1Alan Lamont, Bentley Systems

Technology is the key to success

Design

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Subjects

• Advantages of using 3D in design vs 2D

• Effect of BIM technology on design culture

• Design collaboration

• BIM technologies: evolutionary or revolutionary

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We have been doing this for 1000 years or more

We have had the ability to work with BIM for nearly 28 yrs

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3D vs 2D design• A designer is capable of imagining the design in it‘s

entirity and this requires thinking of a design in it‘s spacial context.

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• 2D drawings represent what the author „believes“ they understood from the design specification

3D model

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• The guy on site then builds their interpretation of what they saw in the drawing.....

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Clash Detection (within AECOsim Building Designer):

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Clash detection (in the field):

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Tools of the trade

• Sketching

• Design „exploration“

• Design intent

• Analysis (Structural, Energy etc)

• Design detailing

• Quantities

• Construction detailing

• Manufacturing

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Sketch Design

Final Building

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Complex designs require multiple products

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How has this affected the design culture?

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Design iterationsSketch design Construction/ManufacturingHandover to „BIM“

<Fuzzy DetailedSupporting a workflow

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Design iterationsSketch design Construction/ManufacturingHandover to „BIM“

<Fuzzy DetailedSupporting a workflow

19Foster & Partners

20Generative design with Bentley Generative Components

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Thematic Visualization

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Cox Architect & Arup

Square Stadium, Melbourne

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Cox Architect & Arup

Square Stadium, Melbourne

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HOK & Buro Happold

Langdowne Road Stadium, Dublin

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ArtScience Museum

Innovation in Generative Design

Singapore

Arup

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Arup – Art Science Museum

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What about operations?

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Thank you