The profession of architecture and building design is in a slow moving crisis, manifested by the rise in the pre-construction phase and modularization. A few decades ago it was assumed that the day the contractor walked out of the building department with a stamped set of plans, they could immediately start digging and fabricating the …
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Multifamily Design in the BIM Era- A New Approach
Multifamily design has not kept pace with the evolution of design technology. Most multifamily projects are designed the way they always have been. The Architect creates a simple 2D layout of the building and units. Then, the engineers are brought in to work out the structure, HVAC plumbing and electrical. Still later, sometimes during construction, …