Designing for the Internet of Things

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The adoption of a model-driven design process enables architects to
consider issues of geometry and issues of information simultane-
ously through building information modeling (BIM).^39 With BIM, the
designers employ digital elements conceived as architecture—with
parametric geometry that parallels each spatial entity, attached to data
that describes the entity in terms of costs, manufacture, and physical
properties. A new breed of BIM tools will be needed so that designers
can assess the impact of spatial and user interaction decisions across
different modes of inquiry.
Augmented rea lit y, whic h layers digital visualizations with real space,
as shown in Figure 13 - 4 , must next incorporate an information visual-
ization aspect so that environments and interfaces can be experienced
virtually before they are actually constructed and programmed.^40
f gure 13-4. Layering of digital and information visualization (courtesy of the i
author)
39 Eastman, Charles and Sanguinetti, Paola “BIM Technologies That Inform Concept
Design,” AIA Conference 2009, http://bit.ly/1nTC28Z.
40 Sanchez (2013)