B3 - Implementation of BIM in the coming 10 years

Last week, our group has discussed the topic of implementation of BIM in the coming 10 years. If the question is changed to the implementation of BIM in the future, undoubtedly most our answers will be “Yes, of course”. But when it comes to the limitation of “10 years”, I would doubt the for a moment.

I agree with Bill Allen’s point raised in the video that BIM is going to develop in the Parametricism and Algorithmic Thinking. Nowadays, most firms using BIM software are focused on gathering data and design building manually, enter data manually and then print data manually [1]. But these do not make full use of BIM, and that may be one of the reasons why many firms are still using the CAD program for their design. Allen mentioned in the coming three to ten years, BIM is going to be capable to interoperate with different other programs, like Grasshopper and Dynamo. I think these are going to assist the design in terms of the efficiency, since BIM is helping us to solve our problems of assemblies, materiality etc.

However, I would doubt the practicality of all the above-mentioned developments within the coming 10 years. Several real-life factors may resist the popularization. The older generations and experienced designers in the field may tend to resist the new functions as they tend to follow their experience. Also, money would be another concern, especially for small design firms concentrating on less complex design, as they can stick to their usual ways and they still work.

References

[1] Allen, Bill. “The Future of BIM Will Not Be BIM—and It's Coming Faster than You Think.” YouTube, uploaded by Autodesk University, 23 November 2016,   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq6yKyauu-o

Comments

Weiyi Tang:

I agree with your point that technology is developing in a very fast way and changing the world, like what you said, 5G is being used in China. With the interoperability of Grasshopper and Dynamo, the computer is now helping us to automatically generate designs to improve efficiency. And for sure, human still take the main role as we are the one to make the final decision while computer is an aid.

YIDI LI:                    

I share the same view with you that I believe the programs and functions mentioned by Bill Allen in the video are going to work someday in the future, but it takes time. It takes time for engineers and architects to learn and implement them in the real-life design.

Jacklynn Lord:

I have used CAD frequently during my internship experience and I agree that CAD is like a drawing tool while BIM like Revit is generating more information and it helps more in the design phase.