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Design intent in BIM: where the parametric model stops being a toy
A PAZ foundation essay on parametric design — how design intent survives the handover from competition sketch to a governable, auditable BIM production model.
The VBZ Depot Tender Asks for a Feasibility Study. It Needs a Model That Corrects Itself.
Zurich's VBZ depot tender asks for a staged masterplan on a site that never stops. The real deliverable is a BIM model with a correction loop — here's how.
Agentic BIM: what an office buys when it stops buying the next plugin
AEC Magazine says AI agents could reshape BIM in five years. The real lever for a small practice isn't the agent—it's the clean, open data layer it reads.
Graphisoft's 'Common Source of Truth' Meets the Office That Still Owns the IFC
Graphisoft's new collaboration layer and Archicad–Forma connection support IFC, BCF, PDF, DWG, RVT. A Swiss studio on why ownership discipline beats the platform.
Schindler rents out seven robots — but the office still owns the shaft
Schindler's R.I.S.E fleet hits seven self-climbing shaft robots with 50,000 anchor bolts set. The fleet model puts the burden back on your IFC shaft model.
Admares + ABB: When the Housing Factory Becomes the Building Site
Admares and ABB Robotics are building AI-enabled modular housing factories. What it means for an architecture practice's IFC round-trip and model ownership.
BIMnopoly: the week we stopped paying the format tax
Physical AI could decouple meaning from format and end BIM lock-in — but only for offices that keep clean, machine-readable IFC semantics. A practice view.
Neural CAD Wants Your Digital Clay — But Who Maintains the Model After?
Autodesk's neural CAD generates editable 3D geometry from speech and sketch. What it changes for a small studio's BIM workflow — and what it doesn't.
