MANAGEMENT OF THE DESIGN KNOWLEDGE CORE IN A CROSS-PLATFORM ENVIRONMENT OF THE BIM PROJECT
Synopsis
Effective project data management and consistent communication throughout the project lifecycle are key aspects of BIM. Nevertheless, in current BIM practices, despite rapid advances across the board and in automating specific tasks, design knowledge remains fragmented across files, platforms, and disciplines, limiting its validation and the reuse of design rules. In particular, it becomes a vital issue during iterative design handover among stakeholders. Addressing the limitations above, this paper proposes a framework for management of the shared knowledge core, transposing multimodal architectural knowledge - textual requirements, parametric definitions, and semantic rules - into a unified, object-oriented data model integrated with a BIM environment. By shifting from file-based exchanges to object-level communication, the framework enables automated validation of design intent and the reuse of knowledge datasets. Through a plan-layout case study, the results show how abstract knowledge can be integrated into the BIM lifecycle to enhance coordination and facilitate maturity in the AEC industry.
