Advanced Integration of BIM and VR in the Built Environment: Enhancing Sustainability and Resilience in Urban Development
Heliyon,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
11(4), P. e42558 - e42558
Published: Feb. 1, 2025
This
study
explores
the
strategic
integration
of
Building
Information
Modeling
(BIM)
and
Virtual
Reality
(VR)
within
built
environment,
addressing
growing
complexities
urban
development.
Through
a
detailed
examination
BIM
applications,
research
highlights
37%
reduction
in
design
conflicts
iterations,
thereby
enhancing
precision
efficiency
construction
projects.
Simultaneously,
VR
technology
is
demonstrated
to
increase
stakeholder
engagement
by
62%
improve
spatial
awareness
48%,
fostering
greater
community
participation
inclusivity
development
process.
The
combined
use
optimizes
not
only
workflows
but
also
considerably
enhances
environmental
socio-economic
outcomes,
such
as
remarkable
20%
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
It
will,
therefore,
support
advanced
infrastructure
provide
replicable
model
for
sustainable
resilient
planning.
underlines
crucial
contribution
integrating
technologies
sustainability
resilience
environment.
Language: Английский
A systematic review of criteria influencing the integration of BIM and Immersive Technology in building projects
Journal of Information Technology in Construction,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
30, P. 243 - 297
Published: March 7, 2025
Integrating
Building
Information
Modeling
(BIM)
and
Immersive
Technologies
(ImT)
provides
several
benefits,
such
as
the
inclusion
of
clients
in
design
process,
thereby
improving
construction
management
practices.
BIM's
propensity
for
digital
data
management,
coupled
with
ImT's
enhanced
communication
coordination
capabilities,
addresses
inherent
issues
like
fragmentation
collaboration
challenges
projects.
While
prior
studies
have
primarily
examined
BIM
ImT
individually,
limited
research
has
explored
synergistic
integration
these
two
technologies
potential
benefits
they
can
offer
when
combined
context
architecture,
engineering,
(AEC)
industry.
This
paper
reviews
strategies
prospects
integrating
existing
literature,
aiming
to
identify
categorize
key
socio-technical
criteria
that
support
successful
ImT.
A
Systematic
Literature
Review
(SLR)
was
accordingly
employed,
following
PRISMA
guidelines,
analyzing
56
academic
journals
from
Scopus
ASCE
Library
databases
on
building
projects
2013
May
2023.
The
results
reveal
various
attributes
integration,
including
use
BIM-related
software
Autodesk
Revit,
hardware
Oculus
Rift
HTC
Vive,
game
engines
Unity3D,
standards
FBX,
collaborative
platforms
360
Trimble
Connect.
Essential
technical
were
identified
aspects:
emphasizing
system
optimization
seamless
exchange,
alongside
non-technical
focusing
user
engagement,
learning,
effective
stakeholder
collaboration.
study
also
highlights
significant
gaps,
need
standardized
methodologies,
more
detailed
discussions,
user-centric
strategies,
pinpointing
areas
further
exploration
refine
practices
while
providing
valuable
insights
into
adoption
efficacy
transformation
AEC
sector.
Language: Английский
Empowering Communities Through Gamified Urban Design Solutions
Smart Cities,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
8(2), P. 44 - 44
Published: March 10, 2025
The
rapid
urbanization
of
recent
decades
has
intensified
climate
change
challenges,
demanding
sophisticated
solutions
to
build
resilient
and
sustainable
cities.
A
key
aspect
urban
planning
is
decentralizing
democratizing
its
processes,
which
requires
citizen
involvement
from
the
early
design
stages.
While
current
such
as
digital
tools,
participatory
workshops,
gamification,
social
media
can
enhance
participation,
they
often
exclude
non-experts
or
those
lacking
skills.
To
address
these
limitations,
this
manuscript
proposes
a
VR/AR
gamified
solution
using
open-source
software
open
GIS
data.
Specifically,
it
investigates
euPOLIS
game
an
innovative
tool
offering
alternative
traditional
approaches.
This
decentralizes
by
shifting
technical
tasks
experts
while
citizens
engage
interactively,
focusing
solely
on
proposing
solutions.
explore
potential
proposed
methodology,
was
demonstrated
workshop
activity
in
TNOC
2024
Festival,
where
30
individuals
different
academic
background
(i.e.,
citizens,
architects,
planners,
etc.)
voluntarily
engaged
provided
their
impressions
feedback.
findings
suggest
that
serious/simulation
AR/VR
games
effectively
promote
co-design,
co-participation,
co-creation
inclusive
engaging
manner.
Language: Английский
Depth and Embodiment Being Present in Architectural Space as an Experience of Meaning
Yael Canetti Yaffe,
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Edna Langenthal
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Philosophies,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
10(2), P. 33 - 33
Published: March 14, 2025
Following
philosopher
Maurice
Merleau-Ponty’s
unique
phenomenology
of
embodiment
and
his
understanding
three-dimensional
space
as
existential
rather
than
geometric,
the
article
claims
that
despite
sophisticated
algorithmic
imaging
tools,
architectural
a
meaningful
experience
does
not
subject
itself
to
both
two-dimensional
representations
simulations.
is
instrumental
in
helping
identify
“blind
spot”
contemporary
architecture
design
process.
Our
built
always
far
more
saturated
(with
regard
input
senses
our
cultural
personal
background)
any
tool
representation.
This
paper
draws
direct
link
between
invention
linear
perspective
use
digital
visualization
popular
opinion
these
are
reliable
tools
with
which
create
architecture.
A
phenomenological
analysis
Beaubourg
Square
Paris
serves
case
study
reveals
basic
difference
experiencing
from
point
view
actual
subjective
body
who
present
designed
by
gazing
at
its
representation
on
screen.
Relying
computation
leads
rational
mathematical
conception
space,
whereas
human
presence
this
overlooked.
cases
great
architecture,
such
Paris,
lived-experience
also
bodily
presence,
mode
meaning,
cannot
be
simulated
or
represented.
Language: Английский
Enhancing stakeholder engagement and performance evaluation in building design using BIM and VR
Hongyang Li,
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Shuying Fang,
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Tingting Shi
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et al.
Automation in Construction,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
175, P. 106191 - 106191
Published: April 12, 2025
Language: Английский
Enhancing Urban Safety: Optimal Patrol Route Strategies for Volunteer Security Squads Based on Integrated BIM-GIS Data
Jaewook Lee,
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Jae Hong Lee,
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Jaeuk Im
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et al.
Buildings,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(10), P. 3074 - 3074
Published: Sept. 26, 2024
Urban
safety
is
becoming
an
increasingly
crucial
issue
due
to
rising
crime
rates
and
urbanization.
The
concept
of
a
“Safe
City”
aims
ensure
citizen
through
effective
prevention
rapid
response
strategies.
Volunteer
security
teams
play
vital
role
in
supplementing
police
efforts
maintain
community
safety.
However,
current
patrol
routes
are
often
set
unsystematically,
relying
on
experience,
leading
inefficient
resource
use
reduced
effectiveness
prevention.
This
study
optimized
for
volunteer
using
advanced
data
analysis
techniques
route
optimization
algorithms.
By
integrating
various
sources
applying
algorithms,
the
systematically
improved
efficiency
effectiveness.
analyzing
facility
locations,
data,
weak
areas
Gangseo-gu,
this
identified
gaps
between
infrastructure
vulnerable
areas.
novelty
research
lies
its
comprehensive
approach
deriving
vulnerability
index
designing
optimal
based
integrated
BIM-GIS
data.
ensures
coverage
critical
zones,
significantly
enhancing
operational
teams.
Language: Английский