GRAPHISOFT Extends Partnership with Nikken Sekkei for BIM in Asia
Michael Molitch-Hou posted on April 03, 2018 | | 33 views
In 2013, GRAPHISOFT signed an agreement with one of the world’s largest architecture firms, Nikken Sekkei, to establish the BIM Competence & Research Center, which was created to advance BIM in Japan and Southeast Asia. Five years have passed, and now the two partners have decided to extend their association with the goal of developing new BIM workflows for the entire GRAPHISOFT product ecosystem.
The Hoki Museum in Chiba, Japan, by Nikken Sekkei architects. (Image courtesy of GRAPHISOFT.)
When the partnership began, Nikken Sekkei—known for designing Tokyo Skytree, the tallest self-supporting tower in the world, and the redesign of Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe—had the primary goal of simply incorporating BIM into the firm’s architectural practices. Now, the partnership has brought benefits to both Nikken Sekkei and GRAPHISOFT, including improvements in ARCHICAD and the introduction of algorithmic modeling. The partnership enabled GRAPHISOFT to learn about Nikken Sekkei’s “cutting-edge design workflow,” as GRAPHISOFT CEO Viktor Várkonyi described it.
Together, the partners aim to further improve the workflow around GRAPHISOFT products. GRAPHISOFT aims to make it easier for Nikken Sekkei to access its tools and the technology behind ARCHICAD, which will make it possible for the architecture firm to further…