Everything that went wrong with the Sydney Opera House project was reversed to go magnificently right for Frank Gehry in Bilbao. The Bilbao Guggenheim museum w

Everything that went wrong with the Sydney Opera House project was reversed to go magnificently right for Frank Gehry in Bilbao. The Bilbao Guggenheim museum was built on time and on budget because it was built with the right tools and the right process. Gehry used CATIA - the CAD program made for designing the Mirage fighter jet. CATIA started as an in-house development in 1977 by French aircraft manufacturer Avions Marcel Dassault to provide 3D surface modeling and NC functions for the CADAM software they used at that time to develop the Mirage fighter jet. Since CATIA supports multiple stages of product development from conceptualization, design and engineering to manufacturing, it is considered a CAx-software and is sometimes referred to as a 3D Product Lifecycle Management software suite. The integration of bill of materials, procurement infrastructure, and lifecycle management meant that Gehry's building would have sophisticated, responsive project management baked in from the start. Even when the design changed on the fly, materials and supply chain dependencies were informed simultaneously so the project was kept under control. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/oct/01/bilbao-effect-frank-gehry-guggenheim-global-craze https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/oct/01/bilbao-...