Platformization in the built environment: the political techno-economy of Building Information Modeling.
The digital transformation of architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) is being hailed as a panacea for the sectors' problems, with major actors in government and business promoting it as a benevolent harbinger of greater efficiency, productivity, better quality, and environmental performan...
| Publicado en: | Science as Culture Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 146 - 174 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=178232896&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 178232896 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 09505431 10W jtl: Science as Culture issn: 09505431 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2024 vid: 33 iid: 2 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 178232896 10.1080/09505431.2023.2237042 ppf: 146 ppct: 28 formats: tig: atl: Platformization in the built environment: the political techno-economy of Building Information Modeling. aug: au: Boeva, Yana Braun, Kathrin Kropp, Cordula affil: University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany su: Autodesk Inc. Built environment Building information modeling Digital transformation Software architecture Marketing software Internetworking Application program interfaces sug: subj: Built environment Autodesk Inc. Computer systems design and related services (except video game design and development) Building information modeling Digital transformation Software architecture Marketing software Internetworking Application program interfaces keyword: building information modeling built environment data platform capitalism Platformization software building information modeling built environment data platform capitalism Platformization software ab: The digital transformation of architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) is being hailed as a panacea for the sectors' problems, with major actors in government and business promoting it as a benevolent harbinger of greater efficiency, productivity, better quality, and environmental performance. However, advancing digitalization in AEC is intertwined with a distinct political-economic logic that involves new constraints, dependencies, and a reconfiguration of power relations. Specifically, Building Information Modeling (BIM) as a digital convergence of three-dimensional building models, databases, and interfaces for multidisciplinary collaboration operates as a runway technology for digitalization and an entry point for platformization impelled by global software giants, such as this article's empirical case of software company Autodesk and its BIM product portfolio shows. BIM's linkage of governmental policy strategies with the techno-economic platform logic of software subscription models, open application programming interfaces, and cloud-enabled collaboration ensures management and control of construction data and software interoperability. At the same time, BIM's techno-economic and political configuration facilitates a near-monopolistic structure in the global architecture and construction software market. It thus grants one hegemonic company immense power to define what formats, standards, and data for building models and design processes are being used in creating the built environment. The expansive, intersecting logics of assetization, platformization, and datafication have been taking hold in the AEC sector, raising questions about their stratifying effects in the built environment and society. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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