## 1 Introduction  
The construction industry relies on a vast array of architectural information, as an architectural process includes a variety of design stages and the cooperation of many disciplines. In particular, architectural information is generated and managed throughout the life of a building, from the conceptual design stage to construction and maintenance [1]. Building information modeling (BIM) technology improves the productivity and efficiency of the construction industry by taking advantage of the information generated throughout the life cycle of the facility to build a consistent system to maximize production efficiency and utilization of information [2]. BIM has actively been adopted to support the productivity of the construction industry. Further, public institutions in advanced countries (e.g., the United States [US], United Kingdom, Singapore, and South Korea) have mandated the implementation of BIM in design delivery, and promote automated checking for BIM quality [3]. This has a strong influence by promoting practices that use BIM. Improvements in work efficiency and productivity occur as a result of BIM adoption, depending on the consistency and accuracy of data [4]. The purpose of quality control in construction work is to ensure a structure is built in a rational, economical, and durable way. Improvement in quality reliability and reduction in costs can be achieved by securing a certain quality, improving quality and maintaining constant quality in the overall project [5]. Therefore, quality control is a very important factor in terms of project management. Quality control requirements are included in the BIM guidelines of some countries (e.g., Finland, USA, and Denmark). However, requirements for quality control are insufficiently detailed in current general BIM guidelines. There are limitations in adopting these guidelines into detailed work practices [6; 7]. BIM technology has been utilized increasingly in quantitative ways in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) disciplines. Owing to recently increased requirements for the improvement of qualitative factors in BIM-based design projects, various quality checks are performed using BIM-based checking software. However, there are problems with this, such as a lack of BIM-based evaluation requirements [8]--reflecting the design changes that occur continually in the design phase [2; 9]--and a lack of automated quality check processes through quality checking systems [10; 11; 12]. Therefore, it is necessary to define the checking and evaluation process and develop checking software for quality improvements to a BIM-based architectural design model. The purpose of this study is to develop and apply quality check control requirements for improving the quality of architectural design based on BIM. To achieve this, the study defined quality check targets for the BIM-based design phase by analyzing the work and output information of each stage of the architectural design process and extracting detailed quality check targets from status (e.g., BIM guidelines, rule-based quality checking software) and domestic regulations. In addition, the research developed quality check requirements consisting of space check criteria, design check criteria and construction check criteria according to the nature and purpose of the work. Finally, the research developed a rule-based quality checking system using requirements for efficient quality controls based on BIM. The quality check requirements, which consist of classified targets to be considered when creating and assessing BIM data by designer and evaluator, could become necessary for common works in the design process. Therefore, an improvement in design quality could be expected when these quality control requirements are actively utilized. The methodology employed in this study is as follows:  
* The applied design phase was defined by analyzing the work and output information for each stage in the design process.