Extending geoinformation systems with Building Information Models (BIM)
Laura Knoth from the Research Studio iSPACE of the RSA FG defended her doctoral thesis “GIS and Buildings: Filling the last white spots using data harmonization strategies” with top marks. In her dissertation the iSPACE researcher focused on harmonizing the interfaces of BIM (Building Information Models) and GIS. The aim was to extend the possibilities of geospatial analysis to the built and especially the interior environments. To extend her expertise, she was also on a research stay at the University of Melbourne. A key publication on this can be found here. Her dissertation was funded by the project OLS3D within the framework of the FFG’s “Industry-related dissertations” funding line.
Based on available building modelling standards from different application domains (architecture, planning, geoinformatics etc.), Laura Knoth’s goal was to harmonise the content and technical application-independent information assets of building facilities with semantic ‘loose-coupling’ strategies and thus make them more usable for geoinformation systems. These thus form a stable foundation for the sustainable modeling of 2D and 3D production indoor environments. Their results serve as an important contribution to the development of digital workflows for the entire life cycle of buildings and cities.
On the photo from left to right: Barbara Hofer, Laura Knoth and supervisor Josef Strobl