TR199: Application of Design Scenarios Methodology to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Transparent Parametric Design Spaces

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Abstract: Quality designs generally emerge from a conceptual design process that generates and communicates large design spaces of objectives, alternatives, impacts, and values. Parametric modeling is a popular means for generating large alternative spaces but it is difficult to use effectively when the other spaces are not well generated. We apply a framework for measuring design space clarity and quality to traditional non-parametric practice, and to two applications of parametric modeling, on high-rise projects. The framework reveals deficiencies in both the quality and clarity of the design spaces that building designers are able to construct using traditional and parametric methods. We describe a fourth industry case study illustrating the application of a formal methodology called Design Scenarios developed to address these shortcomings. The case studies illustrate the potential for significant impact that parametric modeling can have on the overall conceptual design process performance, particularly when supported by methodologies to better generate and communicate design spaces.

Type of resource	text
Date created	July 2011

Subject	CIFE
Subject	Center for Integrated Facility Engineering
Subject	Stanford University
Subject	Conceptual Design
Subject	Design Scenarios
Subject	Parametric Modeling
Subject	Process Modeling
Subject	Requirements Modeling
Genre	Technical report

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/pp624fk9938

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Preferred Citation: Gane, Victor and Haymaker, John and Fischer, Martin and Bazjanac, Vladimir . (2011). TR199: Application of Design Scenarios Methodology to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Transparent Parametric Design Spaces. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/pp624fk9938

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