Technology: The Innovative Potential of Digital ­Planning Methods

Roughly two years ago, as one of the first German architectural practices, the Berlin office of Gerber Architekten began a comprehensive and fully-integrated BIM project. In other words, all design and planning sequences were converted to parametric processes and based on algorithms. A commission for the planning of a metro station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, started things rolling.

Technology: The Innovative Potential of Digital ­Planning Methods
Haram Intermodal Station, Makkah, Saudi Arabia © bloomimages