The BIM 'Families' Based Environmental Performance Design Research

Abstract:

As far as the core of internal data structure is concerned, the elements of Building Information Modeling (BIM) platform relate to each other as components of families, independent of their materiality, parametric dependencies, geometrical structure, or their physical connection to other elements. Considering a building as an organism, this research aims at developing an evaluation methodology for buildings, based on their environmental performance. The methodology to be established is multi-objective, uses different weights and values assigned to the parameters of the families members, and checks and balances the system characteristics in order to come up with a dynamic criteria meant for guiding in the overall design and building process. This paper establishes a solid set of methodological tools that can be used for assessing a buildings environmental performance, and develops independent researches for architectural designs, alongside incorporating the ecological thoughts and building.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 779-780)
• Pages: 1643-1647
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.779-780.1643
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Feng Yuan, Li Han, Yong Heng Hu
• Keywords: Adaptive Fabrication, Algorithmic Design, BIM Families, Component Architecture, Digital Tectonics, Multi-Objective Environmental Performance Optimization

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