数字化时代的建筑设计——建筑信息模型

在建筑领域,数字化设计的第一个实例发生在电子绘图(CAD)到来之际——这固然比手工绘图前进了一大步,但就基本而言还只是用一种表现手法代替另外一种表现手法。更重大的变革现在正在进行,从电子绘图到“建筑信息模型”(BIM),建筑实际构件用数字化的方法来搭建,与此同时自动实时链接到数据库引擎。BIM实现了建筑师在三维模型上思考的愿望,但又不同于传统上直接制作实际模型,它延续并扩展了传统方法的优势,把建筑师带入了崭新的数字化建筑设计时代。

Architectural Design for the Age of Digitization——Building Information Modeling

In the world of architecture,the first instances of digitization occurred with the advent of(CAD) electronic drafting-a progressive step up from manual drafting,certainly,but essentially a substitution of one representational methodology for another.A more significant transformation is now occurring as electronic drafting evolves into what has been commonly referred to as Building Information Modeling(BIM),whereby a model of a building's physical components is constructed digitally,while simultaneously(and inextricably) linked to a report-generating(database) engine.BIM is different from making a real model in the past,it helps architects achieve the desirability of working on 3D-model.BIM contains the advantages of the former methods and it will lead the architects to the brand-new age of digital architecture design.