BHoM: An Open Source Framework For the AEC Industry

Agenda:

6:30 - Registration
6:45 - Presentation
7:15 - Hands on Session with the BHoM

What to Bring:

-Laptop
-Software you want to use the BHoM with - see what Commercial software BHoM currently adapts to on the BHoM Github Page (link below - don't worry if your favorite software isn't there, you can always be the first to add that!)
-Visual Studio

Background:

The AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) industry is notorious for delivering projects that are over budget and completed late. Much of this reputation comes from the fact that the industry’s approach to adoption digital technology has lagged behind other industries, with one of the main problems being not common framework for the storage and transmittance of increasingly large and complex amounts of information across increasingly numerous amount of stakeholders. Whilst in the past 10-15 years the idea of Building Information Modelling (BIM) was seen to be a solution to this problem, we have yet to see the industry modernize. There are many reasons for this, however, one of the issues with 'out of the box' BIM is that so far BIM has manifested itself as a closed, 'one software fits all' solution for an industry where every project is somewhat different and demands bespoke solutions for many disciplines.

The Buildings and Habitats object Model (BHoM) is the world’s first truly open source attempt at a solution to this digital problem. The hope of this open source project is that we begin to focus less on software-specific limitations that have dominate our workflows and more on speaking the same language not only around a sketchpad, but also, around the computer, thereby arriving at our desired outcomes. In this seminar, a brief introduction to the AEC industry problem that the BHoM is trying to solve will be introduced and the BHoM will be introduced. Bring a laptop and come ready to see the future of making buildings and cities!

A few useful links to check out before you come:

BHoM Github Page: https://github.com/BHoM
BHoM Website: http://bhom.xyz/
BHoM Slack Channel: https://bhom-workspace.slack.com/