A HEALTHY DISRUPTION TO A FRAGMENTED AND BROKEN PROCESS
Jordani writes in defense of the
BIM process, arguing the strengths of the program correcting the inefficiencies
of the construction industry. Jordani believes the construction industry is
failing due to decreasing levels in productivity, which in result costs the
industry billions of U.S. dollars . I agree with Jordani where he sees BIM to
be a means of collaboration between people and systems. I find the construction
language gap between different modes of the work force and the professional
world to be closing in for the benefit of the industry’s future. I can see his
argument where it will be business owners leading the revolution requiring BIM
in their projects to minimize waste, and increase efficiency saving thousands
if not millions of dollars. BIM proposes to manage operations, maintenance, and
renewal activities throughout the life cycle of different facilities of the
construction phase which is a factor which attributes the program to be well
favored in future applications.
I strongly believe Jordani has a
point with the implementation of BIM education in higher education. It is only
responsible for prospective architects to learn the ropes before full immersion
into the professional field. “We’ll need to better understand the
responsibilities and information needs of our partners” quotes Jordani. “Changes
will yield benefits to all stake holders that embrace the concept of a more
informed collaborative process.” Jordani like any other proponent of the program
and part of the proposed curriculum predicts disruption, but once the program
is seen for its full potential, views will change regarding its practice in the
profession.
SUGGESTIONS FOR AN INTEGRATIVE EDUCATION
Renee Cheng views on BIM
Implementation are strong. Cheng views BIM education to be a vital process of
the curriculum. Cheng argues the imput output method to be a poor way of
looking at education. Rather, architectural education to be an investment for a
lifelong journey in the field, where the educations major function is to shape
the trajectory of exploration of the field which contributes to where the future
of the professional may lead. Cheng views BIM to increase influence of project
delivery and interactions between architects and other stakeholders. I strongly
agree that BIM will heavily impact how prospective architects look at representation,
design, construction, and practice, because of the levels of complexity of the programs.
In my undergraduate career, a level of abstraction was all it really took to
get a good grade, whereas, here with BIM a level of full understanding of how a
building is put together is acquired. I find accurate realties of the field to
be more influential in my education vs. abstract art projects.
I found interesting, how architects
have complained about 2D CAD software to inhibit the level of sketchy early
phases, the big idea of a project, due to the programs precision from the very
beginnings. With BIM software, firms are able to convey early renderings of
projects and from there, then begin to finalize concept to built reality. Another area of reading that
caught my eye, read “ construction can be achieved through problem solving,
while architecture requires design thinking.” The difference between problem
solving being an easier solution and design thinking requiring multiple options
simultaneously rendering d.t. to be a more practical solution.
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