Overall I feel more informed about
the vast potential of intelligent buildings and what I may be seeing as a
future civil engineer; the civil/architectural engineering industry is known
for being decades behind other industries in terms of transformative
technology, and through this class I’ve been introduced to progressive
technology relevant to our fields that I had no idea existed. Between
autonomous construction methods (robots), 3-D self-printed bridges in
Amsterdam, to 3-D concrete printing, I was surprised at how progressive this
field is becoming and what potential lies ahead.
In my first blog post for the class
at the beginning of the term, I had expected to gain a more thorough
understanding of Intelligent Buildings and learn how to apply that knowledge
towards my career aspirations as a structural engineer; upon review of the
syllabus, throughout the course I can say that
I am capable of successfully defining concepts related to Intelligent
Buildings, am much more proficient in using Revit than before I started this
course and can evaluate advantages of using BIM, have a deeper understanding of
SQL and relational databases, as well as assess future technology trends
relevant to Intelligent Buildings. My definition and understanding of
intelligent buildings has since changed; I initially thought intelligent
buildings were simply designed using BIM software and require minimal physical
labor to construct using remote assembly. This is a very basic and not an
all-encompassing definition, as I now view intelligent buildings as
incorporating computer technology in any part of the system.
As Professor Mitchell said in the beginning of the term, AE 510 is a course where you get just as much out of the class as the effort you put into it, in addition to being attentive during lecture and writing weekly blog posts. For my and Danielle Schroeder’s final project, we did a research paper on the viability of autonomous homes, where we discussed green vs. intelligent features and if they were equivalent terms. Had we had more time in our schedules, I would have liked to incorporate a BIM model to go along with the paper of a preliminary design of an autonomous home, in order to get more experience with Revit.
Comments:
Whitesell
Schroeder
Yasmina,
ReplyDeleteI loved the quote that you put it at the end. I also have to agree with you that my starting definition of intelligent buildings have changed in the past 11 or so weeks. I am eager to hear about your presentation in our group today.