Build London Live

As we continue the process of assessing all of the great submissions from Build London Live, I thought it would be good to share with you some of the interesting stats that have been produced by Build London Live in terms of the team's outputs. To aid the Judges, we've generated some graphs to show how prolific the teams have been in terms of publishing documents.

Posted by:Paul Markovits on 17th December 2009 at 01:52 PM GMT

Submissions Are In!

Now begins the process of judging!

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 17th December 2009 at 12:14 PM GMT

Team 3DMB Constructability and MEP Coordination

A couple of very nice videos coming out of the multi-national 3DMB team.

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 17th December 2009 at 12:05 PM GMT

BIM Japan goes 4D

Team BIM Japan has published some great renderings of their design, and Produced a video of their 4D construction sequence

Posted by:Paul Markovits on 17th December 2009 at 11:17 AM GMT

Super Team Singapore - Final Hotel Renderings

Super Team Singapore have published some great renderings of their hotel design as part of their final submission. Just an hour left to go for the teams before they must submit their entries for BLL 2009!

Posted by:Paul Markovits on 17th December 2009 at 11:06 AM GMT

Team UNL-CM - Nebraska

Our colleagues in America (where it is still the middle of the night!) are still publishing.

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 17th December 2009 at 10:55 AM GMT

Team 3D Blueprint Images Coming Through

A view of their residential units showing all floors.

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 17th December 2009 at 10:43 AM GMT

India’s Team Obelisk - Plot-wide Form

An organisational form view of the structures on their plot on Thorpe Island

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 17th December 2009 at 10:30 AM GMT

Team Ryder Architecture - Final Renderings

A couple of images from final rendering efforts for this UK team's design.

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 17th December 2009 at 10:23 AM GMT

Team 3DMB - Animated Image of Hotel Services Design

A quick animated GIF from Team 3DMB of the full M&E Services of their hotel.

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 17th December 2009 at 10:05 AM GMT

Daily Sunpath and Shadowing Animation - University of Nebraska

Team UNL-CM from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln has given us this analysis of shadowing created by one of their dwellings during the daily sunpath on site.

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 17th December 2009 at 08:40 AM GMT

4 Hours Remaining!

The teams are still publishing content at a rapid pace...

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 17th December 2009 at 07:58 AM GMT

Post-Event Drinks in London Limehouse

To celebrate the completion of 48 hours of BIM.

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 16th December 2009 at 05:49 PM GMT

Team 3D Blueprint’s view of sunnier times

3D Blueprint sent us this great rendering of their hotel. We're not sure if they saw the weather report today as it's certainly not sun-lounger weather in London!

Posted by:Paul Markovits on 16th December 2009 at 05:41 PM GMT

Team Obelisk Design Images

Team Obelisk in New Delhi have been busy today as well.

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 16th December 2009 at 05:07 PM GMT

Team 3D Blueprint Massing Movie

Team 3D Blueprint from Ahmedabad, India has published a massing visualisation for their plot on Thorpe Island for the Build London Live 2009 competition.

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 16th December 2009 at 05:00 PM GMT

Team 3DMB use Synchro for sequencing and 4D Simulation

We're expecting good things in terms of constructability analysis!

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 16th December 2009 at 04:43 PM GMT

Team Japan Play with 4D and Design Review in SecondLife clone 3Di OpenSIM

Is the 3D Web Metaverse being led from Japan?

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 16th December 2009 at 04:29 PM GMT

Note to Teams about your Submissions

Well done on the progress so far. We are now 28 hours in. Only 20 hours to go!

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 16th December 2009 at 04:02 PM GMT

Super Team Singapore get stressed out - then have some fun

They say a picture speaks a thousand words. These two from the Super Team Singapore base show the drama of BLL unfolding. They called them simply "Praying Hard" and "Stressed Out"! Luckily they had a visiting artist who came along to provide a fun distraction

Posted by:Paul Markovits on 16th December 2009 at 03:47 PM GMT

Team 3DMB model plant rooms for their scheme

The 3DMB team have progressed their design to the point of modelling plant rooms for their scheme! They have also published a virtual tour of one of the plantrooms

Posted by:Paul Markovits on 16th December 2009 at 03:09 PM GMT

BIM Japan publish full render of their BLL Scheme

The BIM Japan team have published a great looking render of their entire scheme model

Posted by:Paul Markovits on 16th December 2009 at 03:03 PM GMT

24 Hours In - Update on Progress by the BLL Teams - Part 3 of 3

Well, we're 24 hours into what is turning out to be another amazing Build LONDON Live event. Judging by the volume and quality of the material produced so far the teams have had late nights, but the output is quite incredible. Here's a run-down of the progress of the teams 24 hours in. In Part three, we're concluding our tour of the content created by the teams in the 1st 24 hours of Build London Live.

Posted by:Paul Markovits on 16th December 2009 at 02:04 PM GMT

24 Hours In - Update on Progress by the BLL Teams - Part 2 of 3

Well, we're 24 hours into what is turning out to be another amazing Build LONDON Live event. Judging by the volume and quality of the material produced so far the teams have had late nights, but the output is quite incredible. Here's a run-down of the progress of the teams 24 hours in. In Part two, we're continuing our tour of the content created by the teams in the 1st 24 hours of Build London Live.

Posted by:Paul Markovits on 16th December 2009 at 01:28 PM GMT

Team BIM Japan - Virtual Reality Walk-Through Videos

Two very nice VR walk-throughs of the BIM Japan scheme for Build London Live 2009.

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 16th December 2009 at 01:16 PM GMT

Super Team Singapore - Welcome Message

An introductory video from on-site in Singapore with Super Team Singapore. Meet the team!

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 16th December 2009 at 12:48 PM GMT

24 Hours In - Update on Progress by the BLL Teams - Part 1 of 3

Posted by:Paul Markovits on 16th December 2009 at 12:40 PM GMT

Team 3D Blueprint - Introductory Video from India

Meet Team 3D Blueprint - participating in Build London Live 2009 from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 16th December 2009 at 12:36 PM GMT

Team 3DMB Services Fly-Through

A services fly-through visualisation from Team 3DMB

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 16th December 2009 at 11:35 AM GMT

Team University of Nebraska, Lincoln - Construction Management (UNL-CM)

Content from the team from the Construction Management graduate program at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Team UNL-CM).

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 16th December 2009 at 11:13 AM GMT

It’s Snowing in London!

On a slight side-note, it's currently snowing outside the windows of BIM Central here in Old Street, London.

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 16th December 2009 at 10:50 AM GMT

Team Ryder Architecture - 4D Animation

This is an animation of a 4D plan exported form Navisworks by Team Ryder Architecture. It shows an early-stage conceptual design of their plot on Thorpe Island for Build London Live.

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 16th December 2009 at 10:38 AM GMT

Team Japan - Chief Architect - All Night BIM Session

Team Japan have submitted a snapshot of their team in the midst of an all-night BIM session.

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 16th December 2009 at 01:12 AM GMT

Team Japan Concept Models

Team Japan have published several different options of conceptual designs for their site

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 15th December 2009 at 10:57 PM GMT

Video Introductions from Finland and Japan

Short Team Intros from Japan and Finland

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 15th December 2009 at 07:24 PM GMT

Team Gravicon publish 1st renderings of their scheme

Team Gravicon, who performed strongly in last year's Build London Live competition and delivered one of the most exciting designs have once again gone for an eye catching and post-modern looking design.

Posted by:Paul Markovits on 15th December 2009 at 07:11 PM GMT

Ryder Architecture publish their Massing Model

Team 4 Ryder Architecture have published their early massing model and created a nice 3D DWG view of the concept in the context of the overlal Thorpe Island model.

Posted by:Paul Markovits on 15th December 2009 at 07:06 PM GMT

The Finns are creating Fly-Throughs 3.5 hours in

Team 5 (Gravicon) from Finland have uploaded a fly-through of their early scheme design.

Posted by:Paul Markovits on 15th December 2009 at 05:40 PM GMT

Team 3D Blueprint Up The Ante

Team 3D Blueprint have published a massing model as a 3D PDF situated on the overall site model of Thorpe Island.

Posted by:Paul Markovits on 15th December 2009 at 05:34 PM GMT

Team Obelisk submit their massing model

Team 8 - Obelisk submit their early massing model for Build London Live.

Posted by:Paul Markovits on 15th December 2009 at 04:12 PM GMT

Team Japan formulate their ideas in early sketches

Team Japan (Team 6) have come up with some great early sketches for their design for Build London Live

Posted by:Paul Markovits on 15th December 2009 at 04:03 PM GMT

Teams Making Good Progress - Super Team Singapore Update

Super Team Singapore sent in an early massing model of their scheme just over 2 hours after the competition started!

Posted by:Paul Markovits on 15th December 2009 at 03:29 PM GMT

Final Design Brief Announcement

The final design brief details for Build London Live 2009 have been announced.

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 15th December 2009 at 12:46 AM GMT

BLL Starts Tomorrow - Site Context Available

Read all about it: http://www.asite.com/community/index.php/blog/entry/build-london-live-2009-starts-tomorrow/

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 14th December 2009 at 11:47 AM GMT

Four Days Left!

There are four days remaining until the kick-off of Build London Live 2009.

Posted by:Nathan Doughty on 11th December 2009 at 10:54 AM GMT

New Judges - Lars and Lachmi join the panel

We're very excited that Lars Christensen and Lachmi Khemlani have joined Bill East on the Judging panel for Build London Live 2009.

Posted by:Paul Markovits on 16th September 2009 at 01:16 PM GMT

Teams Signing Up for BLL2009 - Why not join them?

We're already getting a good number of teams signing up for BLL 2009, and the list is growing daily.

Posted by:Paul Markovits on 16th September 2009 at 01:03 PM GMT

Build London Live Discussion Forums

The BLL discussion forums are now live on the Asite community site.

Posted by:Paul Markovits on 16th September 2009 at 12:53 PM GMT

BLL 2009 Registration Open

Registration is now open for Build London Live 2009.

Posted by:Paul Markovits on 16th September 2009 at 12:47 PM GMT