BIM in Bulgaria with Petar Penchev | AG 33

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BIM in Bulgaria

In this week’s episode, we have with us Petar Penchev, who is an Architect, BIM Expert & Lecturer, based in Bulgaria.

He completed his Architecture & Construction Course from “Angel Popov” Vocational High School of Building, Architecture and Geodesy in Bulgaria. After which he pursued a Master of Architecture from University of Architecture, Civil Eng. and Geodesy in Sofia Bulgaria. He’s worked as a CAD draftsman, Interior Designer, Lecturer, Architect, Project Manager, and as a BIM Expert. He is now a partner of All 1 Studio and also works as a part time Lecturer in the same University he studied in.

In this episode, Petar takes us on his journey in Architecture and his experience in Architecture school in Bulgaria, his introduction to Revit & the world of BIM, his take on where the AEC industry is headed for Bulgaria, teaching, advice for young Architects & loads more.

Podcast Shownotes

• 02:30 How Petar got into Architecture
• 04:30 Architecture school
• 06:00 Masters in Architecture in UACG Sofia Bulgaria
• 08:00 Learning Revit
• 12:30 Transition to BIM
• 14:00 All 1 Studio
• 15:00 Interoperability & collaboration with other consultants.
• 18:45 Leveraging Automation in Revit with Dynamo & PyRevit
• 23:30 Using Python to create custom scripts
• 25:00 Power of PyRevit
• 27:30 Developing your computational thinking skills. “To create proper Revit-Addins, you need to learn C#”
• 29:00 The best way to learn pyRevit & Dynamo
• 31:18 Creating custom scripts as a service; Creating elevations of curtain walls using automation; Assemblies in Revit.
• 36:20 BIM in Bulgaria
• 40:00 The design process at All 1 Studio
• 44:00 From BIM to Virtual Reality & PlanGrid
• 49:20 The local materials in Bulgaria
• 50:30 Working as a part time lecturer. “Creating a Revit model is like replicating the construction of a building and you do it in a digital environment.”
• 52:00 With BIM, information is the key
• 54:00 “Creating a revit model is like replicating the construction of a building.”
• 55:30 Where are we moving on to next? — Advice to young architects & architecture students.
• 56:00 Role of an Architect
• 57:30 Advice to young students & architects
• 58:40 Quick Fire Round

Notable Mentions

Books Mentioned

• Yes is More by BIG

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