135 research outputs found
Integral design method in the context of sustainable building design : closing the gap between design theory and practice
No full textThe Dutch building domain is characterized by a lack of true integration of building disciplines in the conceptual design phase. Traditional methods essentially lead to redesign and optimization, whereas to meet the unique challenges in the present day built environment, we need to go further and generate new concepts and knowledge that represent the necessary conditions to arrive at new design solutions. This research set out to develop a method to create a more integral process that would create the opportunity to introduce a greater variety and amount of design knowledge from the outset of the conceptual design phase. The Integral Design method (ID-method) developed here, given the right cultural environment, may in time lead to the generation of new building concepts that will allow us the opportunity to move beyond redesign and optimization. The necessity of concept creation is shown by C-K theory that defines design as the interplay between two interdependent spaces, knowledge space K and concept space C, which allows us to conceive of the possibility to transform the building design team’s knowledge into new concepts. Using workshops in which experienced professionals participated, a workable method was arrived at through iterative improvement of four key elements: design team, design model, design tool and design setting. The iterative development of the method results from housing the research within the Design Research Methodology framework. Within the ID-method the structured presentation of object-design-knowledge is guided by morphological analysis. The first step of the ID-method is (to record and structure) the design team’s interpretation of the design task, resulting in a dynamic list of functions/aspects. The simultaneous generation of sub solutions per defined function/aspect needs to remain based on individual disciplines in order to result in an overview of the design team’s object-design-knowledge. Iterations are possible and this is where the added value of morphological overviews’ structuring is most apparent. Feedback can take place after each iteration; morphological overviews represent a transparent record of the design process, which external parties can refer to in order to determine whether all necessary functions and aspects are adequately addressed. The next step of the ID-method concerns the combination of generated sub solutions, resulting in redesigns, and/or transformation of generated sub solutions, resulting in new concepts. The ID-method makes the team design process explicit and provides an audit trail. The results showed that the ID-method did prove successful in facilitating the inclusion of engineering knowledge from the outset of the conceptual design phase. This in itself rendered the design process more efficient as it removed an unnecessary iteration, that is, the architect beginning the design task on his own before receiving input from engineering disciplines. However, what the disciplines within design teams ended up doing in many instances amounted to no more than seeking to fit solutions to design tasks. In essence, the design teams’ approaches could best be categorised as ‘integrated’ rather than the desired ‘integral’ design. This research therefore cannot claim to have realised the aim of using the ID-method to arrive at integral design concepts. Nonetheless, the ID-method represents a set of necessary conditions for the creation of integral design concepts. More importantly, reflected by the expressed satisfaction of the majority of the participants, the ID-method represents an important step in what is argued as a necessary cultural change within the Dutch building domain
Multidisciplinary master design projects based on workshops for professionals
No full textThe growing complexity in (Dutch) building practice necessitates developments in other aspects, besides specialized and professional skills. Therefore a new integral approach in building design education has been developed in close cooperation with building design practice. In 2005, the building services chair of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning of the TU/e commenced a multidisciplinary master project `Integral Design' focused on a sustainable climatic design. In this and the following Multidisciplinary Master projects students of architecture, building technology, structural engineering and building services participated. The students began with a two days learning-by-practice workshop which was implemented and tested in collaboration with experienced professionals from the Royal Institute of Dutch Architects (BNA) and the Dutch Association of Consulting Engineers (ONRI). This is one of the few projects in which the practical experience is transferred into the educational academic program; normally this process functions the other way around. The theoretical basis of the combined education of students and professionals is discussed and results presented. Quite remarkable is that these workshops by themselves have become part of the permanent professional educational program of the BNA
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No full textMet dit artikel wordt niet geprobeerd om tot een definitie van duurzame architectuur te komen, of van het begrip duurzaam en van het begrip architectuur afzonderlijk. Wat ook niet mogelijk zou zijn om meerdere redenen. Het is interessanter om te proberen aan te duiden wat van de duurzame architectuur kan worden verwacht. Voordat men goede voorbeelden kan benoemen en de daaruit voortvloeiende manieren, om tot duurzame architectuur te komen, gaat afleiden, is het nuttig om eerst vast te stellen wat men eigenlijk met duurzame architectuur voor ogen heeft. Want uiteindelijk gaat het om bepaling van de waarde van duurzaamheid voor de architectuur, en misschien ook omgekeeerd. Wanneer wordt architectuur als duurzaam ervaren en/of welke rol moet architectuur vervullen om duurzaamheid te vervullen
Morphologic C-K reflection for collaborative buildingdesign
No full textDesign involves multi-disciplinary design teams to support this highly complex process. A reflective design approach is developed: Integral Desig. This design process approach results in transparency of the design steps and the design decisions. We regard the activities which make these changes obvious to an external observer as the core elements of designing (design as process). The results of these activities are combined with the C-K theory by Hatchuel and Weil, which defines design as a process generating co-expansion of two spaces, space of concepts C and space of knowledge K. Within the design process, the prescriptive methodology of Integral Design is used as a framework for reflection on the design process itself by the use Morphological Overviews (MO). Morphology provides a structure to give an overview and to structure the communication and reflection between design team members.
Integration of design and engineering knowledge
No full textThis paper presents a theoretical approach for collaborative design management. The goal is to integrate design and engineering knowledge in the conceptual phase of building design. Based on a Integral Design process model, morphological overviews are used as a tool to implement C-K (Concept-Knowledge) theory, to increase knowledge creation and to stimulate knowledge exchange within the building design team. The project was done in close cooperation with the professional societies with in the building design field. The set-ups of the workshops used to implement and to test the theoretical approach are presented as well as the experiences of the participants the approach is presented in another paper on the conference. More than over hundred experienced professionals
participated in the workshops and they now have become part of the permanent professional training program of one of the professional societies
A new way of design thinking based on integral C-K design methodology
No full textThis paper presents a theoretical approach for collaborative design management. The goal is to integrate design and engineering knowledge in the conceptual phase of building design. The Integral Design process model is used to implement C-K (Concept-Knowledge) theory, to increase knowledge creation and to stimulate knowledge exchange within the building design team. The project was done in close cooperation with the professional societies with in the building design field. The set-ups of the workshops used to implement and to test the theoretical approach are presented as well as the experiences of the participants the approach is presented in another paper on the conference. More than over hundred experienced professionals participated in the workshops and they now have become part of the permanent professional training program of one of the professional societies
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