The assignment for this week was to read about BIM for architects and engineers. This chapter talks about the impact of BIM on design from three perspectives; conceptual design addresses the conceptual and spatial organization of the project, the integration of engineering services, and construction-level modeling including detailing, specifications and cost estimation. Each building has its own specific design project based on the level of information development. Leon Battista Alberti talked in his book; “The Ten Books of Architecture” about differentiating architectural design from construction by proposing principle of design lay in the thought processes related with conveying lines on paper.
BIM has been developing in the past years. Nowadays, 2D drawings have been replaced with 3D virtual building models. Learning the different tools of BIM is the one of the initial steps, followed by understanding how design concepts are generated, redefined and evaluated. These changes have forced us to think about the degree designs are generated in the architect’s head. If we take Sydney Opera House as an example, I always wonder how this complex yet extraordinary design came in the designer’s head. They probably had a large amount of drafts before the final one. It would have been easier if they were to design/build it now. These new technologies have made this task even easier, i.e. nowadays, if an architect thinks of a specific in their heads, they can immediately translate their thoughts into BIM and view the outcome of their thoughts.
BIM is also capable of performing cost estimation and detailing, as the book states, “This is the base strength of BIM”. Some of these tasks are achieved through design-build and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD).
After reading this chapter, I realized that BIM is very comprehensive. It would help us complete our tasks in a short time and high quality. We should learn the tools of BIM, as it would be very important in the future. BIM is getting more popular and I believe that very soon it would be used in most projects.
Comment to Jonathan:
I like the way you concentrated on one specific element from this chapter. After using BIM-focused design approach, the overall design outcome gets better both technically and economically. In construction business, most of the times, the projects go over budget. Also, not all projects finish in the specified deadlines. These aspects can definitely be reduced after using a BIM-based design approach
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