BUILT CoLAB recently established a partnership with FAUP to develop a plugin for Autodesk Revit that allows AEC professionals to model stereotomic structures in BIM environments. This partnership took place within the scope of STBIM – StereotomicBIM, an exploratory project funded by FCT, whose main research objective is to explore the editing of stereotomic elements...
As part of the Sustainable Stone project, BUILT CoLAB has developed two tools that aim to enable the creation and provision of immersive 360º training content, supporting the operation of the Mineral Resources Science Centre in Porto de Mós: EditorRV, standalone software for Windows, and VisualizadorRV, an application for Virtual Reality devices. EditorRV allows the...
In October, presentations of the Porto Environmental Index were held at AICCOPN, the Northern Regional Section of the Order of Architects, and the Northern Region Order of Engineers, with comments from BUILT CoLAB at the invitation of Porto City Council. BUILT CoLAB was present at these three sessions with comments from João Moutinho (at OE),...
On 30 October, Lisbon hosted the Final Conference of the C2Ø – Construction to Zero project, the Decarbonisation Roadmap for the construction sector and associated industrial activities, which BUILT CoLAB has been supporting. At this event, which was attended by over 100 participants, the results obtained throughout the project were presented, with a main focus...
BUILT CoLAB recently completed two of the objectives set out in the partnership established with Blufab and TopBIM, part of the Casais Group: the release of the ModuLAB and ModuLIB plugins for Revit software. This partnership aims to develop BIM support software that optimises modular construction processes, providing greater efficiency and precision at all stages...
BUILT CoLAB will welcome and co-supervise three new doctoral students with scholarships awarded by FCT, intended for completion in a non-academic environment: Zannat Shangi, Hiago Alves, and Gedeandro Santos. The applications, developed in collaboration between students and supervising entities, are based on the main competencies of the BUILT CoLAB team in the field of digital...
At the invitation of Porto City Council, BUILT CoLAB will participate in the presentation sessions of the Porto Environmental Index, which will take place in October at AICCOPN, OREN and OA. At these events, BUILT CoLAB will issue a commentary from the perspective of the AEC sector, reflecting on the objectives and potential uses of...
As a result of its connection to academia, BUILT CoLAB has participated in several dissertation supervision processes, as well as in the assessment of other final Master’s Thesis presentations. In the European Master’s Degree in BIM A+ at the University of Minho: Thesis: “AI and Photogrammetry for HBIM: Automating Historic Building Classification and Modelling” Student:...
BUILT CoLAB celebrated its fifth anniversary on 19 September! With this in mind, it brought together employees and associates to take stock of the past year and present current and future projects that will enable us to continue on our path as a Collaborative Laboratory towards the Digital and Sustainable Transition of the AEC Sector....
BUILT CoLAB is in the final stages of implementing its developments under the INTENT project. INTENT is a project funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) that aims to investigate the use of Bender Elements to monitor the condition of pavements and BUILT CoLAB has developed the necessary conditions for the tests to...
