BIM AND THE MATERIALITY OF BUILDINGS

In a previous blogpost called BIM Breakthrough, we highlighted the significance of Archicad’s Priority-Based Connection (PBC) and felt it was a breakthrough because materials recognized one another’s priority, which also dictates how they interact. In this blogpost, we want to explore some ways in which the PBC can be taken to a level that could truly open a broader range of BIM possibilities. It is our contention that materials are vital to buildings and that architecture cannot authoritatively …

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