirements in a 12-acre mixed-use development on the North East Lands site in Wembley Park, London.

Using Delve, Quintain generated, evaluated, and optimized 40,000 variants that increased the number of housing units (i.e. "unit yield") while preserving quality of environment over an existing benchmark design. By the end of the 8-week engagement, Delve produced 24 high-performing variants that exceeded all goals across unit yield, usable built area, daylight access, sun hours on the ground, and daylight impacts on neighbors.

Read more at: https://www.sidewalklabs.com/products/delve/quintain-case-study

Images courtesy: Delve by Sidewalk Lab

Wembley Park

Delve is a generative design product that uses machine learning to help real estate teams design better and faster with less risk. Delve identifies the best neighborhood design for a project based on the development team’s priority outcomes. 

By revealing the optimal design option, Delve helps developers meet or exceed a project’s economic goals while improving quality-of-life outcomes for residents and businesses.

To learn more about Delve and request a demo please reach out to delve@sidewalklabs.com

Delve by Sidewalk Labs

BIG | Bjarke Ingels Group

Innovative 100-home Community Breaks Ground in Austin Area in 2022

Lennar, one of the nation’s leading homebuilders, and ICON, a construction technologies company pioneering large-scale 3D printing, announced a commitment to build the largest community of 3D-printed homes to date using ICON’s innovative robotics, software and advanced materials. Breaking ground in 2022, the 100-home community will be codesigned by the acclaimed architecture firm, BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group.

Read the full story at: https://www.iconbuild.com/updates/icon-and-lennar-to-build-largest-neighborhood-of-3d-printed-homes-codesigned

Largest Neighborhood of 3D-printed Homes In Austin, Texas 

ICON develops advanced construction technologies that advance humanity. Using proprietary 3D printing robotics, software and advanced materials, ICON is shifting the paradigm of homebuilding on Earth and beyond.

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COBOD

In July 2020, KampC unveiled the first two story house printed on site in Europe. The house is eight meters tall and has a floor area of 90 square meters and it is printed with Europe’s largest 3d concrete printer made by COBOD. You can find Flanders’ first 3D-printed model home on the premises of Kamp C in Westerlo, Belgium.

“What makes this house so unique, is that we printed it with a fixed 3D concrete printer”, says Emiel Ascione, the project manager at Kamp C. “Other houses that were printed around the world only have one floor. In many cases, the components were printed in a factory and were assembled on-site. We, however, printed the entire building envelope in one piece on-site.”

Read more at: https://cobod.com/kampc/

KampC: First two story building printed on site in Europe with BOD2

The BOD is a small 3D printed office hotel of less than 50 square meters located in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn.

The goal of this project was to demonstrate how 3D printing technology could be applied in the traditional construction industry in Europe. The idea for the project came from our participation in the Danish government-funded project “3D Construction Printing”, during which we visited more than 35 3D construction printing projects worldwide. We realized that Europe was falling behind, and we took on the challenge to be the first in Europe to 3D print a building fulfilling the strict building codes of Europe.

Read more at: https://cobod.com/the-bod/

THE BOD: Europe's first 3D printed building

Skender

Skender is drawing up plans to manufacture and build the modular units for a 10-story, 144-unit multifamily building in Uptown Chicago and a 7-story, 122-unit multifamily building in West Loop. “We know we’ll get this done 40 percent faster than anyone else and at a higher standard,” said Skender Chief Design Officer Tim Swanson.

Stacy Scopano, Skenders new Chief Technology Officer – “I haven’t seen a lot of virtual reality experiences that didn’t include some awkward disconnect between “presenter” and “audience.”  The Magic Leap device eliminates isolating a team member’s in their own virtual environments and allows for a much more natural augmented collaboration, which is the original intent of mixing realities in Real Estate & AEC.”

VIM will be collaborating with Skender on real-time augmented experiences for the modular units. VIM's Augmented Reality application powered by Magic Leap will augment the physical space to help people experience what the finished product will represent when completed.

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Skender Modular Units + VIM Augmented Reality App

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From Revit to real-time in no time

Creating a VIM file is a breeze with our Revit plugin. From dry technical BIM to a lightweight and complete encapsulation, users can export a VIM file from Revit, then open it in various apps and editors such as 3DS Max.   

You won't have to wait long, with our best in class export performance from Revit to VIM, you'll be pleased to see small projects export instantly, and amazed that large complex BIM, like a 2.2GB Project with 16 links will only take 25 minutes to turn into a VIM from a mid-tier laptop. That same VIM loads into the VIM Desktop App in mere seconds, by the way!

Key Features:
- Local or Cloud, your choice 
- Small file size 
- All links in one file
- Maintains data for phases, work sets, design options, sub-categories, etc 
- All BIM data 

FBR Limited (ASX:FBR) is an Australian robotic technology company developing and commercialising digital construction solutions to address global needs. The Company’s first application is Hadrian X®, a revolutionary robotic blocklaying machine and system.

As part of our Building Pilot Program Agreement with GP Vivienda,  FBR has constructed four Mexican-style two-bedroom, one-bathroom house structures using the Hadrian X® at FBR’s premises, with each structure taking less than one standard shift on average to complete.

Two of the structures were built indoors at FBR’s facility, with the remaining two structures built simultaneously side by side outdoors to emulate the most economical operating process for a Hadrian X® in a residential development in Mexico.

Having completed the Pilot Program stage, FBR and GP Vivienda intend to progress the Block Development stage of the Building Pilot Program Agreement, by building additional Mexican-style structures using the Hadrian X® with blocks produced in Mexico. 

Residential

House 00

Rhino 3D

Customized Mass Housing

Snaptrude

Net Zero Energy Home, a post-occupancy assessment

Sefaira

Hillsborough Home Office and Future ADU Rental Unit

Cottage

Standard Garage Conversion

Homestead

Age-In-Place Unit

Homestead

Studio in Livermore

Mighty Buildings

Rancho Mirage: First 3D Printed Zero Net Energy Community

Mighty Buildings

Queen’s Wharf Brisbane

dRofus

Wembley Park

Delve by Sidewalk Labs

Largest Neighborhood of 3D-printed Homes In Austin, Texas

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KampC: First two story building printed on site in Europe with BOD2

COBOD

THE BOD: Europe's first 3D printed building

COBOD

Skender Modular Units + VIM Augmented Reality App

VIM

Pilot Building Program (GP Vivienda)

Hadrian X® by FBR

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