Autodesk Acquires Ecotect! June 27, 2008
Posted by ArchitectureLive! in Architecture, Design, Ecotect, Software.Tags: Andrew Marsh, Autodesk, Building-performance-analysis, Design, Ecotect, Green building studio, Simulation
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Ecotect is now Autodesk® Ecotect®. It came to me as a big shock, as I never expected this to happen. But if you had been an active member on ecotect community, you should have already smelled something cooking. First Andrew took almost 18 months to release version 5.6. Immediately after its release (after 24 hours approx.) announced this acquisition. Secondly, affiliates page was ‘under maintenance’ since the release of new version of ecotect and I feel pity about its affiliates (including myself). Anyway, Autodesk has been acquiring many good software since last many years, and with this acquisition, Autodesk has proven to be leader of green building design software. They have previously acquired Green Building Studio software.
it will be interesting to see what is Autodesk going to do with two competing software? One software may have to be sacrificed for the sake of other OR buyer will have choice to pick what he likes. If not, GBS will be sold as simulation tool, whereas Ecotect as design tool. Fingers crossed!
I have been an avid fan of Ecotect and will keep it using and suggesting to my friends as I used to do in past. Thanks Andrew J. Marsh for providing us such a wonderful tool!
BIM in Architecture Education June 25, 2008
Posted by ArchitectureLive! in ArchiCAD, Architecture, Design, Education, Software, exercise, ideas, sketchbook, students.Tags: architects, architectural design, Architecture, Building information modeling, drawings, Education, faculty, graphics, history of architecture, model, presentation, Software, students, sun-study, sustainability, syllabus
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Since the birth of this three letter God in AEC industry, I have come across not less than 100 blogs, surveys, opinions and articles, and these are growing in leaps and bounds.
Even Architecture Institutes as usual seem to be pulling up socks for adopting this new technology, but with do’s and dont’s there are many how’s still to be answered.
The first question before why BIM is what is BIM?
Its “Building Information Modeling”, which is here to make the whole experience of teaching and learning much simpler. I am not going to go in depth of what BIM is all about, as it has already been discussed in length by many experts on various occasions and websites. Alternatively, Google a bit!
An Integrated model in BIM software.
This blog is an effort to find answers to many how’s, that have come from heads of the Institutes, faculty and even students. First, let’s dive deep into Architecture curriculum to understand how it is spread over entire course of Architecture education. In Indian scenerio, its like a five storied building, students get in into it at the bottom storey and jump out from the top after acquiring many skills.
