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The Oaks

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A split image showing survey point-cloud data on one side dissolving into the finished as-built model on the other.

The Oaks is an open-air shopping center on two levels: pedestrian streets between storefronts, upper walkways behind horizontal rails, feature stairs and escalators linking them, and timber pergolas over the walkways. A center this size is not one building. It is a run of them, joined by the space between.

It was modeled that way. Separate Revit models are linked into one federated whole, which keeps each building workable on its own while the circulation, the floor levels and the storefront lines stay coordinated across the whole site.

The set opens with a point cloud dissolving into the finished model (the clearest way to show what a survey actually buys you) and runs through the plaza with its feature stair and water feature, the arcades under their pergolas, and the escalator court. It is a single reference that a leasing team, a refurbishment architect and a facilities manager can all work from.

A plaza between two-level storefronts, with a feature stair, street lamps, a pergola and seating around a circular water feature.
The main plaza. The feature stair, the upper walkway and the pergola above it are all carried in the linked model.
A pedestrian street with a long curved pergola overhead, two-level storefronts and a quatrefoil detail set into the facade.
A curved pergola over the walkway. The curve is in the model, so the rafter spacing and the facade behind it agree with each other.
A pedestrian street looking toward the escalators, with storefronts to either side and lounge seating around an oval fire feature.
Looking toward the escalators, with the upper walkway bridging overhead.
A pedestrian street beneath an upper walkway, with storefronts either side and an arched glazed feature at the far end.
The street beneath the upper level, closing on the arched glazed feature.
A pedestrian street with brick-faced storefronts, ornate lamp posts and escalators at the far end.
Brick, render and a timber canopy along one run of the street. The material changes are recorded where they actually occur.
A pedestrian street lined with tall ornate lamp standards, with an upper-level bridge crossing at the far end.
The lamp standards and the bridge across the street, both modeled in place.
A curved plaza seen from the upper level, with a feature stair descending to the lower storefronts.
The plaza from the upper walkway, with the feature stair as the link between levels.
An upper-level walkway under a timber pergola, with storefronts on one side and a rail overlooking the street below.
An upper walkway under its pergola. The rail line and the column spacing come straight from the survey.
A walkway beside a rendered facade with a tall arched window and a quatrefoil detail, under a timber pergola carried on round columns.
The arched window and quatrefoil detail, recorded along with the rest of the facade.
A view from the upper level down over an escalator and stair, with the pergola overhead and storefronts beyond.
Escalator and stair together, seen from above: the vertical circulation that ties the two levels into one center.
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