Sabrina Caneschi Designer Architect BIM Professional User Autodesk Revit ® Architecture Certified
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Type: Offices
Status: Built
Client: Zenprop Property Holdings
Designer: Paragon Architects
Construction Area: 15.000m²/160000sqf
Completion: 2010
Location: Sandton, Johannesburg . South Africa
The Sandton area is one of the most important business centers in Johannesburg in South Africa, and therefore in Africa.
The building was designed to accommodate the headquarters office of DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr law firm.
Roles include:
Supporting Lead Architect
Council Drawing Packages
Working Drawing Packages
Construction Detailing Design
Construction Detailing Packages
(Equivalent to RIBA Stages 3 to 4 Plan of Work; Design and Working Drawings developed on Revit Architecture Software) Facade Cladding Parking Underground Structure Protea Place
Project Summary:
Award: SAPOA Innovative Excellence in Property Development Awards 2011 1Nomination Protea for New Commercial Place Development
Designed by Paragon Architects, Protea Place is characterized by its cutting-edge design and sculptural form, partnered 3D Cutout – 9th Floor with superior building technologies. Office Plate The building consists of seven parking levels and nine office levels. Which rise above the visible parking podium.
The basic footprint of the building is composed of two towers enclosing a central atrium, set atop of the base of the SKYLIGHTS parking levels.
The central atrium has east and west ATRIUM facing glass walls. The eastern atrium wall VOLUME 9 OFFICE FLOORS opens up over a water feature allowing pedestrians to enter the building by crossing the water surface.
The internal atrium was designed to admit generous amounts of natural light into the building and its office plates and WATER provides active awareness of both the 7 PARKING LEVELS FEATURE interior and exterior environments of the building.
3D Cutout – Section through Atrium Photo of Building Completion Protea Place
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3D View from Revit
The wall has a complex geometry and was modelled as a mass component on Revit, allowing to test the final effect of the volume by changing the editable curve rays and applying curtain systems to the mass face to simulate different materials as timber 3D View cutout from Revit showing slats, louvers, solid panels and solid wall with punched windows others.
Section Sketch Atrium Slanted Wall 3D Sketch of Atrium Slanted Wall
The Atrium wall of the southern The intention was to create a dramatic tower rakes out towards the center feature to contrast with the otherwise of the atrium. orthogonal geometries.
Picture of final Wall Design
I was responsible for modeling that surface in Revit and producing the final Callout Plan of Slanted wall through Typical Floor Detailed Section of slanted wall construction drawings of the slanted wall with its punched windows. Protea Place
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Picture of Final Bridge Link Design The two towers are connected by bridge links spanning across the atrium space. The bridge was designed in steel structure supporting concrete slab, 3D Ablution Vanity tiled floor, glass railing and underside with plastered All Ablution elements were modeled in Revit, including ceiling with strip light recess. the background wall with stones that had different thicknesses, creating a texture that was useful to foresee Picture Vanity and bulkhead any junction issues between wall and fixtures.
Section Connection Bridge Links and Offices Bulkhead Construction Detail I was responsible for the final construction drawings I was responsible for Construction package of the of the main atrium as well as service coordination Central Core Areas as ablutions, Lift Lobby and Fire Revit 3D Cutout showing Bridge Links and construction details of bridge links. Escape Staircase Picture Vanity and bulkhead Protea Place
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Skylight Section Sketch
Picture of Skylights Strip skylights in the atrium roof provide an ever changing play of light within the atrium volume.
Detailed Section Through skylights The skylights were designed with rounded edges to be smoothly washed by natural light, and angles were created to capture and reflect light into different directions. Skylight Position Sketch
Section Through skylights
The skylights were modeled as a separate ceiling based family with parameters that allowed to adjust the size, the height and the radium of each connection, meaning that all of them are different types of the same Revit Family.
Skylight Parametric Family Skylight Plan General Electric Global Research Centre
BeaufortType: Science Ridge Research Institute Residential Status: Built
Client: General Electric
Designer: Athie Wohnrath Architects
Construction Area: 23,000m²/250000sqf
Period: Jan - Set 2014
Site Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Main Reception Desk at Campus Arrival Rendering of GE Research Campus Position Held: BIM Specialized Consultant
Roles Include:
Analysis of Project information
Indication of suitable LOD (Level of Detail)
Generate the 3D BIM Model for MEP specialties
Generate the BIM Equipment Library
Generate the BIM Equipment data
Preparation of the GE BIM MODEL Operation Manual
(Equivalent to RIBA Stages 4 to 6 Plan of Work; Design and Working Drawings developed on Revit Architecture Software) Picture taken from the sea looking at Office Unit with Laboratories on the background General Electric Global GENERAL SITE PLAN Research Centre
Project Summary GE Brazil Technology Center is one of nine GE research centers globally and one of five outside the U.S. The new R&D center in Rio is approximately 250,000 square feet, of which half is devoted to lab space.
I was contracted as BIM Consultant to elaborate the As Built MEP Model to be incorporated to the Existing Architectural Model done by Athie Wohnrath Architects. We used the consultants technical drawings and the equipment specification to generate the model and equipment library. We created each building as a separate Model and linked them together in the site model.
OFFICE UNIT
TC-LAB UNIT WELLSTREAM UNIT UTILITIES UNIT General Electric Global Research Centre
The 3D BIM Model for MEP specialties for each Beaufortbuilding Ridge included 11 project disciplines excluding Residentialonly architecture and civil engineering. Among those 11 disciplines the most complex packages were HVAC, Fire protection, Electric and Water plumbing but we also modeled CFTV System, Gas distribution, automation system etc.
All the Equipment and automation devices were modelled in, the Equipment data was incorporated to the families and types in Revit, and a BIM Equipment Library was generated to 3D CUT OUT 3D CUT OUT 3D CUT OUT help on the future facility management. Fire protection and Special gases HVAC system firefighting system distribution system I was responsible for the consulting and modeling process of each specialty. The level of detail, LOD, established for MEP was 300 but when that was not achievable specially due to equipment manufacturer lack of BIM information, a minimum of at least 200 was allowed.
Due to the nature of the Laboratory use, selected systems in certain areas were designed to be critical mission and never stop working in case of public supply interruption or equipment damage, to comply with that requirement most systems and equipment's have backups and different types of sensors to identify malfunction.
3D CUT OUT 3D CUT OUT Electrical system Data system
BIM MODEL – Equipment Data General Electric Global On this page the perspectives taken from the model and Research Centre pictures of the Utilities building shows the accuracy level achieved from the 3D BIM model to the actual building.
PHOTO - Generator Room BIM MODEL – Generator Room
BIM MODEL - HVAC_Cold Water Pumps
Beaufort Ridge Residential
GROUND LEVEL 1st FLOOR LEVEL
BIM MODEL - 3D CUTOUT UTILITIES BUILDING PHOTO - HVAC_Cold Water Pumps PHOTO - HVAC_Cooling Tower BIM MODEL - HVAC_Cooling Tower Discovery Health Head Office
Type: Offices Roles include:
Status: Built Construction Detailing Packages for:
Client: Grouth Point + Zenprop Property Holdings Phase 1 Drywalls
Architects: Boogertman Architects Phase 1 Shopfronts
Interior Designer: Paragon Interface Phase 2 Reflected Ceiling Plans
Construction Area: 112.000m²/1.205.557sqf (Equivalent to RIBA Stages 4 Plan of Work; Working Drawings developed on Revit Architecture Software) Completion: 2018
Location: Sandton, Johannesburg . South Africa
Photo from one of the Building Atriums Discovery Health Head Office
Project Summary:
Discovery is a insurance company that covers over 5.1 million clients with substantial new business growth.
Discovery previous Head Office was designed by Paragon Architects but as their businesses grew a larger building was needed. In the market there was no offer for a building of that proportion so a new Head Quarters was designed by Boogertman Architects exclusive for them, this time Paragon Interface was assigned to do the Interior Design of this one of the largest single tenant Buildings in the southern hemisphere.
It is also one of the most innovative developments in South Africa and has become the largest Green Star Africa-certified new-build project to date.
Photos of Interior Design
As per Boogertman Architects words:
…“The building is visually dynamic in its sensual and inviting forms that were generated from carefully sculpted interior spaces within which Discovery’s people, employees and clients come together in an environment that fosters innovation, collaboration. Thus encapsulating the company’s core purpose of making people healthier, enhancing and protecting their lives.” Construction Photo . Discovery Health Head Office
All Drawing Packages delegated to me were previously designed and I was responsible to coordinate the construction drawings by adding the services and talking to the various engineers to accommodate each specialty.
Drywalls, shopfronts and ceilings were related packages that were coordinated together in order to avoid any clashes and the BIM model was essential to visualize their interactions.
The work was challenging in scale and time pressure as so much material was spent that at times, all the stock of determined material in the country was used.
Callout of Reflected Ceiling Plan – Phase 2 General Reflected Ceiling Plan – Phase 2 Hotel Morro Bento
Phase I:
Type: Hotel & Conference Centre
Status: Finance Approval
Client: Private
Designer: Paragon Arquitetura - Brazil
Construction Area: 13,400m²/144000sqf
Period: Jan 2011
Site Location: Luanda - Angola
Position Held: Leader Project Architect
Roles Include:
Attend meetings in Luanda and Johannesburg
Manage the communication between Paragon and the client in Portuguese and English
Design Scheme for Radisson Operational Brief
Redesign Scheme for General Operator Needs
Adapt Scheme for Mixed Construction System Rendering of main Facade Manage a small team to deliver Council Drawing Package and Tender Drawing Package
(Equivalent to RIBA Stages 0 to 3 Plan of Work; Design and Working Drawings developed on Revit Architecture Software) Hotel Morro Bento
Project Summary
The Hotel Site is located in the city of Luanda in the new development axis towards SouthHotel TchyssayLuanda.
The first hotel design finished in 2011 was initially to comply with the operational demands of Rezidor Group. 1st to 5th Floor Guestrooms We developed a scheme focused on business tourism with 170 guestrooms, as part of the strategy to offer best service for business clients we allowed for a full service hotel with all day dinning restaurant, scotch bar and gym, as well as a 600sqm conference center including meeting and conference rooms, separate reception area and printing facilities.
Mezzanine Floor Conference /Restaurant
Ground Floor Reception/Admin
3D Axonometric view showing Lower Ground Hotel courtyard Parking/BOH Hotel Morro Bento
The conference component has complete conference structure Hotel Tchyssay including exclusive reception desk and printing service, 6 meeting rooms with 10 seats, 2 conference rooms with up to 20 places that can be subdivided and a conference room with up to 35 seats to accommodate larger corporate events.
It has an outdoor terrace on the 4th floor , which was designed to house outdoor activities.
The conference center is connected directly to the Mezzanine floor restaurant that can be rented exclusively to corporate events. Lower Ground Floor Plan Upper Ground Floor Plan Mezzanine Floor Plan 1st to 5th Guestroom Floor Plan
The hotel has 165 standard suites and 5 luxury suites with living room and balcony. It was designed to incorporate prefabricated structures with the same dimensions of maritime containers. Facilitating the import and transport, shortening construction time and allowing the accuracy of finishing. Each container has two bedrooms of approximately 23m² and a central corridor. All internal finishes are factory-installed and pre- fabricated facades are " clipped " in the structure after mounted . This technology was adequate due to the repetitions of the guestroom units. The remaining areas of the hotel are designed in Perspective of pre-fabricated Unit conventional structure . Beaufort Ridge Residence
Type: Residential
BeaufortStatus: BuiltRidge Residential Client: Beaufort Properties
Designer: Paragon Arquitetura Brasil
Construction Area: 16.000m²/172000sqf
Completion: 2014
Site Location: Rua Ridge, Accra - Ghana
Position Held: Project Lead Architect from design to tender drawings
Roles Include:
Taking over the design from previews architect
Redesign according to client brief Bird Eye Rendering
Responsible for Client Correspondence
Generate Design Scheme Drawings and Presentation
Council Drawing Packages
Tender Drawing Packages
(Equivalent to RIBA Stages 1 to 3 Plan of Work; Design and Working Drawings developed on Revit Architecture Software)
3D view of Revit Model East Facade Beaufort Ridge Residence
Project Summary:
North Ridge is a upmarket neighborhood in Accra, located between The building program is developed on 8 floors including the Kotoka International Airport and the city center. 59 residential units of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments, The Country has history of seismic events so the building has plus two luxury penthouses on the upper level. reinforced shear walls that had to be included in the design. The site The upper floors where the residential units are, is located in a corner allowed to separate the parking entrance and separated in different blocks according to the unit pedestrian access, types and connected by walkways that allow On the ground floor the residential units have terraces above the interesting views both for internal square as out of the parking slab, there is also a internal plaza that gives access to a complex where one can see all the city's skyline. ballroom, playground, fitness center, gourmet kitchen, pool and community meeting room.
Internal Plaza
Ground Floor Plan Typical Floor Plan Building Completion - East Facade Beaufort Ridge Residence
The three types of residential units were designed for maximum optimization of usable area reducing corridors to a minimum space and allowing as much area as possible for the social rooms, To facilitate, speed and reduce costs of construction there is a minimum amount of wet walls with plumbing and electric fixtures. The shear walls designed to protect the structure from the seismic events run vertically through the building in between each unit limiting the possibility of Facade openings, consequently most of the windows area located either in the access door wall that faces the passage or in the external Facade. Beaufort Ridge Residential The 1 bedroom unit has 50sqm of area and The 2 bedroom apartment The 3 bedroom unit has 117sqm of area and through the use of sliding door panels it is has 90sqm of area and to the social space consists of open kitchen, dining possible to integrate the bedroom to the maximize the social space room, living room and covered balcony . As this social area providing more light and space if the kitchen opens to the unit might have a larger number of residents need be. It is also possible to keep the dinning area above the we allowed for a separate laundry, this is a privacy of the bedroom space by closing the counter. This unit has a en- feature that is common in their culture. sliding panels and the toilet intermediary suite bathroom and a semi- One of the bedroom was carefully located near door, if that is the case the social area still suite bedroom that shares the living room so if necessary it can be used as keeps its total autonomy as the Lavatory is the bathroom facility with office or TV room or even incorporated to the still available for use. the social area. social area by removing a small portion of wall.
Picture of Shear wall after Completion
2 Bedr. 2 Bedr. Unit Unit
1 Bedr. Unit
3 Bedr. Unit
1 Bedroom Unit 2 Bedroom Unit 3 Bedroom Unit Unit Position Key Plan Beaufort Ridge Residence According to client instructions, in Accra the lift maintenance service is deficient so With a predominance of orthogonal grids and walls due to the Shear wall structure, the space most people will use the stair cases to that had the ability to bring more organic shapes and add more dramatic perspectives was the access their unit. central plaza, There we created a series of sinuous passages to connect the units to the vertical Beaufort Ridge We designed comfortable stairs and Residentialcirculation core. located them in interesting points that The balustrades were designed in Brickwork with a few cutouts where aluminum railings were have views over the city to make that installed creating a pattern of openings. trajectory more pleasant to the residents.
I was not responsible to follow the construction process or to work on the constructions The horizontal passage was also designed drawings of this project as the office in South Africa took construction over from the Brazil to create a few view points where the office due to the easier access that they have to Ghana. residents can see outside of the complex as the passage extend through the blocks allowing the views over the city. Revit Perspective of Internal Plaza
Basement Stair looking up at the balustrades Plan of Internal Plaza Balustrade Photo of Internal Plaza Other Design Projects
Outros Projetos
2014 - Design of Residential Project in Ghana for Paragon Architects
2015 - Design of facade for Hotel project in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Built 2014 - Design in partnership with Architect Daniel Medina - Competition for the new building for National Library in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Other Project Participation
2008 - Paragon Architects - Competition Nedbank HQ, Johannesburg – Modeling and Presentation
2009 - Paragon Architects - Design Study for Comercial Project, Johannesburg – Project Architect on first design stages
2012-2015 - Paragon Architects - Design and Feasibility for Media HQ in Luanda-Angola – Client Support, Space Planning, Communication Manager, Development Cost assistance, Official meetings and Presentations in Angola and South Africa BIM Training Autodesk Revit
Summary: My role:
GPAA (Gustavo Pena Arquitetos Associados) is the architectural practice I was responsible for the creation of a customized office template that included their office responsible for the design of Mineirão, one of the Stadiums for the World Cup standards as customized titleblocks, export settings to dwg, annotation types, project browser etc. 2014 in Brazil. I also responsible to create an initial custom library with basic families for the start of their work, In 2011 they had around 20 architects, some of them had individual modeling that library would grow in time and we planed for the new families inclusion. training but some were only familiar with Autocad. None of them were yet prepared to work as a collaboration team in Revit. I was also heading the training sessions which took over 20 sessions of about 3 hours. In those sessions we discussed: Paragon Arquitetura Brasil was hired to create a Customized BIM Training to prepare their employees to migrate to the technology. . Collaboration Work – Central and Local files, Saving routines, Worksets,, etc.
. Project Organization – Project Browser, Project Navigation, View Templates, Visibility Graphics, Imports, Links and Exports
. Project Phases and Design Options
. Annotation tools – Details, tags and keynotes
. Mass Creation & Curtain Walls
. Site Tools & Project Location
. Basic Architecture Building Modeling Tools
. Building Parameters for Instance and Types
. Family Creation & Material Library
. Presentation settings _ Visual Styles, Rendering settings, Ray trace, etc.