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Framework And Metrics For Assessing The Guidance Of Design Processes
Clevenger, Caroline Murrie; Haymaker, John Riker
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Year:
2009
Editor:
Norell Bergendahl, M.; Grimheden, M.; Leifer, L.; Skogstad, P.; Lindemann, U.
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Series:
ICED
Section:
Design Processes
Page(s):
411-422
Abstract:
Traditional precedent-based architectural design explicitly generates and analyzes very few options for very few criteria. The introduction of sustainability concerns and building information modeling (BIM) to practice means professionals now have the desire and ability to generate many more options and to investigate them with respect to more criteria. Performance-based design involves the explicit definition of performance objectives for building behavior, and the systematic search through solution spaces to locate high-performing designs. As methods become available to help designers conduct performance-based design, the need and opportunity emerges for metrics to help describe, measure, and compare design processes. Through literature review and industry observations, this paper synthesizes a framework and set of metrics to assess design processes. We apply these metrics to real-world design, compare results, and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the metric set proposed.
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