Shape Shifting

Om blot et par dage præsenterer et par kolleger en artikel som de og undertegnede har skrevet. Artiklen bærer titlen Shape Shifting, og den er skrevet med henblik på at blive fremlagt og diskuteret ved konferencen 5th Nordic, Conference on Construction Economics and Organisation i Reykjavik, Island.

Kort sagt handler vores fælles skriv om hvordan en 3D bygningsmodel anvendes - eller snarere ikke anvendes, men translateres - i et konkret byggeprojekt. Artiklen er det mere eller mindre håndgribelige resultat af et længerevarende ph.d. specialekursus, som jeg deltog i sidste år. Abstrakt lyder som følger:

"In this paper we are concerned with the specific effects of a 3D building model produced and reproduced in the planning and construction phases on a particular construction project. We contrast these effects with the policy intentions expressed within a state funded, public initiative that aims to promote so-called ‘digital construction’ in Denmark. One of the main objectives of this initiative is to ensure better coordination between the different phases of the building project through the application of 3D Building Information Modeling (BIM). The intentions are to improve the construction phase by providing pervasive on-site planning and logistics, where the 3D building model combined with process-data developed and maintained by the individual contractor should facilitate the production of detailed step-by-step production planning in the form of ‘production cards’. The empirical findings from the case-study reveal a much less pervasive and more coincidental utilization of the 3D model than envisioned programmatically. We show how the 3D model is introduced into the construction phase in the form of paper
based isometric drawings – as a supplement only to the existing practices. While this modest utilization may resemble a failure from the view-point of the policy intentions, we suggest that it allows the craftsmen on the buildingsite to actively translate and contextualise the technology in a form relevant to their activities. We suggest that the top-down regulatory intentions of the policy program may be hampered if they fail to create room for such local ‘contextualization’ processes."

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