Collaborative, Sequential, and Isolated Decisions in Design

Lewis, Kemper; Mistree, Farrokh

doi:10.1115/1.2829327

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“…Collaborative SBD process and the potential of BIM: a review of literature Previous attempts to integrate sustainability considerations with the building design process, lack the element of sequencing of activities (Cinquemani and Prior, 2010;Bordens and Abbott, 2002;Reigeluth, 1999), and reasoning of decisions (Potts and Bruns, 1988;Lewis and Mistree, 1998). This problem is further exacerbated by the varying information needs of design disciplines (Brahme, Mahdavi, Lam, and Gupta, 2001), which result in difficulties to make optimal design decisions.…”

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Towards a BIM-enabled sustainable building design process: roles, responsibilities, and requirements

Zanni

Soetanto

Ruikar

2016

Architectural Engineering and Design Management

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Environmental sustainability considerations are often treated as an add-on to building design, following ad hoc processes for their implementation. As a result, the most common problem to achieve a sustainable building outcome is the absence of the right information at the right time to make critical decisions. For design team members to appreciate the requirements of multidisciplinary collaboration, there is a need for transparency and a shared understanding of the process. This research presents the findings from 25 in-depth interviews with industry practitioners concerning 10 case studies of buildings, which achieved high sustainability certification ratings (e.g. BREEAM, Passivhaus, Part L), to identify best practices in sustainable building design (SBD). The results identify the key players' roles and responsibilities, tasks, deliverables and critical decision points for SBD. These components have been coordinated explicitly in a systematic process that utilises Information Communication Technology (ICT), Building Information Modelling (BIM), and Building Performance Analysis (BPA) software to realise the benefits of combining distributed teams' expertise. Keywords - IntroductionSustainable performance of buildings is currently a major concern among AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) professionals due to measures such as building legislations in addition to national and regional targets (Schlueter and Thesseling, 2009). The overall goal is to reduce the environmental impact of buildings, while enhancing human comfort and health. To address this issue, many countries and international organisations have initiated rating systems (e.g. BREEAM, LEED, Passivhaus) to assess sustainable construction (Azhar et al., 2011; Haapio and Viitaniemi, 2008). Currently, these assessment methods are used as frameworks for environmental design by building professionals, although they provide no guidance over the design process. Also, the design of such high performance buildings is a complex, nonlinear, iterative and interactive process that requires effective collaboration between the multidisciplinary 2 teams from the early stages in order to achieve sustainability outcomes (Bouchlaghem et al., 2005;Yang, Zou, and Keating, 2013).Building professionals utilise performance analysis tools extensively in order to predict and quantify aspects of sustainability from early design stages and significantly ameliorate both quality and cost during a building's life cycle (Attia, Beltrán, De Herde, and Hensen, 2009;Crawley, Hand, Kummert, and Griffith, 2008;Smith and Tardif, 2012;Tudor, 2013). As a result, building performance assessment workload becomes heavier at the early design stages compared to traditional project delivery. Additionally, timely contributions of design participants and accuracy of the information delivered are important for SBD to be successful (Brahme, Mahdavi, Lam, and Gupta, 2001). For this reason, the most significant challenge to delivering a successful sustainable building is commun...

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a BIM-enabled sustainable building design process: roles, responsibilities, and requirements

Zanni

Soetanto

Ruikar

2016

Architectural Engineering and Design Management

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“…Other bilevel programming applications are chemical or physical problems involving equilibria conditions. Relatively recent examples of the use of bilevel programming theory in distributed engineering design are given by Lewis and Mistree (1998), Chanron et al (2005). Examples of overviews of bilevel programming theory and methods from the nonlinear programming community are given by Vicente and Calamai (1994), Migdalas et al (1997), Colson et al (2007).…”

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A classification of methods for distributed system optimization based on formulation structure

Tosserams

Etman

Rooda

2009

Struct Multidisc Optim

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This paper presents a classification of formulations for distributed system optimization based on formulation structure. Two main classes are identified: nested formulations and alternating formulations. Nested formulations are bilevel programming problems where optimization subproblems are nested in the functions of a coordinating master problem. Alternating formulations iterate between solving a master problem and disciplinary subproblems in a sequential scheme. Methods included in the former class are collaborative optimization and BLISS2000. The latter class includes concurrent subspace optimization, analytical target cascading, and augmented Lagrangian coordination. Although the distinction between nested and alternating formulations has not been made in earlier comparisons, it plays a crucial role in the theoretical and computational properties of distributed optimization methods. The most prominent general characteristics for each class are discussed in more detail, providing valuable insights for the theoretical analysis and further development of distributed optimization methods.

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“…The issue addressed by these models is that different stakeholders in a design problem are usually responsible for different variables and objectives, some of which will be in conflict (Klein 1993). Negotiation protocols or methodologies prescribe processes for interaction between human and/or computational stakeholders, to assist them in reaching a mutually satisfactory outcome without excessive iteration (e.g., Lewis and Mistree 1998;Jin and Geslin 2009). …”

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Process models in design and development

2017

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Many models of the design and development process have been published over the years, representing it for different purposes and from different points of view. This article contributes an organising framework that clarifies the topology of the literature on these models and thereby relates the main perspectives that have been developed. The main categories of model are introduced. Their contexts, advantages, and limitations are considered through discussion of selected examples. It is demonstrated that the framework integrates coverage of earlier reviews and as such provides a new perspective on the literature. Finally, key characteristics of design and development process models are discussed considering their applications in practice, and opportunities for further research are suggested. Overall, the article should aid researchers in positioning new models and new modelling approaches in relation to state-of-the-art. It may also be of interest to practitioners and educators seeking an overview of developments in this area.

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Collaborative, Sequential, and Isolated Decisions in Design

Cited by 156 publications

References 27 publications

Towards a BIM-enabled sustainable building design process: roles, responsibilities, and requirements

Towards a BIM-enabled sustainable building design process: roles, responsibilities, and requirements

A classification of methods for distributed system optimization based on formulation structure

Process models in design and development

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