Enhancing the functionality on the interior space within the buildings through using building information modeling

Abstract

Partition walls are one of the most crucial elements in the interior space of buildings and due to their significant impact on sustainability; they should be designed and constructed properly. Of many issues involved in sustainability of partition walls, functionality is of a great importance for meeting the particular requirements of buildings' residents. A relatively great deal of research has been conducted concerning the sustainability of partition walls; however, there hasn't been any take functionality aspect of these critical elements into consideration using BIM as a beneficial tool to do so. Therefore, this paper presents a new type of partition wall and examines its effectiveness in terms of materials and time needed to install the wall, and its functionality on the interior space using BIM. The scope of this research is the connections between internal wall to external wall, internal wall to internal wall, and internal wall to column. In order to calculate the materials and time required for installing the proposed partition wall, a building was chosen as the case study. The obtained results showed that installing the proposed partition wall would have noteworthy benefits for both contractors and residents of the buildings such as shortening the time duration of the construction process, decreasing the quantity of materials and components consumed during the construction process, no wastage of materials, and minimizing the optimal life cycle cost significantly through enhancing the functionality of the interior space of buildings.