Reduction in coordination issues across all tower models
Decrease in documentation inconsistencies across models
Tower models unified under a standardized documentation framework
Place Studio is a Sydney-based architecture practice focused on delivering large-scale residential and mixed-use developments. Over the past years, the studio has built a strong reputation for managing complex projects that require tight coordination between design intent and technical execution. With a growing portfolio of high-density developments, the team operates at a scale where efficiency in documentation and model coordination becomes critical to overall project delivery.
The project team faced several key challenges:
Repetitive documentation workflows — High-volume tasks such as view creation, sheet setup, tagging, and scheduling needed to be repeated across multiple towers and drawing series, creating a significant manual workload.
Scale-driven complexity — With five tower models operating in parallel, even simple documentation tasks became resource-intensive when repeated across multiple drawing packages.
Coordination pressure across models — Maintaining alignment between multiple models and drawing outputs introduced ongoing coordination challenges, where small discrepancies could impact overall consistency.
SWAPP worked with Place Studio to redefine how documentation was produced across the project. The process began with mapping the documentation workflow and identifying tasks that could be executed in a consistent, rule-based manner. This allowed the team to separate production-heavy activities from design-driven work.
AI agents were then introduced within the Revit environment to handle these repeatable tasks, including view generation, sheet setup, tagging, and schedule creation across all tower models. This approach established a more controlled production process, where outputs were generated systematically and reviewed by the BIM team, rather than built manually from scratch for each model.
The Queen Street project demonstrates how rethinking documentation as a production system — rather than a series of manual tasks — can unlock significant efficiency gains in large-scale residential developments. By combining architectural expertise with automated workflows, Place Studio was able to deliver at scale while maintaining control over quality and coordination.
