BIM design : realising the creative potential of building information modelling /

• Main Author: Garber, Richard, 1971- (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley, 2014.
• Series: AD smart ; 02.
• Subjects: Building information modeling.; Building > Superintendence > Data processing.; Architects and builders.; Buildings > Computer-aided design.; Building information modeling > Case studies.; ARCHITECTURE > Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation.; Electronic books.; Case studies.

"This book emphasises the potential of BIM for architects as designers"--

Table of Contents:

• Forward / Mario Carpo
• Chapter 1. Information modelling today
• Chapter 2. The master nuilder and information modelling
• SHoP. Architects, control and construction
• Chapter 3. The c(reative)onstruction process, then and now
• Morphosis. Design intent and digital iteration
• Chapter 4. New methods: new tools
• Populous. Curvilinear workflows
• Chapter 5. The digital states and information modelling
• GRO architects. Dense agendas
• Chapter 6. Strategies for component generation
• Reiser + Umemoto. Architecture by (semi) remote control
• Chapter 7. Assemblies and their simulation
• Gensler. Simulation takes control
• Chapter 8. Conclusions: authorship and lines of development
• UN Studio. Knowledge architecture for a life (cycle)
• Select Bibliography
• Index.