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Lecture 4: Site Planning using BIM

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Exercises Content

Importing the Site + Weather Station Data:
Setting the Site for Mass Modelling:
Drawing Site and Estimating the Block Size:
Site to Floor Area Ratio:
Estimate the site area
Estimate the floor area to site ratio (plot ratio)
Sun Path and Shadow Analysis:
Building Mass and Space Planning
Basic Building Mass Typology (for maximum right to light)
Single Block
L Shape
H Shape
U Shape
O Shape
FormIt Building Library/Cubes and Circulation
Anchor Spaces
Main Circulation
Play of Solid and Void
Solar Analysis and Design Strategies
Insight for further Design Strategies
Please watch the Overall Application video tutorial provided below.

Tutorials in Using FormIt from Autodesk

Basically there are 2 main steps:
Setting Location &
Solar Analysis

Setting Location

Solar Analysis

Overall Application

Formlt Workflows Solar and Insight Energy Analysis
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