The future of affordable housing
BPS Planung and Design Erick van Egeraat have developed a concept of a comprehensive project for rented apartments, which can offer many people affordable housing in the future.
The project combines the top-class architectural design of Erick van Egeraat with the field-tested BIM approach of BPS Planung GmbH, which offers unlimited expansion possibilities. The basic idea of the concept is to look at the standardization of Soviet mass housing in the 1960s and 1970s from a different angle.
“We are happy to be able to use our capabilities with BIM on such a scale," said Leonid Lopatin, CEO of BPS International. “Mass production allows us to get the most out of BIM, along with our 4E Stratagy which means efficient design process, efficient use of space, efficient use of materials and efficient construction. All this together offers a constant facility management and property management. The potential of a BIM database is difficult to over-estimate in this case. The future of FM is entirely about automation of processes – our main goal in the near future".
Collaboration in a single model effectively eliminates misunderstandings and information loss while reducing change orders with improved accuracy of model-based drawings. This saves time on the construction site and money in the wallet.
A further advantage of BIM in the design phase of this project is to carry the necessary flexibility of prefabricated modules, over to the planning phase. And by precise and highly detailed modeling of MEP systems in three dimensions, the area of technical equipment can be reduced by up to 70%, which in turn significantly increases the lettable space and thus the turnover of the investors for each individual building.
There is no point in having the high flexibility of prefabricated modules on the one hand, if on the other hand, the planning phase and the very important facility management suffer from a serious lack of flexibility. That just does not fit together.
However, the right BIM software allows to create pre-production drawings and calculate the amount of building materials you need before you start to build anything. This saves construction time and costs while improving quality at the same time. Thanks to the model-generated BIM ID tracking numbers, logistics become simple and transparent despite the large project portfolio. The tracking reduces delays in shipping and loss on site. This way, investors and constructors have all time full control over the construction process.
With the support of model-based cost estimation and time management, construction costs can be kept at the lowest possible level, allowing architects to design more diverse and modern housing styles. Price-influencing decisions become a part of the design process as the design teams get a powerful tool to quickly compare the cost-effectiveness of multiple design options before making a final decision.