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Integrated Design of Building Projects: From BIM to Additive Manufacturing

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This chapter explores key aspects of integrated project design using the extreme collaboration methodology, which enables the construction of BIM models that integrate architecture, structures, and MEP, using a “war room” or “information room” (i-room) where various project specialists interact in real time. To achieve the highest degree of integration within a project, the BIM model is then sent to a robotic arm that through additive manufacturing techniques, prints concrete elements previously designed in the i-room—in short, total machine–machine integration (BIM-robot).

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Forcael, E., García-Alvarado, R., Soto-Muñoz, J., Pulido-Arcas, J.A. (2022). Integrated Design of Building Projects: From BIM to Additive Manufacturing. In: Bienvenido-Huertas, D., Moyano-Campos, J. (eds) New Technologies in Building and Construction. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 258. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1894-0_23

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