Project OVE

摘要

In an attempt to demonstrate the potential of BIM, Ove Amp decided to use it in an ambitious thought-experiment called Project OVE; using BIM to model the functions of a human body. Being an engineering consultancy, the first stage was to turn the body into an engineered object. After scanning the body of one of its engineers, the project transformed the scan Into a plan for a building; a skyscraper standing 170m tall, supported by an internal steel skeleton and an external diagrid, like one of Arup's best-known structures, the 30 St Mary Axe building - better known as the City of London's Gherkin (though 20m shorter). Arup engineers then attempted to mimic human anatomy within the building, using systems from the built environment.