Dounas, Theodoros, Lombardi, Davide 
ORCID: 0000-0001-7128-4635 and Jabi, Wassim
(2019)
Towards Blockchains for architectural design <i>Consensus mechanisms for collaboration in BIM</i>.
In: 37 Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe and XXIII Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, Joint Conference (N. 1), 2019-9-11 - 2019-9-13.
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Abstract
We present a Blockchain collaboration mechanism on optimisation problems between distributed participants who work with building information modelling tools. The blockchain mechanism is capable of executing smart contracts, acting as a reward mechanism of independent designers attempting to collaborate or compete on optimising a design performance problem. Earlier work has described the potential integration through different levels of Computer Aided Design and Blockchain. We present an expanded version of that integration and we showcase how a team can collaboratively and competitively work, using BIM tools, through the blockchain. The original contribution of the paper is the use of the design optimisation performance as a consensus mechanism for block writing in blockchains. To accomplish that we introduce mechanisms for BIM to Blockchain Integration but also describe a special category of blockchains for architectural design and the built environment. The paper concludes with an analysis of the relationship between trust and values as encapsulated in the blockchain and how these could affect the design collaboration.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Unspecified) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Blockchain, BIM, agent, collaboration, competition |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of the Arts |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jul 2022 15:36 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Oct 2023 09:16 |
| DOI: | 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_296 |
| Open Access URL: | http://papers.cumincad.org/cgi-bin/works/paper/eca... |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3158196 |
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