BIM and GIS interoperability for designing smarter cities (LAB BYOD)

Synopsis:

Information and data gathered from both BIM and GIS increase the success of a complete project. In this course, we will investigate further into the integration of BIM and GIS and their interoperability between data structures and software. From design to software development, this workshop will give you a complete overview of how to stream GIS data in design software and how to host your own open-source smart-cities concept platform.

(All LAB attendees must bring their own devices.)

Learning Objectives:

1. Learn the general characteristics of Geospatial Data, where they came from, where to find them and how to use them in your existing BIM design workflow
2. Learn how to clone and host an open-source smart-cities platform that integrates both BIM and GIS data to simulate BIM projects in 3D maps
3. Analyse and find out what the key pain points are in your workflow and find ways to align them with more productivity, correct interoperability, and information management

Body:

Information and data gathered from both Building Information Modeling, ‘BIM’ and Geographical Information Systems, ‘GIS’ increase the success of a complete project, from design to construction and further into facility and asset management. More specifically it’s the overlapping and weaving of useful information into interoperable data structures that matter. What is often the misconception is that these two technologies are isolated within their domain, and although, currently, at a certain depth this is true, there are great efforts from non-governmental organizations such as ISO with ISO/TC 59/SC 13, some private collaborations between private companies and education providers, to educate, implement and bridge the gap between these two. The collaboration between these axes of government, industry, and academia clearly paves the way toward the digital transformation we need for our cities.
My focus as an Architect and the real-time cloud BIM and GIS solutions we are developing at Parametricos is on gathering and processing reliable geospatial data and making them accessible to users around the globe by turning them into tools, with the ability to test and simulate BIM projects within their 3D environment in an Open-Source solution we call CityLite.
This course is designed to help you understand how geospatial data are formed and how they can help us in designing better and more optimized designs for our cities. We will use Rhino 3D, Grasshopper, VisualARQ, and QGIS to bring in geospatial data and investigate the capabilities of informing our BIM designs and hosting your own local open-source smart-cities platform (CityLite) on your PC to simulate your BIM project alongside geospatial data and 3D maps.

Our focus on specific areas will be:
1. Find and access reliable geospatial data from governmental and open sources.
2. Look closely into different data formats (ex. IFC, 3DX, CityGML, GeoJSON, SHP, etc.)
3. Import geospatial data into your design software (Rhino 3D, Grasshopper).
4. Utilise the full potential of the geospatial data to shape your BIM 3D design (VisualARQ).
5. Upload and visualize your BIM (IFC or 3DX) model on Studio 3DX for real-time coordination.
6. Host a local version of CityLite, an open-source smart-cities platform on your PC to simulate your BIM project alongside geospatial data in 3D maps.

Which software do I need to have for the session:
-Rhino 3D (https://www.rhino3d.com/)
-VisualARQ (https://www.visualarq.com/)
-QGIS (https://www.qgis.org/en/site/)
-NodeJS (https://nodejs.org/en/)
-VS Code (https://code.visualstudio.com/)

(All installation instructions will be provided by the speaker.)