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techtrends Cornfield,” the organizers were quite accommodating if someone wanted to explore design ideas beyond these boundaries. As participants watched, skyscrapers began showing up on Wilshire Boulevard, far beyond the project site. To the players from Corazón, a San Diego–based group that has built more than 1,000 low-cost homes in Mexico, Jernigan advised via the support forum, “You would create what amounts to a squatters’ community within the BIMStorm areas. It offers the opportunity to envision a better way to plan for people most in need. The community should include community gardens, community centers, and housing, all organized to respond to the needs of the types of people that Corazón serves.” Here Comes the Sun Jeffrey Ouellette, a Nemetschek North America R&D specialist for VectorWorks Architect, worked with his colleague, Robert Anderson, Nemetschek North America’s vice-president of Integrated Products, and Stan Rostas, AIA, a VectorWorks user and partner at Shook Kelley, to complete a project located east of the Los Angeles River. A few hours after they’d posted the building geometry and data in OPS, they found out someone from United Kingdom–based EcoDesign had performed sun studies on their project using Ecotect, an energy-modeling software, and posted the results as a PDF file. “It’s a really interesting exercise,” Ouellette said. “You can find out relatively quickly how feasible it is to build two 20-story buildings instead of a single 40-story building on a site very early in the design process. A lot of architects struggle with that early design stage because they need to get the feedback, the data, that really matters, in a timely fashion.” During BIMStorm, feedback came as GIS data, demographics, county tax assessor’s information on the parcels, LEED requirements, and more. “In OPS, people could bring in information like seismic zone, flood zone, building code, or public transportation access,” noted Ouellette. This feedback allows the architects to see how their geometry fits into the site and also to predict how long and how far the future occupants would have to walk to get to the nearest Metro station. More Storms Ahead Before it made landfall in Los Angeles, BIMStorm hit Boston in November of 2007. The storm is now heading toward New Orleans. The Janis Joplins and Jimi Hendrixes of BIM are cordially invited to grace the stage when the time comes. Cadalyst contributing editor Kenneth Wong explores innovative uses of technology and its implications in his writing. Reach him at kenneth.wong at cadalyst.com. Looking for 3D Design Software? Looking for 3D Design Software? Join us in the 3D revolution and discover the power of the time- and money-saving CAD-based software from Carlson: Carlson Survey, Carlson Civil, Carlson Hydrology and Carlson Takeoff. “Streamline the steps to get even the biggest jobs done quickly and easily.” Authorized training by: Carlson College Free Technical Support By Phone, Email, and Web 800-989-5028 www.carlsonsw.com ® Works Simply Simply Works April 2008 cadalyst www.cadalyst.com 17 http://www.carlsonsw.com http://www.carlsonsw.com http://www.cadalyst.com

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