COMPANY
Buro Happold A signature stadium
LOCATION
Natal, Brazil
SOFTWARE
Buro Happold uses Autodesk software
Autodesk Revit Structure
Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis
to help bring FIFA World Cup 2014 to
Natal, Brazil
The Result We are very excited about the roof, says Erleen
Hatfield, a partner at Buro Happold in New York.
Autodesk Revit Structure software helps us to Within Revit Structure, we
Within Revit Structure, we can generate advanced
be very fluid when we are exploring forms and
working with the architects, says Correa. There is
geometry very, very quickly. Weve been able to can write our own scripts
a definite advantage in being able to cycle through
take advanced geometry from the architects that enable us to generate
and write our own customized scripts that define advanced geometry very,
design iterations and produce information that
and generate that geometry. For the Natal roof,
can be used very quickly by the rest of the team. very quickly.Using Revit
for instance, we were able to generate truss
geometries through an application programming Structure in conjunction
In the case of Natals proposed Arena das Dunas,
interface created by one of our engineers. Weve with Robot Structural
one of the most distinctive features is its unusual Analysis, weve experienced
experienced a 50 percent reduction in the time
roof. Using a combination of Autodesk Revit
Structure and Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis
necessary to turn the design back around to a significant reduction in
software, the Buro Happold team has been
the architect. the time necessary to turn
able to take existing design models created in the design back around
The roof design is very cool and complex,
architectural modeling software and develop, to the architect.
Correa agrees. Now that the project is being
analyze, and optimize the structural frame of
bid out to contractors, we can use the Autodesk Erleen Hatfield
the stadium.
software tools to analyze and come up with Partner
accurate steel weights, which are of particular Buro Happold
interest to contractors when they are bidding.
We have really worked hard to appropriately
interface Revit Structure with our structural
analysis software, and now were looking
at integrating that information into the
fabrication models.
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