Integrated 3-D Model

Based on the System Engineering theory, we have defined our integrated system as a sustainable infrastructure building. The 3D model has been developed with the help of an additional tool called Speckle that shares required information across different parametric models in an integrated way.

In our case, we have three systems defined:-
Bridge
High Rise Buildings (Apartment and School)
Water Treatment Plant

In our context, the bridge will be one of the main subsystem and by this, specific parameters which were selected for the bridge will be dependent on the specific parameters of the other subsystems.

Let’s consider a scenario regarding to the design of the integrated system. Both the buildings are located at the same extreme of the bridge as the destination to which the bridge leads but at different sides.
During the integration of the parametric models, the parameters of the individual models influence each other as well as the environment influence the overall combined system.

As said earlier, the buildings are situated at one end of the bridge and thus we can conclude that start point of the bridge or else the end point.

Additionally, the size of the building also influences the dimensioning of the bridge. For example, if the apartment is a ten storeyed building situated in an urban area, then the bridge should be able to withstand the load produced by the traffic created that is generated by it as well as that flows over it. Apart from residential part, there is also a school building which creates the traffic even more dense and thus structural stability of the bridge is to be maintained by expanding the input parameters especially the width.

Moreover, when the residents of the apartment increases, the usage of water increases and thus the amount of waste water generated will also increase. As a result, the dimensioning(volume) of the waste water treatment plant will be directly proportional to the size of the building.

Each individual parametric models are flexible enough to simulate a wide range
of alternatives. The main purpose is to integrate the parametric model of the bridge, so that any changes performed on the site propagate to the bridge model.

Here is the 3D representation of the combined parametric model