The Data on Data-Centric Practices

May 5, 2015 KA Connect

Christopher Parsons of Knowledge Architecture interviews Randy Deutsch of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at KA Connect 2015. 00:10 A Brief Overview of Randy’s First Book, BIM and Integrated Design (2011) 02:04 How far have we come since Refabricating Architecture in 2004? 03:10 Behind the Scenes of Randy’s Upcoming Book, Data Driven Design and Construction (2015) 04:00 The Vast Majority of People in Our Industry Are Indifferent to Data 06:10 Engaging Construction Firms in The Conversation About Data 07:50 How AEC Practices Differ in Their Relationship with Data 09:15 What does a Data Driven AEC firm look like? 10:45 How do you balance intuition and data when making design decisions? 12:30 How does working with data change an architecture firm's relationship with clients? 14:57 What does it mean to an engineering firm to have architects come to the table with more data? 17:17 Data Encourages Architects to Be More Trusted Advisors and Business Consultants 19:35 Does working with more data in practice change who we hire? 22:17 What’s the difference between Data Wranglers and Data Specialists? 24:06 What's the role of academia in introducing data into practice? 27:11 How do architecture school faculty feel about the increasing role of data in practice? 28:47 What did you learn in writing the book that totally surprised you? 31:45 How well do AEC firms value employees with data skills? 34:00 If firms want to learn more about using data on their projects, where can they get started? 37:00 How do firms create better habits in terms of acquiring data? 38:30 What's the biggest thing keeping AEC firms from becoming Data Driven? 40:24 How do we keep the architecture profession attractive to new students? 43:56 Is data the new sustainability?

Randy Deutsch, Assistant Professor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Speaker Bio
Randy Deutsch is an architect and Associate Professor in the School of Architecture at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of BIM and Integrated Design and Data Driven Design and Construction (2015.) Randy consults and speaks on issues related to technology and collaboration, and is a frequent contributor to DesignIntelligence.

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