Building Representation For Design Integration

The present means of building representation, fall short in establishing a common modelling base for the various application specific analysis and simulation programs, describing building behavior and performance. A "generic", object-oriented, approach to product modelling allows multiple design representations to be described as different views of a common, gradually evolving, building product model. The productmodel provides the capability to generate, in successive design iterations, a coherent description of the form, structure and dimensions of the building. Associated technological and administrative data can be included in or associated with the productdescription. An information systems architecture portrays the integration environment for the modular organization of building data into a comprehensive information system, to effectively support design integration.