Axiomatic design facilitating integrated sustainable building design and operation

Bleil De Souza, Clarice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7823-1202, Pezzica, Camilla ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0512-7591, Marchesi, Marianna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7954-1808 and Brown, Christopher A. 2023. Axiomatic design facilitating integrated sustainable building design and operation. Presented at: The 15th International Conference on Axiomatic Design (ICAD 2023), Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 1-3 June 2023. Published in: Puik, Erik, Cochran, David S., Foley, Joseph Timothy and Foith-Förster, Petra eds. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Axiomatic Design 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (849) Springer, pp. 101-117. 10.1007/978-3-031-49920-3_7

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Abstract

The paper presents an initial reflection on the possibility of adopting Suh’s Axiomatic Design (AD) as a framework to integrate and coordinate the different methods used by the Architecture Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry to evidence-base decision-making for sustainability. A taxonomy for aggregating the different methods used by the AEC industry is proposed so they can be inserted into the AD framework and used to support and formulate evidence-based design decisions in a way that is systematic, informed and, among other things, traceable so true records of the design process can be retrieved. The taxonomy is based on the new EN ISO standards and the literature on design research and decision-making. It organizes the discussion about the feasibility of having AD as a facilitator for integrated building design and operation in the AEC industry. Three potential issues are identified from this proposition, which call for further research and academic debate in the AEC and AD communities, laying the conditions for fruitful future interactions between them. On the one hand, the paper proposes that the AEC community can consider AD as a catalyzer to promote integrated design for sustainability. On the other hand, it pushes AD to be adapted to accommodate the needs of a fragmented design industry which often produces one-off design solutions.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Architecture
Publisher:	Springer
ISBN:	9783031499197
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	25 April 2023
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2024 01:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/158872

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