290 Mulberry project: shOp architects

290 Mulbery is project designed by Shop architects in NY, the first of its kind by Shop exploring fully the parametric modeling and BIM.

The post in http://designreform.net/2008/05/24/shop-architects-290-mulberry-project/
aptly summarizes the work. Some of the programs used were ( as it appeared in the article)

"Through out SD and DD various modeling packages were used 3ds Max, Rhino, Generative Components, Digital Project, and Revit (a some good old fashion Autocad). 3ds Max was used early to experiment with the affect of the brick, then again much later in the process to create photo real marketing imagery; Rhino has been used though out the process for explicit modeling as well as scripting the placement of the bricks in the model (this would have been tough without RhinoScript); Generative Components and Digital Project where used to explore the patterning of the brick; Revit was used to model the building (including the panels) and critical part of the MEP systems."

Whats interesting is that the facade panels were prefabricated and fixed to the facade onsite. Though not an ideal project for prefabrication, pretty cool example of combining parametric modeling to generate interesting prefab components which are not drab/dull as the historic forms.....