Intro
Hello, I'm Yousheng WANG, the creator of this blog.
I spent 4 years studying Civil Engineering at Wuhan University in China. Then I came to France in 2016 and graduated from ESTP(École Spéciale des Travaux Publics) in Paris two years later. Now I am a BIM developer at WIZZCAD. The subject of my job is the digitization of construction and innovations around BIM.
Why BIM ?
Why the topic is BIM ? Simple, it's my work & I love it.
Since my education in China, I have heard people talking about BIM. And in 2016, I came to ESTP, what attracted me the most was the BIM courses there. Therefore, I started spending a lot of time in learning more about BIM after class. In order to know the work of different actors in a construction project, I chose the option Design in my third-year study. ESTP is the most important place where I discovered my curiosity and learned a lot. However, I'm not sure if I was a good example for the school, because I focused too much on things out of class. (anyway, thank you for considering me as a qualified student and put my picture on the school website 🙂)
With two internships that directly related to BIM, I decided to pursue my future career in this area. However, to be a developer or a user of BIM, that's the question. Until I worked as a developer in VINCI Construction France, DRTO Centre-Est, at Lyon. I found that I was extremely happy to create tools for other engineers. Even little function for automating certain work can drive me to a world without time. I found my value when the part of my work was truly used for some real project, which encouraged me to continue my creation.
So, here I am. a developer of BIM.
But the truth is I couldn`t get here on my own. I would like to say great thanks to some special people who have been my teacher and communicator for a long time in the field of BIM
Emmanuel Di Giacomo author of ABCD Blog
Mr.Emmanuel is a person I admire and respect. Not only because of his professional knowledge and comprehension of BIM, but also his action of encouraging those young engineers to discover the new tech, to try the new field and to innovate.
Jeremy Tammik author of The Building Coder
This blog is the one that helped me from the very beginning. it's hard to say how many times I have read your article. From a rookie who didn't know how to install the SDK to a person who can develop un plugin with 10 000 lines of code by himself, you are the best prof and guider for me.
Simon Moreau author of BIM 42
Being a student at ESTP gave me a chance to know you. I have read lots of your blog and learned so much from your articles. Even the name of my blog is inspired by the answer of the universe 42, I'm still not good enough to discover the whole universe, so, the Mars for now.
Maybe you don't know me, but truly thanks.
And at the beginning of my journey with BIM Mars, I want to do something like what you did. I want to do something truly helpful for the field and encourage those people like me. Push them to be brave and passionate to create something for giving even a little help for the engineer in the BIM. Maybe I'm not good enough at present, but I'm trying to be a good one.
Why Mars ?
I'm a big fan of Nasa and the universe since my childhood. Not because of those shining stars, but the courage, the possibility, the unknown and each attempt beyond failure
So, now, I can tell you why I chose « BIM Mars, from Oppy to Curiosity » as my first article. Nasa has its own way to give a name for its rover. All those names of the rover come from children in America. Oppy is a nickname of Opportunity, a robotic rover that was launched on July 7, 2003, as part of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover program. And it sent its final message from Mars on June 10, 2018. Curiosity is another rover launched on November 26, 2011, and still working on Mars right now.
Oppy and Curiosity, I love these two words and the sprite behind them. For me, the BIM is still a place full of unknown and possibility. So, simply put, Oppy can let us join the journey, while Curiosity drives us to go further.
Topic on Mars
Clearly, the main topic will around the BIM, like some question begin with why, what, how and end with BIM. It will involve some software like Revit, Naviswork, Tekla or ArchiCAD, some tool like Dynamo and Grasshopper and lots of programming contents.
And the second topic is around Design, especially for digital design, such as User Interface, User Experience, Workflow Design, etc. I think the design part can give a product some heat. I believe that the tech can be warm, can be sexy, can be emotional. It has its own attitude and temperature.
At last, I hope BIM Mars can be a weekly update blog. Just hope it is, no more request.
That's it. Welcome.
An additional thanks list
I want to say some thanks before all professional part. thanks for those people who helped me a lot in my adventure.
Thanks to
Interior architect Mr.YakaÏ and Architect Mr.Jialin from ICI Conception for all those lessons of architecture and design.
Mr.Philippe Brayard from Vinci Construction France DRTO Centre-Est and le Service B.D.I for all those powerful encouragements.
Mr.Cyril Perrin from Wizzcad and team Wizzcad for give me tool, field and trust to make some beautiful things.
Mr.Emmanuel from Autodesk for give me a chance to open the gate of the big adventure.
Mr.Eric from BricsSys and Mr.Yanni from BIMdata.io for those thoughtful conversations and meetings.
Mrs.Rookaya Jearuth for giving me a warm family kind place in France.
Mr.Chenxiao and Mr.Lorenzo for being my partners who encourage each other from study to work.
And last, to my parents, to all your uncountable support.✨