In this project my supervising architect handled the main test-fit in AutoCAD. Once that was approved by the owners, it was my responsibility to translate that design into a Revit model and maintain the materiality and program determined by previously completed restaurants. This was a particularly challenging project that required a lot of coordination between us and our MEP designers. One of the main challenges is that the shell design was based strongly in residential construction (the previous tenant was Mimi’s Cafe, if you’re familiar) and so it took a lot of back and forth between engineers and municipalities to ensure structural and fire compliance. As we were demoing much of the north side of the building and adding on, we took great care in the interaction between new and old structure.