This is scary. Eleven years
ago I was on my way to New Zealand for the first time, perhaps the only
time. I was full of hope. Visiting my sister and speaking at a BIM
conference. I wanted to share my belief that Revit is a thinking tool,
like a pencil. That we can use it for self reflection.
I
am older now and conscious that time is running out. But I remain proud
of this work, tentative though it is. I attempted a study of three
famous office buildings, very different in form, style and context.
I
have been told that my conference papers are not commercial enough. But
isn’t that the point? Isn’t there a place for one out of thirty
presenters to explore BIM as a tool for asking the bigger questions?
Don’t we have a duty to future generations as well as to our clients?
I
am a great believer in visual thinking. People often tell me that there
are better tools than Revit for “modeling something like that” But this
also misses the point. I want to humanise our modern…