All I Really Need to Know About BIM and IPD I learned in Kindergarten

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Democratizing Innovation

Eric von Hippel talks a lot about technology and product evolution.  Historically, manufacturers drive new products and innovation, but lead-users are becoming more involved in this evolution process.  Manufacturers are starting to take note.

He also discusses software evolution by way of open source software.  Programmers use the available code to customize software for their use.

How does this fit in with my thoughts?  Can these evolutionary processes be applied to processes?

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Context
My background is inteiror design and I worked in an architectural firm for 5 years.  My firm was good at looking for the next technological advantage, so we adopted the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM).  The creaters of these tools also introduced a new process along with the new tool, however this new process is not as easily adopted.  We simply substituted the old 2D drawing program with this new 3D, information technology.  The new technology is slammed into the old process, causing inefficiencies.  The design process should be flexible enough to morph into something that will accept new tools and strategies when they are introduced.

Tools and strategies include IPD, Lean, co-creation, LEED, collaboration, BIM, and EBD, among others.

Citation
Design Processes. Proc. of Industrial Design Engineering Meets Architecture, Delft, The Netherlands.  Amsterdam, The Netherlands: IOS, 2008.  Print.

Processes and Tools
The current process: Designers design the buidling, hand over the building information to the engineers and there is very little collaboration.  The documents are printed and given to the builder, who has to catch up to the last 3 years of the process.  A lot of information is lost in each of these steps.

IPD, co-creation, BIM and LEED are just a few examples of tools and strategies that affect interior design and architectural processes.  However, design firms are still using their old processes and trying to fit these new ideas into them.  There is no evolution of the process.

This is a really broad issue.  The AIA has already proposed the Integrated Design Process to solve the issue of the industry-wide process, though it has not been widely accepted.  I will be focusing on the design process specifically within architectural and design firms and how BIM fits into this process.

One thing that affects how the design process works is the decision making process.  The creative decision making process is moving from one of problem solving to one of reflective design.

Research Question
How do all of these things fit together?  Where/how do new tools fit into the process?  How can the process evolve to allow these things to fit?

Hypothesis
If the process is flexible, introductions of new tools will happen more quickly and the team will be more efficient.  The tool will also then be able to be used to its fullest capacity.

Audience
Architects
Interior Designers
Clients/Owners
Contractors
Builders
Engineers
Government Regulatory Agencies

Methods
The deficit could also be in the organization of the team, or lack of proper project management.

1. Define past and current design processes through a literature review and interviews with architects and interior designers.
2. Pinpoint where the deficit is within the process.  My hypothesis is that interdisciplinary collaboration is lacking early in the design process.
3. Define a new process.
4. Test this new process with the architects and interior designers who provided feedback previously.  Observe them using this new process.
5. Redefine and retest as necessary.

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