BIM as Design Exploration Tool in Architecture

Recent developments in contemporary architecture have been significantly influenced by the emergence of digital technologies as a primary production tool allowing for new ways of thinking.These new developments, combined with research into new materials and fabrication technologies, make possible to purse imaginative designs that were not possible in the past.While often criticized for its overemphasis on formal expressions and its pursuit of the spectacular, digital creativity has matured and begun to take into account a multiplicity of design factors that define architecture.These factors relate to performance simulation and analysis, fabrication, and building information modeling (BIM).Consequently, new digital tools allow for broader reading of architecture, resulting in innovative designs and new expectations towards space and form.Usually associated with the back end of the design process (implementation), building information modeling could also redefine the way design ideas are generated by bridging formal creativity with design and technological innovation.This is achieved through a close integration of generative tools with parametric capabilities and intelligent database-enriched digital objects.2] While this is a long-practiced approach, this study broadens this method by considering a broader set of design solutions