The Year in Infrastructure 2008 - (Page 49) InnovatIon In CommerCIal or resIdentIal BuIldIng RGP Architects Wyevale Garden Centre Cardiff, United Kingdom the goal of this project is to create a new generation of garden centers throughout the United Kingdom with a design philosophy based on enhancing the interconnecting sustainability of the environment, society, economy, and natural resources. Balancing the needs of the development against sustainability requirements and concerns of local residents, the innovative designs will result in aesthetically pleasing proposals suited to sites. The firm used MicroStation for the conceptual 3D modeling and MicroStation PowerDraft for all production and color drawings, utilizing the ability to both import and export to Google SketchUp and to create 3D PDF files. Previously, the firm had edited the PDF files extensively in Adobe Photoshop but found that unnecessary with the XM edition of MicroStation PowerDraft. ALSO NOMINATED IN SpEcIAL cATEgOry: SuSTAININg Our ENvIrONMENT SpEc EcIAL cATE Su vIr vI I Ruentex Group Taipei Stadium Taipei, Taiwan the goal of this project is to build a new stadium to host the 21st Summer Deaflympics in Taipei in 2009. This will be the main stadium in Taipei, Taiwan, and most domestic and international athletics games will be hosted there. The stadium will seat 20,000 and include a standard race field, standard multi-purpose swimming pool, and a parking lot suitable for 350 cars and 800 motorcycles. One of the prime benefits of using MicroStation is that it provides a 3D collaboration platform. The firm’s structural and MEP departments use MicroStation and related applications. Although the architectural department is primarily still using AutoCAD, it can still use MicroStation as its 3D design platform with no need to convert data from one format to another. THE YEAR IN INFRASTRUCTURE 2008 ALSO NOMINATED IN SpEcIAL cATEgOry: cOMMuNIcATINg ThrOugh VISuALIzATION SpEc EcIAL cATE u uNIc ugh V uALIz ALIzATION 49
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