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Being SUSTAINABLE takes readers through the details of the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems of the mid-rise office building in Building SIMPLE. It uses 3D models, short videos and interactive graphics to illustrate the challenges of achieving optimum sustainabiity in high performance buildings.
This is a "how-to" book on the construction of a small, simple and sustainable house. The book uses detailed illustrations, captioned text, short videos, and 3D models to walk the reader through eight distinct phases of construction. Readers are also encouraged to build 3D construction models for their own projects. Each chapter ends with a "Hands-On" section with how-to tutorials that include navigating through a design model, excavating a model base, assembling a foundation wall, fabricating and erecting framing members, extruding 3D objects from 2D details, and running pipes and wires through the walls and ceiling.
Living SMALL:The Life of Small Houses is an innovative book about the value of living in a small, purposeful house. The book is a graphic narrative written in the comic sytle that mixes layers of visual information with interactive 3D computer models of 20 small houses. These small houses include early shelters, settler cabins, Cracker houses, farmhouses, bandboxes, shotguns, bungalows, and very tiny houses. Each house has a lesson to teach on how to live simply and purposefully in an efficient and multifunctional space. The book's CD includes the SketchUp Viewer, the construction information models, and a detailed help menu that readers can use to orbit, enter, and visualize each of the small houses. Students, homeowners, and building professionals will recognize the evollution of small houses into a consumer oriented housing market and understand the purposeful nature of small, simple and sustainable shelter in an ever changing world.
The construction enterprise is being transformed by visual modelling. Tools such as 3D/4D CAD and virtual reality are now in widespread use in construction. This book is both a survey of the changes being made in practice and a detailed guide to future directions for research and development. This book features a number of detailed case studies and
This book, and interactive video CD, is a learner centered graphic narrative teaching Sketch Up 4.0 3D modeling software for design and construction professionals: architects, contractors and students. Uses experiential learning in project based illustrations for a hands on feel of basic construction techniques in sequence animations, process presentations and collaborative analysis.
Building SIMPLE is written for construction professionals who are not always involved in the day to day activities found on a jobsite. Its audience includes investors, developers, owners, attorneys, realtors, accountants, bankers, manufacturers, suppliers, managers, educators, students, and design professionals who want to know more about the nuts and bolts of building construction.The book uses a unique graphic style to demonstrate how every step of the construction of a commercial building can be captured and communicated using a simple building information model. This construction communications technique combines captioned text, 3D illustrations, animations, interactive 3D models, and short videos to give a virtual tour of the construction process. The result is a multimedia document where everyone involved in the production of a building can actually SEE and experience the construction process.
Comprehensive – from development to application Provides a global perspective – many and diverse applications Offers a critique of competing views Accessible – a mix of investigative journalism and traditional academic Each chapter concludes with guidance on best practice
Considerably easier to use than other 3D software, Google SketchUp has found a niche in architecture, landscape design, real estate development, furniture building, and other design professions. This book provides an accessible approach that assumes no previous 3D modeling experience and explains the basic concepts involved in 3D modeling. Introduction to SketchUp shows readers how to build a 3D model, print it, share it, export it to another professional design package, export it to Google Earth, and create a 3D animated tour. It also helps readers harness the power of Google SketchUp so that they can populate Google Earth with 3D buildings, monuments, and other sculptures. This edition is updated with the latest version of Google SketchUp software, easy-to-read, and practical, this text not only helps you learn how to use Google SketchUp at your own pace; it helps you master the core competencies and skills you need to succeed. Developed with architects, interior designers, landscapers and other design gurus in mind, Google SketchUp is the fast, easy way to build 3D models of anything you wants—buildings, furniture, landscapes, or your own unique creations.