BIM: Structures Architectural Documentation
With BIM, Architectural Documentation process has reached
maturity. Systematic documentation can be traced back
duringRenaissance, when Filippo Brunelleschi represented the
plans for
Santa Maria del Fiore in Italy in the drawings’ format to
make the
patrons understand how the building would look like. Through
ages, Architectural Documentation has evolved. Availability
of
computers opened scopes for creating a data model for a
complete
design process starting from conceptual phase to the
operational
phase. In the following section a brief sketch of the
evolution has
been depicted.
I phase –
Till early 1980s: Before
80’s design documents are
made traditionally by drawing lines to represent a building.
These
documents like plan, section and elevation are the main
source to
describe the building to be built. In these traditional
drawings each
line meant to convey design so that a building can
eventually be
constructed.
II
phase – 1980s to Late 1990s: With the introduction of computers,
the major switch over started from manual drafting towards
the computer aided drafting, which helped in producing
drawings
faster. As buildings became more complex, specialization in
the
design and construction process emerged, which in turn lead
to
more elaborate forms of information. Use of computers,
especially
for 2D drawings and reports are revolutionary changes into
Architectural Documentation
III phase –
Beginning of the 2K: In
the present day, buildings
are much more complex than ever before. The numbers of
people
involved in producing drawings are too large. With the
growth
of technology, the building systems are also many. Today,
buildings
have more security, electrical, HVAC (Heating, Ventilation,
and Air Conditioning), and energy requirement. Computer
based
technology has been updated in order reduce errors, but in
the
end, they are still collections of manually created,
non-intelligent
lines
and text.
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