Article
BIM in Architectural Education: Teaching Advanced Digital Technologies to Beginner Designers
The International Journal of Architectonic, Spatial, and Environmental Design
(2017)
Abstract
This paper discusses development of two laboratory courses that integrate advanced digital technologies and BIM with design exploration and visualization. The intention is to strengthen students’ ability to represent their ideas visually using different digital media, and also to teach the basics of building construction and technologies so that the students can begin to represent architectural design using BIM tools. The paper discusses a sequence of two laboratory courses that are interrelated and consecutive, as well as teaching methods, structure and organization of courses. The underlying pedagogical principle is that teaching interoperability between digital tools is essential, since some tools are appropriate for design exploration, while BIM is applicable for documentation. This principle has been applied to structure courses and activities to allow students to learn about the interoperability between different tools, both BIM and non-BIM based. The paper also illustrates how students have been able to utilize the knowledge and digital skills in subsequent design studio course. The paper concludes with recommendations how to effectively integrate advanced computational tools and BIM in architectural education.
Keywords
- Building Information Modeling,
- Digital Technologies,
- Architectural Education,
- Architectural Design
Disciplines
Publication Date
2017
Citation Information
Ajla Aksamija. "BIM in Architectural Education: Teaching Advanced Digital Technologies to Beginner Designers" The International Journal of Architectonic, Spatial, and Environmental Design Vol. 11 Iss. 2 (2017) p. 13 - 25 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ajla_aksamija/130/