ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF A 20-STOREY MULTI-APARTMENT BUILDING- Using Revit and 3dsmax Softwares

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Architecture has always been a field of study I had quite an interest in. I used to love Technical Drawing as a subject back then in my high school days. However, I decided Architecture wasn’t my thing when I decided to write my high school certificate exams so I had to drop the Technical Drawing and offered to write Agricultural Science instead (I love farming and I look forward to owning my plantation in the nearest future!).

"Architecture is defined as the art and science of designing buildings and other physical structures. A wider definition often includes the design of the total built environment from the macro level of town planning, urban design, and landscape architecture to the micro level of construction details and, sometimes, furniture."

My very good friend; Adepoju Aderemi Y. however continued on the path of becoming an architect and today, he is a soon to be certified Architect (i.e. he is currently a Student Architect) who is growing to become a master in the field. I knew he had good prospects in the field right form our high school days!

Of recent, I saw a WhatsApp Status post about one of his latest designs of a 20-storey Multi-Apartment Building. It was quite eye catchy and I felt I should try writing an article on the design process! The image of the 20 floor Multi-Storey Modular Apartments Building can be seen below!

This will be my first attempt at coming up with a STEM article that is architecturally based and I won’t be talking about measurements! So I hope the architects and gurus in the community don’t find it too “novice-ish”! lol!

Well, according to him he worked with a team of 5 other Student Architects to come up with this grand design. And he said the design is actually an entry for a contest. And it amazingly took them 3 weeks to work on it and finish the design (I guess nothing is easy after all since it took them that number of days to come up with the design! Lol!)

During the course of the design they made use of two Architectural Design Softwares; Revit for Architecture and 3dsmax.
Revit was used to generate the plans for the floors of the building and the 3D models of the building which can be seen below!

The realistic view of the building was then generated with the 3dsmax software. The software is used to render (and in this case, it took them 3 good days to render the plans into the beautiful design displayed above) whatever plans you have designed on Revit to give it a view that we as non-architects can actually see and understand! We get to see Science and technology at its very best here guys!

Below is a image of the completed design and Structure generated with 3dsmax Software!

I’ll go ahead to share the Floor Plans first!

Since it is 20-Storey building, below is the Plan for the Ground floor!

You can clearly see the provisions made for the car park which is actually a Multi-Level Car park! They are the little boxes with thin lines neatly arranged side by side! You can also see the driveway that extends from the ground floor to the 1st floor at the top of the plan. The arrows there show the direction of movement for the cars, coming in or going out!

Next, is the plan for the 1st floor to the 4th floor:

Here you can see where they made provisions for the Entrance into the Building and a Reception/ Waiting Area. If you move further past the Waiting area, the Store can be seen on the left side and 3 Lifts/Elevators plus an additional Store on the right. The central fleet of stairs can also be located in the center of the plan next to the store! Cars can also be parked on these floor!The car park can comfortable accommodate cars for residents and visitors!

Next, we take a look at the plan for the 5th floor right up to the 16th floor

Here, there are provisions for One-Bedroom Apartments (colored yellow), Two-Bedroom Apartments (colored red) and Three-Bedroom Apartments (colored purple/deep blue)

At the center, you can see the Stairs and Elevators! While there are also provisions of Escape stairs for each apartment! The Three-bedroom apartments and Two-Bedroom apartments have their respective Lounges, Maid’s Rooms, Kitchens, Stores and Toilets. While the One-Bedroom apartments have their respective Bedrooms, kitchens and toilets/showers only!

Next is the plan for the 17th floor to the 20th Floor

There are 2 Penthouses which are actually duplexes containing these floors! This means that the 17th and 19th floor will serve as the lower floors of the duplexes, and the 18th and 20th floor of the building will function as the upper floors of these duplexes respectively!

Below, is the plan of the 17th and 19th Floors

The Penthouses are facing each other and they both have their respective Living Rooms, Dining Space, Kitchens on the left that link to their respective Terrace and has a Store, Master Bedrooms on the right that have a Toilet and are also linked to another Terrace. There is also a provision for a Maid’s Room on the left side of each apartment with a toilet. The Maid’s room shares a wall with the kitchen!

And next, I’ll show us the plans for the 18th and 20th Floors

On these floors, the Penthouses have three additional bedrooms (seen on the left, center and right sides of the plan). There is a Staircase which connects the respective floors of the duplexes placed right beside the Bedroom in the center which has its own toilet. The other rooms on both sides of the plan are linked to a terrace while they both have their respective toilets also! Quite luxurious I must say! Lol!

Moving on, you get to see the plan of the Roof for the building.

Looks quite simple in it’s way, I guess!

Finally, I’ll love to share the realistic views of the various elevations used in designing the building!

The FRONT/APPROACH ELEVATION:

The RIGHT SIDE ELEVATION:

THE LEFT SIDE ELEVATION:

THE REAR ELEVATION:

3D Views of the building from different angles

I also decided to share shots of when he was working on the design using these softwares. This will help give us an idea of what the interface of these softwares actually look like!

3dsmax Software in use; Sourced from Phone Gallery

Revit Software in use; Sourced from Phone Gallery

I hope I was able to do some justice to the topic guys! I look forward to owning one of these types of masterpiece buildings in the nearest future! Lol! And he gave me the good news of zero charges based on the existing relationship between us. He’s quite down to earth and that is what I love about him.

Thanks for reading through guys! It is amazing what technology does these days!. it amazes me how the flat 2D plan here transforms into an actual building that is well planned. Architects really are unique in their line of profession and they deserve accolades for their sense of imagination!

I look forward to corrections, suggestion, comments and view on the article and designs. Remember to stay safe guys. Cheers!

PLEASE NOTE: All images are sourced from my phone gallery! And the plans are images from the files generated by the softwares!

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