1. Customer Profile

2. Vincent Poon
• CAD/BIM Manage, Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects, New
York
• The University at Buffalo – School of Architecture,
Bachelor of Architecture, 1997
• KPF since 2003
• Architect for 5 years

3. KPF
• Established in 1976
• Architectural Design | Urban Design | Master Planning
– AIA Architecture Firm Award Winners, 1990
– New York | London | Shanghai

4. KPF on BIM
 KPF Computational Geometry Group
 2005 - First Revit pilot project
 Hotel and Mixed use tower
 Approximately 700,000 SF.
 2007 - Advance geometry with Revit
 Integration with GC, Rhino, etc

5. Intuitively inspired Form-ulaic

6. Automating analytical options

7. Revit?

8. Formulaically Intuitive

9. Switching families

10. Park Fifth, Los Angeles, CA
Case Study
 2,700,000 SF
 Residential, Retail, Public Spaces
 Schematic Design
 Rhino
 MAX
 AutoCAD
 Design Development
 Rhino
 MAX
 Revit
 AutoCAD

11. Conventional Process
Compiled in PhotoshopCompiled in Photoshop
Modeled in Rhino,
Rendered in 3DS MAX
Modeled in Rhino,
Rendered in 3DS MAX
Programming diagrams
drawn in AutoCAD
Programming diagrams
drawn in AutoCAD
Areas are recorded in
Excel for calculations.
Areas are recorded in
Excel for calculations.

12. Revit Process
Modeled and Rendered
in Revit.
Modeled and Rendered
in Revit.
Programming diagrams
are created from the
same model in Revit
which updates
concurrently as the
model updates.
Programming diagrams
are created from the
same model in Revit
which updates
concurrently as the
model updates.
Composed in RevitComposed in Revit
Area schedules are
generated in Revit and
will update with the
model
Area schedules are
generated in Revit and
will update with the
model

13. The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
 350,000 SF
 Research Institute
 Schematic Design
 Rhino
 MAX
 AutoCAD
 Design Development
 Revit
 Rhino
 MAX
 AutoCAD
 Construction Document
 Revit
 AutoCAD