The use of ArchiCAD to develop category thinking in architecture undergraduates the use of ArchiCAD to develop category thinking in BIM (building information modelling technology) undergraduates in architecture undergraduates

Abstract

The article makes an attempt to define the notion of thinking in BIM categories in order to find key points in the architecture student’s learning process to which the strategy of mastering ArchiCAD not only as a graphic editor, but also as a complex system parameterised environment for creating digital models can be tied. It is shown that this should be done reasonably and incrementally, taking into account the student’s general development in the architectural profession without detracting from the artistic, creative and aesthetic component in the general structure of education, but rather supplementing it with powerful specific possibilities of using digital technologies, in particular the Param-O tool (visual programming module). Some options for the organization of learning tasks, problem situations, creative techniques capable of shaping students’ ability to think in BIM categories are considered.