Part D#
Attention
The final presentation will take place in Building 116, Auditorium 82.
Detail and communicate a final design to a variety of stakeholders in technical reports and a presentation including VR.
Stage D starts by reviewing and providing peer feedback on subject and client reports. They are then given the teacher and peer feedback at the same time. Based on this they reflect, model, analyse and document the project in detail (preliminary design). The reports are then used by the reviewers time to ask questions at the presentation and VR model demonstration.
D1 Client Report
D2 Subject Reports
D3 BIM
D4 Presentation
D5 VR Model
D6 Invoice
D7 Physical Model
D1 Client Report#
A4: Maximum 50 pages or A3: Maximum 40 pages
Targeted towards client
The client report will have the following sections that are an enhancement of the Part C Client Report. Specifically please also re read the client communications and make sure that all of their requirements are included in the report. If not then describe how you have responded to their requests in their letters. These are super precious documents for you as they give an insight into the ‘mind of the client’.
General comments#
Please consider the fastest and clearest way to guide the reader – this is rarely lots of text. Try and avoid long blocks of text, we are happier when we read text that has been divided into columns – this guide is not a good example of that
Client reports and presentations can be similar, so it might be worth thinking about making the client report more visual and less texty in places as this will help you generate the presentation more easily.
Student contributor numbers on each page, even better you can do it for each heading. If the work on the page has not been
Label all diagrams, images and drawings with figure numbers to help us refer to them in our questions.
If you are presenting an image, plan, drawing or diagram you can annotate it with points to help us understand why it is there. If including images of a building – these should be referenced, this is like referencing any other source – it is ok to put just the name of it, or the type or the address or whatever you have – the danger is that in some cases it is not clear if it is the building / space that you are proposing – so be careful. Also, as a client I am interested to look up the buildings and the systems you talk about to learn more about them for myself.
It takes waaaaaaaay tooooo llooooonnnnngg to check these reports. We need to be super explicit about how we are performing against the KPIS, how this was calculated using the beats as much as possible and where to find more info about an issue, for instance reference to a calculation in a subject report. That calculation should then be made super easy to find. Please include the equations that you used to get you KPIs for cost and users and reference the specific beats that you used – this helps to reduce uncertainty for us.
Your final client report should include:
00: Front Cover#
An aspiring image of the building
Try and keep this from a human perspective from the ground looking up.
Name of team and members and student numbers.
It should not look like an overleaf technical report.
01: Project & KPIs#
Project - do not just repeat what is in the brief here, take the opportunity to describe your teams take on the project
This should focus on what you intended to do - your vision for the project.
How do you make sure the project is interdisciplinary and not just ‘the sum of the disciplines’.
KPIs – do not repeat from the brief, make sure to include yoour target KPI and achieved KPI values.
What was your aim? was this difficult? – did you achieve it? – the detail will come later in the report or in the technical reports, but we need the facts here, to help us know what to look for in your report.
Here you need to clearly describe the problem – how has your analysis of the clients requirements and your KPI decisions set the problem for your project, tell us briefly for each of the KPIs, also tell us how.
Remember to say how you are performing against the KPIs - donøt leave us guessing to the end. This way you make us curious to read the report and see how you did it. it can also help us to understand if you are really ‘pushing your limits’ or just cruising.
02: Team#
Introduce your team to the client
Explain your competencies rather than just your disciplinary title.
03: Advanced Building Design, what it is to you#
Your Team’s definition of Advanced Building Design
A couple of sentences to define what it is to you ( Tip: do not use an AI prompted response here)
04: Beats#
Could also include an overview axo of the building to help locate the beats.
Show how combinations of the Beats with other data can offer a quick overview of the performance of your building.
Consider how these can help us make sense of the interdisciplinary issues in your project.
These should be repeated through the document in relevant places but provided here in total to help us understand your building.
05: Site#
What were the issues in terms of the site - this includes that it is a university campus, its links to transport etc.
This should include:
material flows to the site.
the factors that have influenced your placing of the building, i.e. fire trucks, thoughts about construction, how to ener the building, waste disposal etc.
the daylight implications for each facade of the building.
the positioning of your building and the justification for the orientation, from an interdisciplinary perspective but especially daylight.
soil conditions.
There are lots of interdisciplinary considerations to also include here. For instance, you could include the orientation of the building in relation to the sun and prevailing wind? The connection to the other buildings? Consider what else?
06: Existing Building new#
Plans and drawings of the existing building
Existing foundations
Include before (existing) and after (your proposal) plans and drawings
Include considerations and practicalitiesreuse of building and componenets. Here’s the merged Part D version, combining all requirements from both:
Reuse of Building and Components#
Reuse of existing building elements and components is strongly encouraged in this project — it aligns with circular economy principles and can significantly reduce embodied carbon. However, reuse must be thoroughly integrated into your design decisions, not stated as a principle without follow-through. If you claim reuse, you must prove it.
In practical terms, ask yourself: how will this actually work on site? For example, extracting bricks for reuse typically requires precision cutting with heavy machinery. That extraction process — including its associated emissions — must be captured in your LCA, not just the avoided production of new materials.
By Part D, you should be able to demonstrate:
A clear inventory of which materials or components are being reused, and where in the building they will go
How reuse will be carried out in practice — equipment, process, sequencing
Where reused elements are located in the final design — structural drawings, architectural plans, facade details
How reuse affects structural design, architectural design, and U-values
The emissions associated with the extraction/recovery process (e.g. mechanical removal of bricks, deconstruction sequences)
How reuse has been implemented in the LCA — not as an assumption, but as a modelled input
A practical action plan: how, when, and by whom will reuse be carried out during construction
Reuse must appear in all relevant reports:
Client Report: Overview of existing materials and what is retained, removed, or reused
Materials / LCA Report: Reuse of materials, implementation in practice, the effects of different materials on overall performance, and how these are considered in your LCA.
Structure Report: Implications for load-bearing elements, connections, and detailing
Architecture Report: How reuse shapes spatial and facade decisions
Hint: The question is not just what you reuse — it is how and why. Demonstrate that reuse has shaped your design, not just your sustainability claim.
07: Proposed Building#
This is a summary of the interdsiciplinary design of your building.
It should include:
The architectural concept.
It should show what is new and what is existing in your building, how did you make the decision to keep, remove and add parts of the building.
A diagrammatic section of the building with color coded floors for the spaces provides a good overview of the building here.
Information about the diferent floor types - i.e. a certain office floor - which would then be explained more in the floors section.
Height of the building, number of occupants etc.
You need to tell us about each stage and analyse the progression. We would like to see reflection on the requirements and analysis of each step. The thing we need to get across here is the interdisciplinary decisions that drove the changes. How did you know to change it, why did you change it, what did this show you about ‘advanced’ building design? This needs to be linked explicitly to the design development stages.
08: Floors#
This chapter should include the page(s) about the office floors. The offices take up whole floors and can be presented here.
Summarise the office desks per office floor and where the student spaces are located here.
Student areas? – tell us about it – facts and experience – how is it supported? What is the relationship to the ‘office spaces’?
The floor build up can be included here - perhaps a section showing how the floor to floor is calculated?
09: Spaces#
Provide visulisations, plans and concise text descriptions of the following spaces from an interdisciplinary perspective:
Graphical overview of the spaces.
Here you can provide an interdisciplinary perspective on the main spaces:
offices
auditorium
entrance / atrium
10: Structure#
Tell us about the existing system(s)
It should include:
Floor plan, loads, components, geotechnical, fire Safety.
Total loads for the building.
Structural concept for the building.
Highlights of the structural disciplinary report.
The design / remidiation of the foundations.
The structure chapter should also represent structure from the needs of the other disciplines. It is not just a summary of the structural subject but literally how structure supports the rest of the building.
An example of a link is to Geo and Str resolved this, but there are many issues across the team to demonstrate structural interdisciplinary integration. This should really tell the story of the project and include the for helen element and how you have tried to integrate the design solution.
11: Core#
The core is fascinating, because it is important to all disciplines so tell us about the core and how it satisfies the requirements of all your subjects.
How many lifts do you have?
How does the core fit within the structural grid, where is it in terms of the floor plate.
How have you organised your stairs - do they work - does it conform to building regulations?
Overview of the vertical hydronics and ventilation system diagrams. – these are a sub system of the core…
Please PM remember to talk about space planning here and also how you coordinated holes in the core to make sure there were not too many.
12: MEP#
Tell us about the existing system(s)
What is the additional capacity you require
What will you add/ replace to acheive this?
Building Systems, Hydronic Systems, basement and tech floor, comfort etc.
Should include:
indoor comfort, daylight, and temperature - it can invite the reader to look at the subject report for more information.
a sectional diagram that includes the technical room, tech floor and air handling unit for the building flow systems.
Focus on Ventilation, shafts and hydronics.
Evidence of a study conducted by MEP to assess the validity of an element of the building i.e. facade.
13: Facade#
This explores different facade options - have you made a decision? why did you make this decision?
Here would be a good chance to outline different options if needed.
How does your facade change across the building - is it different on the base, body and top?
Is your facade made of different types – can these be reconfigured in relevant ways?
How is the façade fixed to the slab?
Envelope glazing ratio and U values etc.
If you have made lots of progress in this perhaps you could show an ‘exploded axo’ of the facade components - this shows you have started to think about construction - but most don’t reach this stage until Part D.
Can you show an ‘exploded axonometric view, to give us an idea of how it would be installed? This doesn’t need to be perfect but it helps us understand your thinking.
14: Evacuation / Fire safety#
Fire safety
Include evacuation times from the spaces mentioned in the spaces section.
15: Materials / DGNB / Sustainability#
We want to see this integrated throughout the report, but you can have an overview here, then we can dive into the report for more detail.
We want to see this broken into the different contribubtions of the consultants.
We want to see LCA and LCA lite and explain your values/ graphs.
16: Reflection#
You will conclude the report with a reflection on the extent to which you have achieved the vision of advanced building design outlined in chapter 3.
This is not in the form, we did it, we are great, but provide evidence by referencing points in this report that demonstrate how each subject has supported your vision of advanced building design. (Tip: do not use AI to write this)
D2 Consultant Reports#
A4: Maximum 30 pages + appendixes or
A3: Maximum 20 pages + appendixes
File name: [YEAR]-[TEAM]-[PART]-[SUB].file Please check the subjects for information on the required contents for the subject reports.
These will be submitted some days before the final presentation to give the review panel the opportunity to review your proposals and ask deeper questions based on your work. Links to the requirements for each consultant can be found below
D3 BIM#
In addition to uploading the BIM files to DTU Learn, Please ensure your model is uploaded to Speckle/Catenda, your VR model is uploaded to Revizto and your presentation is uploaded to Learn by Tuesday at 9:00 am. The BIM should:
Satisfy all the requirements stated in the ICT Agreement.
All BIM should be submitted in both native format (i.e. Revit) and IFC4
For IFC be sure to save also save the quantities and make sure that IFCSpaces have exported correctly.
Make sure all desks export as either ifcfurniture or ifcfurnituretype and mke use the entity is enumerated as a ‘DESK’. if not we can’t cound them and you will the use KPI.
Try and incorporate tools from the Advanced BIM class in your processs.
Preference OpenBIM models, standards and processes at all stages of the process.
Validate your IFC files so they conform to the schema with a schema checking tool. Your ICT agreement should state whose responsibility this is. If not it is the person that uploaded on DTU Learn.
Advanced: Check your IFC file conforms to the disciplinary needs using the relevant IDS.
Important
File naming: [YR]-[TEAM]-[PART]-[SUB].file (TBC)
Example for the architects in team 10 in 2026 : 26-10-D-ARCH.ifc
You can find consultant specific requirements below:
D4 Presentation#
Timings for the presentation:
15 min. Presentation
10 min. VR Model
15 min. Questions
Your presentation should include the following:
Design Intentions and KPIs#
Explain the key performance indicators (KPIs) for the project.
Describe the intentions behind your design and how they align with the client’s goals and requirements.
Response to Feedback#
Summarize the feedback received after the 13-week submission.
Explain how you have incorporated this feedback into the design to make improvements.
Building Layout#
Discuss how the building is divided into different sections.
Show a few floor plans.
Structural and Building Services Systems#
Indicate the principles of the structural systems used in the design.
Describe the building service systems.
Project Details#
Inform the client about the estimated cost of the project.
State the targeted DGNB certification level and explain the sustainability measures taken to achieve it.
D5 VR Model#
The VR tour should include the following points in the building.
a. Entrance b. Auditorium c. Multipurpose space d. Meeting room(s) e. Furnished office space f. Space above suspended ceilings g. Staircases h. Basement
Fire Safety Award – TBC#
More information to follow.
Note
We would like to be able to reuse your work (annonymised) in teaching and research to help us design better, more sustainable buldings, by making the work available to future students. You can opt out of this by including an optout.txt saying you do not give you permisssion for the work to be used in future research or teaching along with this submission.
D6 Invoice#
Final invoice for the project. Clearly include the total hours of the entire project, the total hours of each stage (A,B,C,D), and the total hours of each discipline.
D7 Physical Model#
The client has asked that you produce a physical model of your building or a part of it that demonstrates the successful integration of your team’s needs in the final design. The scale of the model is 1:100. You can see below that each team has been assigned a specific grid area in the building for their proposal. We will provide an existing building model wiht removable segments that you can replace with your model in the final presentation.
ARCH responsible for finished floors, façade, suspended ceilings, desks in card
GEO and STR responsible for clay printing all walls, slabs, stairs and structure
MEP responsible for 3d plastic printing MEP elements
PM will coordinate and be responsible for model being ready for presentation
You are free to make additional models as required to aid your final presentation and give the reviewers something to investigate during the presentation. Furthermore we hope that we could keep these models and add them to a permanant exhibition of the work in Advanced Buidling Design which we are currently looking for a location for. Please discuss the models with the architecture chief consultant.