buildingSMART Korea - BIM Awards 2015

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This article presents a case study of LH’s new head quarters, which employs the latest BIM technology to automate design details and fabrication for irregularly shaped façades. Instead of using the existing façade design, which uses the twisted built-up beam method, the space frame method was applied, and automated tools were used for the design and analysis of all space frame elements. Panels and panel sub-frames were designed and analyzed using automated programs as well. This method enabled the team to reduce the project workload for 9 people over the course of 10 days, to 1 person in 1 day. The automated space frame design itself was completed by a single person in 1 day, when it would normally take 10 people over 10 days. Using enhanced methods for detail design and fabrication, the improved productivity enabled the team to complete the project successfully.