How AI is Shaping Our Office's BIM Adventures
Bulding Information Modeling (BIM) has
revolutionized the construction industry, enabling improved project design,
management, and collaboration. At our office, we wanted to see if Artificial
Intelligence (AI) could do more than just complement BIM—we wanted to see if it
could challenge us, surprise us, maybe even outshine us. This article pulls
back the curtain on what we discovered
Experimenting
with AI-Driven Decision Making
Our journey with AI started with
We fed project datasets into GPT Agents and
watched as AI offered predictive insights—sometimes eerily accurate ones. There
was that one time AI pointed out an error in a product data submittal,
something we wouldn't have considered
Exploring
Skema.ai and Hypar for Generative Unit Layouts and Text-to-BIM Building
Generation
Recently, we've been diving into Skema.ai
and Hypar to see how generative design could revolutionize our workflow.
Skema.ai allows us to experiment with generative unit layouts,
Then there’s Hypar, which lets us explore
text-to-BIM building generation. It's still pretty primitive, but there's
something undeniably fun about typing out a few requirements and watching it
spin up a building concept. Sure, it’s not quite ready for prime time
These tools are not just automating what we already do; they're reshaping how we think about design itself. They invite us to play, experiment, and push beyond the conventional limits—whether it's refining unit layouts with Skema.ai or having some fun with early-stage concepts using Hypar.