Final .PDF Document

The final result was an entirely interactive .pdf document with the videos and 3D BIM embedded in the document. Screenshots of each page can be seen below. The 3D model is entirely interactive in real time, showing the different rooms that the videos take you through and the different stages the Vaucluse House was built in. Overall we were very happy with the result and believe our product could be successfully utilised by the Historic Houses Trust to advertise and inform people whilst giving an interactive tour of Vaucluse House.

Videos

Once the model was complete we began creating the three videos. One for the spaces within the house occupied by Mr and Mrs Wentworth. One for the servants, and the final one for the butler and head maid. The videos are a combination of SketchUp animations, still renders and realistic photographs. The photographs were added to give the viewer a comparison between our model and what the house is like to really experience.

Mr and Mrs Wentworth:

Butler and Head Maid:

Servants:

Concept

We had to establish what we would do with our BIM once it had been completed. After extensive research of the Wentworth family and the identities behind the day to day operation of the house we decided to divide it up by its occupants. Establishing there were three main groups within the household, Mr and Mrs Wentworth, the servants and the butler and head maid. This show a images show a draft render of the model in Revit Architecture which was used to create the BIM. The model has become quite heavy after the addition of external torrents and all the internal furniture.

We decided to produce animations of the different sections of the house use by the different groups of occupants. As stated earlier the servants used very different rooms to both Mr and Mrs Wentworth and the children. However exporting realistic renders from Revit produced extremely large files sizes. As we wanted to promote our assignment through an interactive .pdf document that could be easily downloaded from the internet we wanted to keep files quite small. Due to this we exported the model into Google SketchUp, see the images below.

Plans

Many of the rooms and spaces were off limits to the public at Vaucluse House. So in order to establish an accurate Building Information Model (BIM) we had to begin from the original plans. We got our hands on two different sets of plans which turned out to only add confusion. With the building being so old there wasn't really any consistency between then plans, so we had to choose the set we believed were the most accurate and being working on the model.

Research Images

With the focus being the Historic Houses Trust each group selected a historic Sydney building for their group project from a selected list. My group selected Vaucluse House which was my personal preference as I live in the Eastern Suburbs which means I can easily access the building for research, and I've always had a fascination with it.

This shows a few research images of the building.