Schema-Based Workflows and Inter-Scalar Search Interfaces for Building Design
Authors/Creators
- 1. Ph.D. Fellow at the Centre for Information Technology and Architecture (CITA)
- 2. Associate Professor at the Centre for Information Technology and Architecture (CITA)
- 3. Professor at the Centre for Information Technology and Architecture (CITA)
- 4. Managing Partner at Design-to-Production
- 5. Technical Director and Computational Development Lead at BuroHappold Engineering
Description
Today, scattered design processes and manual interventions are almost inevitable within the AEC industry, especially for 3D modelling processes and data management during the post-tender phases of large- scale and geometrically complex architectural projects that involves the participation of many different trades, which have to communicate efficiently between themselves. This research paper presents a state of the art in managing modelling processes of geometrically complex architectural projects and proposes a theoretical framework aiming to simplify, improve and standardize those processes. This framework will be illustrated by practical experiments using schema-based workflows and inter-scalar search interfaces enabling the assembly, visualization and query of the produced data.