TY - JOUR
T1 - General system architecture for BIM
T2 - An integrated approach for design and analysis
AU - Sanguinetti, Paola
AU - Abdelmohsen, Sherif
AU - Lee, Jaemin
AU - Lee, Jinkook
AU - Sheward, Hugo
AU - Eastman, Chuck
N1 - Funding Information:
This research has been supported by the General Services Administration , Office of Chief Architect. The authors are responsible for this report and any errors or omissions. The authors wish to thank Calvin Kam, Fred Miller, Peggy Yee, Bill Hunt, and Charles Matta for their support, and acknowledge the technical support of Pasi Passiala of Solibri.
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - One of the significant benefits of Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the ability to effectively use analysis and evaluation programs during design, as feedback. However, the current dominant approach to analysis and evaluation of design proposals requires the creation of a separate building model for each kind of evaluation. This typically involves using a BIM tool to prepare the data for a specific type of analysis to obtain design feedback. Most of the effort lies in modifying the building model to support the analysis required. When dealing with multiple evaluations, this process is time consuming, greatly reducing the design benefits of BIM. We propose a system architecture to facilitate analysis and feedback in architectural design, based on post-processing design-oriented building models. The post-processing automatically adapts the building model to the needs of the specific analysis, where multiple analyses can be run from the same building model. We outline the methods for realizing such design interoperability. By utilizing geometric and attribute relationships and semantics, data subsets are identified and aggregated. We present an example where the design of a class of buildings - federal courthouses, is evaluated in terms of multiple analyses: programmatic spaces, building circulation, energy consumption, and preliminary cost. These analyses are performed by post-processing a single BIM model. The method is applicable to both API-based direct interfaces as well as open-standard building models.
AB - One of the significant benefits of Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the ability to effectively use analysis and evaluation programs during design, as feedback. However, the current dominant approach to analysis and evaluation of design proposals requires the creation of a separate building model for each kind of evaluation. This typically involves using a BIM tool to prepare the data for a specific type of analysis to obtain design feedback. Most of the effort lies in modifying the building model to support the analysis required. When dealing with multiple evaluations, this process is time consuming, greatly reducing the design benefits of BIM. We propose a system architecture to facilitate analysis and feedback in architectural design, based on post-processing design-oriented building models. The post-processing automatically adapts the building model to the needs of the specific analysis, where multiple analyses can be run from the same building model. We outline the methods for realizing such design interoperability. By utilizing geometric and attribute relationships and semantics, data subsets are identified and aggregated. We present an example where the design of a class of buildings - federal courthouses, is evaluated in terms of multiple analyses: programmatic spaces, building circulation, energy consumption, and preliminary cost. These analyses are performed by post-processing a single BIM model. The method is applicable to both API-based direct interfaces as well as open-standard building models.
KW - Automated building analysis
KW - BIM integration
KW - Building Information Modeling
KW - Conceptual building design
KW - Model View Definition
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U2 - 10.1016/j.aei.2011.12.001
DO - 10.1016/j.aei.2011.12.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84862777218
SN - 1474-0346
VL - 26
SP - 317
EP - 333
JO - Advanced Engineering Informatics
JF - Advanced Engineering Informatics
IS - 2
ER -