A collaborative eco-design process using parametric tools with BIM

The exponential emergence of BIM in the construction sector reflects the effectiveness of
this work process. Adopted by many AEC agencies, BIM explores new dimensions and
acquires new skills almost every day.
We note that this progression of BIM to new skills is particularly developed by and for
project designers.
However for several years, BIM has very often been represented as a set of actors around a
digital model, linked it by IFC links.
The intrinsic objective of BIM, such as Building Information Model and Modeling, is
therefore that each actor can understand, retrieve and use, through the digital avatar, nongraphical
data, without any particular expertise.
As part of a sustainable BIM development in the integrated architecture-engineering
BSolutions firm, we study the correlation of the visual translation of digital data on the
digital model and its understanding. We work on the most appropriate way to transcribe the
results of sustainable expertise, such as thermal comfort, through the digital model for each
project stakeholder.
Our research highlight the potentials of parametric tools in BIM workflow but also the
breaks encountered in the acquisition of complementary expertise and the development of
a new hybrid skills profile.