The book contains the papers developed from the presentations at the Distributed Intelligence in Design Symposium, held in Salford in May 2009. In this context, Distributed Intelligence refers to the interdisciplinary knowledge of a range of different individuals in different organisations, with different backgrounds and experience, and the symposium discussed the media, technologies and behaviours required to support their successful collaboration. The book focusses on:
- how parametric and generative design media can be coupled with and managed alongside Building Information Modelling tools and systems
- how the cross-disciplinary knowledge is distributed and coordinated across different software, participants and organizations
- the characteristics of the evolving creative and collaborative practices
- how built environment education should be adapted to this digitally-networked practice and highly distributed intelligence in design
The chapters address a range of innovative developments, methodologies, applications, research work and theoretical arguments, to present current experience and expectations as collaborative practice becomes critical in the design of future built environments.
Table of Contents:
Note on editors vii
List of contributors viii
Foreword x
Paul Richens
Introduction: Distributed intelligence in design xii
Tuba Kocatürk and Benachir Medjdoub
Part 1 1
1 Of sails and sieves and sticky tape 3
Bryan Lawson
2 Distributed perspectives for intelligent conceptual design 16
Volker Mueller
3 Distributed intelligence or a simple coherent mental model? 27
Chris J. K. Williams and Roly Hudson
4 Sharing intelligence: The problem of knowledge atrophy 36
Peter Brandon
Part 2 49
5 Pedagogical frameworks for emergent digital practices in architecture 51
Brent Allpress
6 Emergence and convergence of knowledge in building production: Knowledge-based design and digital manufacturing 71
Eduardo Lyon
7 Artifact and affect: Open-ended strata of communication 99
Matias del Campo and Sandra Manninger
8 Digital tools for creative hinges 106
Sean Hanna
Part 3 123
9 The effects of integrated BIM in processes and business models 125
Arto Kiviniemi
10 Integrated building design for production management systems 136
Rita Cristina Ferreira
11 Flexibility, semantics and standards 154
Robin Drogemuller and John H. Frazer
12 Examples of distributed intelligence on large-scale building lifecycle projects 176
Martin Riese
Part 4 199
13 Rapid practice expansion through strategic design computation 201
Cristiano Ceccato
14 Algorithmic modelling, parametric thinking 213
Neil Katz
15 Interview with the Specialist Modelling Group (SMG): The dynamic coordination of distributed intelligence at Foster and Partners 232
Hugh Whitehead, Xavier de Kestelier, Irene Gallou and Tuba Kocatürk
16 Interview with Lars Hesselgren, Director PLP Research 247
Lars Hesselgren and Benachir Medjdoub
17 Geometry, topology, materiality: The structural parameters in a collaborative design approach 252
Manfred Grohmann and Oliver Tessmann
Index 260
About the Author :
Dr Tuba Kocaturk is a Lecturer in Architectural Design and Technology, and Programme Director for the MSc in Digital Architectural Design, in the School of the Built Environment at the University of Salford. Dr Benachir Medjdoub is a Reader in the Built Environment in the School of the Built Environment at the University of Salford.
