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Figure 2.1: Concept of BIM. Copy rights: Buildingpedia communication (Kiviniemi, 2011). Figure 2.3: Comparing different distributions for design services. Figure 2.4: Example of integrated assessment for concept design handed, all documents that are already available can be used such as publications, reports, etc (Kumar, 2005). selected research methods are described in Table 3.1. Table 3.1: Research methods with regard to the research objectives Figure 3.3: Multiple-Case Study approach according to Yin (2009) multiple-case studies have been targeted in which data needs to be collectec (observation and questionnaire) are not suitable for the aim of this study. Table 3.3: Interview participants and approach interview. The information about the participants is summarised in Table 3.3. Figure 3.5: Three categories of questions and themes in the Figure 4.1: External view of Masdar Headquarter Building Copyrights: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Figure 4.2: Concept for the cones. Copyrights: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Figure 4.3: Ventilation of the building through cones. Copyrights: AS +GG Figure 4.5: Sectional perspective of the building introducing the inner spaces. Copyrights: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Figure 4.6: Cones and their complex structures. Copyrights: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Figure 4.7: Basrah Sport City. Copyrights: 360 Architecture Figure 4.8: Basrah main Stadium. Copyrights: 360 Architecture Figure 4.9: Basrah stadium concept. Copyrights: 360 Architecture different height from top to the bottom as illustrated in Figure 4.11. But when it came to the engineering analysis, because of the two different more into fabrication the BIM model has become very important to have a clear Figure 4.12: An example of using powercopy tool inside Digital Project to need a major change or alternatively the design should be modified to reduce the number of moulds (from 10 moulds to 5 moulds). They end up using Digital Project (CATIA) because as they describe it has much more control on surface curvature in order to study on each unit. They used Powercopy tool inside DP which are basically prototypical components that have certain degree of flexibility and activity so when the designer instantiate or populate them, they adapt depending on the context and base curves (Figure 4.12). So, the panel units have been made within some certain parameters and instantiated in the Skin and then the information of each panel was studied in the Excel sheet, the problem Areas were detected and different aspects of design were coordinated in terms of openings, aesthetics, etc finding an ideal and optimum shape within one month process. in terms of openings, aesthetics, etc finding an ideal and optimum shape within pretty confident that the components will fit together on the site. Figure 4.13: Panels made in Digital Project with information on Excel sheet. Coovright: Thornton Tomasetti Figure 4.14: Interior view and the skin panels. Copyright: Thornton Tomasetti The Lotte Super Tower project in Seoul, Korea, is designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) which is a 1821ft-high 112-story tower. Its floor plan is different at every level goes from being a square at the base to the circle on the top (Figure 4.15). The designers used parametric modelling to create the diagrid form of the building while facing challenges especially in designing the large number of diagrid connections. They end up using specific technical solutions not only for the 3D modelling and visualisation but also in using Visual Basic scripts within software programmes (Khemlani, 2009; Brown and Besjak, 2009) consultancy, and provided flexibility (Park and Holt, 2010). the optimal angle for the diagrid structure was determined mathematically and translated into software code. This helped the design team to achieve an efficient Communication within accurate information. Both disciplines had already agreed on the parameter logic and their relationships through codes (Park and Holt, 2010) thus within a cen control over the change and data (Brown independent communication between consultancy, and provided flexibility (Park a tral model, designers were able to and Besjak, 2009). This platform- the disciplines facilitated design nd Holt, 2010). in 3D model but initially were unsure how to do this efficiently as they are Figure 4.20: Common and possible benefits of BIM in the study of cases a Moreover, depending on what tools are being used and what specific technology is employed, BIM can bring other benefits to conceptualisation shown in Table 5.1. Table 5.4: Required improvements found in literature and fieldwork
