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A visual information tool for user participation during the lifecycle of school building design: BIM
Author(s) -
Koutamanis Alexander,
Heuer Jos,
Könings Karen D.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
european journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1465-3435
pISSN - 0141-8211
DOI - 10.1111/ejed.12226
Subject(s) - building information modeling , participatory design , citizen journalism , architectural engineering , accommodation , building design , engineering , key (lock) , knowledge management , facility management , engineering management , computer science , process management , business , operations management , psychology , world wide web , marketing , parallels , computer security , neuroscience , scheduling (production processes)
User participation is a key element in decision processes concerning the accommodation of dynamic organisations such as schools. This article addresses the discrepancy between the perspectives of the architects and engineers, as the makers of school buildings, and school management, teachers and students, as the users of the buildings, and proposes that productive and efficient participatory design of school buildings requires appropriate information tools. Visual information technology tools, such as Building Information Modelling (BIM), already used in interaction between architects, engineers, consultants, etc., are proposed to support school managers, teachers and students in participating in all stages of the life cycle of their school building. The proposed use of BIM is compared to a retrospective analysis of a Dutch school which realised a completely new secondary education building. The article concludes with recommendations to increase the impact of visual information technology tools such as BIM in the design of school buildings in Europe and beyond.