Integrated building design concerns the whole building systems approach. This approach is
based on a design support for the building life cycle, in which multiple disciplines and …

ABSTRACT The Systems Approach is a methodology totally applicable to the generation of
what we call Integrated Design Solutions: Integrated Design Solutions are addressing …

This article points out a number of key failures of existing practice for building design and
then promotes a new approach based upon advances made in the modelling of complex …

In current building and construction (BC) practice, most design projects are initiated and
driven by the client, with or without the help of architects, engineering consultants or …

The traditional over-the-bench methodology for the design of a building is resulting in failure
costs, failures at delivery and severe problems. An interactive top-down approach is …

Many software systems are used in the field of architectural design. On the other hand, we
can state that there is a significant lack of integrated systems providing a general support for …

A general framework for the development of future Intelligent Integrated Building Design
Systems IIBDS is discussed. After introducing a general integration framework, both from a …

Significant improvement have been achieved on efficiency improvements of specific building
elements like the building envelope and building equipment and services and whilst most …

There are two main issues to be resolved in order that design tools can be used in
cooperative mode, each communicating with the other. Firstly, there is a need to put in place …

This paper presents a representational scheme for integrated building performance
analysis. The underlying research work was motivated by the need for seamless exchange …