Overview

By closing the gap between conceptual design and the documentation required for construction, building information modelling (BIM) promises to revolutionise contemporary design practice. This issue of AD brings together a group of pioneering academics, architects, engineers and construction managers all of whom are engaged in the use of building information models in the actualisation of complex building projects, from design stage to construction. Key texts trace the development of building information modelling technologies and address issues of collaboration, design and management, while featured projects systematise the use of BIM in contemporary design practice for students and professionals alike faced with considering these tools within the changing marketplace. •Covers a core area of technological development: BIM systems that span the gap between the design, manufacturing and construction processes. •Key contributions from: Chuck Eastman, Cynthia Ottchen and Dennis Shelden of Gehry Technologies. •Features work by: Asymptote, Greg Lynn FORM, KieranTimberlake, Morphosis and SHoP Architects.

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Author:   Richard Garber (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   Academy Press
Dimensions:   Width: 20.80cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 27.20cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780470998205

ISBN 10:   0470998202
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   06 March 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction Optimisation Stories: The Impact of Building Information Modelling on Contemporary Design Practice Richard Garber Best Pedestrian Route – GRO Architects Richard Garber and Nicole Robertson BURST*008, Museum of Modern Art – Douglas Gauthier and Jeremy Edmiston Douglas Gauthier The Future of Information Modelling and the End of Theory: Less is Limited, More is Different Cynthia Ottchen New Academic Building for the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art – Morphosis Martin Doscher The $300,000/Year Architect Urs Gauchat Al Hamra Firdous Tower – Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Gary Haney Unified Frontiers: Reaching Out with BIM Coren Sharples C2 Building, Fashion Institute of Technology – SHoP Architects SHoP Architects Automated Assessment of Early Concept Designs Chuck Eastman Cellophane House – KieranTimberlake Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake Yale Sculpture Building and Gallery – KieranTimberlake Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake Building for the Third Century (B3C), Massachusetts General Hospital – NBBJ Craig Brimley and Jorge Gomez Collaborative Intelligence = Respect Keith Kaseman Her secret is patience and She Changes – Janet Echelman Janet Echelman Information Modelling as a Paradigm Shift Dennis Shelden Strata Tower – Asymptote Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture Alberti’s Paradigm Richard Garber Recycled Toy Furniture – Greg Lynn FORM Greg Lynn Blobwall – Greg Lynn FORM Greg Lynn An Enthusiastic Sceptic Nat Oppenheimer Toni Stabile Student Center, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism – Marble Fairbanks Scott Marble and Karen Fairbanks Interior Eye Carlos Zapata and Antonio Citterio's Cooper Square Hotel, New York Jayne Merkel Practice Profile Pierre Thibault Brian Carter Building Profile Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry David Littlefield Unit Factor Computational Spring Systems: Open Design Processes for Complex Structural Systems Sean Ahlquist and Moritz Fleischmann Spiller’s Bits Complex Systems Architecture Neil Spiller McLean’s Nuggets Will McLean Userscape The Sustainable Disco Valentina Croci Site Lines Replacing a Beloved Building with a Hybrid: Paresky Student Center, Williams College Jamie Horwitz

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Richard Garber is an assistant professor at the New Jersey School of Architecture (NJSOA), where he teaches design studios and directs the school’s FABLAB. His work involves the use of computer simulation and computer numerically controlled (CNC) hardware in the generation of innovative design, construction and assembly solutions. In 2007 his practice, GRO Architects, won the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s re:Construction Competition. The resulting work, Best Pedestrian Route, was fabricated at NJSOA’s FABLAB and was installed at the corner of Broadway and John Street in Lower Manhattan. In 2008 GRO won an AIA Merit Award and a NY Designs Award from the Architectural League of New York for these efforts. He was also the ‘Emerging Architect’ Visiting Assistant Professor at Barnard College in 2007, with Nicole Robertson. He was previously a project manager at SHoP Architects, where he worked on the firm’s 2000 winning PS_1 entry, Dunescape, and at Greg Lynn FORM where he worked on the Presbyterian Church of New York. His writing and design work has been published in the New York Times, the Star Ledger, The Architect’s Newspaper, Azure, Art News, Metropolis and Architectural Record. He holds architecture degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Columbia University. www.groarc.com

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