Shaughnessy House Conservatory

As part of the conservation of the Shaughnessy House conservatory, EVOQ updated the client's existing 3D digital model to achieve a higher level of detail, precisely matching real site conditions. Traditional survey methods would have proven inadequate given the conservatory's complex geometry and the deformations accumulated by its cast-iron structure over the century since its construction.

EVOQ therefore developed a heritage building information modeling (H-BIM) methodology using Autodesk Revit. The existing structure was laser-scanned to generate a point cloud, providing a precise basis for parametric 3D modeling.

Given the thermal bridge properties of the cast-iron structure, the H-BIM model was also used for hygrothermal design iterations. In collaboration with UL Solutions' building envelope specialists, several construction details were tested using THERM software, which graphically models heat transfer within building components.