Museum extension

About the project

New gallery, old neighbour

The design added a new gallery wing with angular forms alongside an existing museum. Floor levels, openings and facade lines had to align with the old building exactly.

The practice needed an accurate architectural model to coordinate with consultants and to produce planning and tender drawings.

What we delivered

Architectural BIM model
Existing building interface
Plans and sections
Elevations
Facade setting-out
Sheet set

Complex geometry
Sloping walls and folded roofs did not follow a simple grid.
Existing interfaces
New floors had to meet old levels within tight tolerances.
Planning deadline
Drawings were needed for a committee date.

Our process

From brief to coordinated model in six steps

How the work was planned, modeled, checked and handed over.

01
Brief & standards
Scope, LOD, template and naming agreed at kick-off.
02
Model set-up
Shared coordinates, levels, grids and worksets created.
03
Modeling
Each discipline modeled to the agreed level of detail.
04
Coordination
Federated model checked and clashes grouped by level and trade.
05
Review & update
Comments resolved and models updated between meetings.
06
Issue
Models, reports and sheets issued in the client’s formats.

Our solution

Geometry built to be drawn

Complex forms were modeled with adaptive families and reference planes so plans, sections and elevations could be cut cleanly from the model.

0Sheets from the model
0 wksBrief to issue
0Design options tested

Adaptive families
Folded roof and wall panels controlled by a few parameters.
Interface model
The existing building modeled where the new wing connects.
Sheets from one model
Every drawing cut from the model, so changes flowed through.
Option studies
Alternative facades tested quickly for the design team.