From CAD to BIM: Constructing opportunities in architectural education

Proceedings of the AEI 2008 Conference - AEI 2008: Building Integration Solutions

Volumn 328, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Livingston, Christopher ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONSTRUCTION; CURRICULA; INTEGRATION; STUDENTS;

ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION; BUILDING INFORMATION MODEL - BIM; COMPREHENSIVE DESIGNS; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATIONS; TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 70349398372     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41002(328)5     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (14)

1. Daniel S. Friedman, 'Architectural education and practice on the verge', Daniel Friedman, ed., Report on integrated practice, (ALA, 2006). Friedman's comments, from his introduction to the Report on integrated practice speak to the power of BIM technology in practice.
2. The AIA's Technology in Architectural Practice (TAP) Knowledge Community has been holding the BIM awards since 2005, celebrating the best in BIM technology related projects; the 2006 Report on integrated practice was an anthology providing multiple viewpoints related to the concept of Integrated Practice, a concept largely centered around BIM; and the Journal of Building Information Modeling is the official publication of the National BIM Standard (NBLMS) and the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS). These awards and publications represent the AIA's commitment to BIM and the architects continued role in the building industry and society at large.
3. Larry Flynn, 'Getting on Board with Building Information Modeling', Architectural Record, (April, 2006): 163-7. This article provides a clear description of the advantages of BIM to the construction process, specifically focusing on the steel industry.
4. Norman Strong, 'Introduction', in Daniel Friedman, ed., Report on integrated practice, (AIA, 2006).
5. Richard See, 'Building Information Models and Model Views', Journal of Building Information Modeling, (Fall, 2007)21.
6. It should be noted that the student's use of BIM, both in theory and practice, is based on computer tools, i.e. Revit, ArchiCad, Bentiey or other programs, and not on the concept of managing information. It should also be noted that BIM in this paper also references computer applications as utilized by students unless noted otherwise. This common misunderstanding is best described in Finith Jernigan's, Big BIM little him, (MD: 4Site Press, 2007)23.
7. The major difference being that in academia the project at the schematic design phase is effectively complete and in practice the project moves into the construction document phase and is hopefully built.
8. The argument being that in smaller programs of architecture, with limited faculty and resources, there is little room in which to teach courses or content not specific to the accreditation standards.
9. NCARB, 'The Regulation of Architecture in the United States', (Wash. D.C.: NCARB, 1999) 2.
10. This has been noted, most emphatically by Thorn Mayne in his remarks on BIM at the 2005 AIA convention in Las Vegas. See Thorn Mayne, 'Change or perish', Report on integrated practice, (AIA, 2006).
11. The NAAB Criteria states: "23. Building Systems Integration - The ability to assess, select, and conceptually integrate structural systems, building envelope systems, environmental systems, life-safety systems and building service systems into building design" and "28. Comprehensive Design - The ability to produce a comprehensive architectural project based on a building program and site that includes development of programmed spaces demonstrating an understanding of structural and environmental systems, building envelope systems, life-safety provisions, wall sections and building assemblies and the principles of sustainability."
12. The NAAB Criteria states: "24. Building Materials and Assemblies - Understanding of the basic principles and appropriate application and performance of construction materials, products, components, and assemblies, including their environmental impact and reuse." and "26. Technical Documentation - Ability to make technically precise drawings and write outline specifications for a proposed design."
13. Marco Frascari, "The Tell-The-Tale Detail" from Kate Nesbitt, editor, Theorizing a New Agenda for Architecture, (NY, Princeton Architectural Press, 1996):500-514.
14. This is taken from the criteria laid out in Richard Rush's book The Building Systems Integration Handbook and Leonard Bachman's book Integrated Buildings. These also serve as readings throughout the semester, looking at the ideas of integrated building, stressing the importance of integration in the success of architecture.