| Paper title: | A systemic approach to building modeling - analysis of some object-oriented building product models | 
| Authors: | Ekholm A | 
| Summary: | This paper introduces a systemic approach to the description and modelling of buildings. Basic properties of buildings are discussed. A critical analysis of some proposals for building product models based on object-oriented modelling is made. The analysis shows that ontology, including systemics, can contribute to the theoretical background of building modelling by clarifying concepts like property, system, part-whole, level and space. Some areas for future study are proposed. | 
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| Year of publication: | 1994 | 
| Series: | w78:1994 | 
| ISSN: | 2706-6568 | 
| Download paper: | /pdfs/w78-1994-30.content.pdf | 
| Citation: | Ekholm A (1994). A systemic approach to building modeling - analysis of some object-oriented building product models. Preproceedings, CIB W78 Workshop on Computer Integrated Construction, VTT, Espoo, Finland. (ISSN: 2706-6568), http://itc.scix.net/paper/w78-1994-30 |