The Year in Infrastructure 2007 - (Page 16) Bim fOr architecture Karolinska Science Park sWecO ffns arkitekter aB Karolinska Institute is one of Europe’s largest medical universities and Sweden’s biggest center for medical research and education. Situated just outside the city of Stockholm, the character of buildings in the park has been maintained throughout 60 years of expansion. To meet the increasing demand for biomedical research, three seven-story buildings are being constructed in the form of a cell. The challenge of the project has been to master the form of the building, in plan layout as well as small details, while still using standard components as much as possible to keep the expenditures down. The advanced modeling tools in MicroStation enabled the creation of complicated surfaces and the transformation of these using Bentley Architecture into objects such as ceilings and roofs. In this way, the firm’s architectural ambitions were thus supported and accurate drawings produced. Basel Trade Fair, Hall 1 Built in Only 1 Year theo hotz ag Unlike exhibition centers in other European cities, the city of Basel, Switzerland, decided not to move its convention center to a site in the suburbs. Instead, it chose to revitalize and extend the existing facilities with a new, demanding urbanistic and architectural concept. With a planning and construction schedule of just one year, Theo hotz architects designed a total exhibition area of 36,000 square meters. The construction consisted of a steel skeleton structure on a gridded floor plan, which facilitated the extension deployment of prefabrication. Bentley BIM solutions enabled efficient distributed planning and also guaranteed interoperability with other planners. 16 ThE YEAR IN INFRASTRUCTURE 2007
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