A cross-section of building industry professionals planned to convene today in Los Angeles for “
Onuma BIMStorm LAX,” at which they will design in real time over 30 city blocks encompassing 30 million square feet. The event is to demonstrate how new technology and processes can improve design.
Believing that current design processes are inefficient when using traditional methods, Onuma, Inc., whose mission is simply “Revolutionize Architecture,” is coordinating this unusual and possibly historic architectural technology event. Nemetschek North America (NNA) is co-sponsoring and participating with a team (“Team V”), along with professionals from rojo Architecture in Tampa, Florida, and Shook Kelley, Inc., in Charlotte, North Carolina.
BIMStorm will use the Onuma Planning System to leverage industry-standard file formats for building information exchange (most notably IFC) in a graphic, collaborative environment. “We think of the BIMStorm events as ‘Rapid City Prototyping,’ using the Onuma Planning System,” says Robert Anderson, Nemetschek North America’s vice president of integrated products. NNA’s Team V will be using VectorWorks Architecture 2008.
The plan is to use IFC-compatible software to increase the speed and value of a design charrette. Kinom Onuma, principal of Onuma, Inc, plans to submit the entire BIMStorm LAX project and process to the 2008 AIA Technology in Architectural Practice (TAP) BIM Awards as the first-of-a-kind, real-time submittal to the BIM Awards.
--RSN