platform for public participation in building design
The built environment has crucial influence on all aspects of people's life, including productivity (my previous study on Acoustic Environment and Productivity: report, which is part of the BIDS project) and health (my study on the Urban Sprawl and Public Health: report, data processing log). Architecture is sometimes misunderstood as as being purely concerned with appearance, in much the same way as Computer Science is often misinterpreted as a field dealing with the corralling and wrangling of computational machines. Indeed, what you can see, namely the "appearance" is meant to achieve the quality of what you can't see, "the space". In a more romantic way of expressing this, it creates the opportunities of destined encountering of people and events and is blended into the history of individuals and communities.
Based on the reasoning above, public participation throughout the whole building delivery process is crucial to ensure the quality of a building and the quality of life of its direct and indirect users. Although software such as Revit, ArchiCAD enhance the interactive working process amongst the whole design team (architects, structural engineer, mechanical engineer, interior designer, etc.), there is a need for tools that facilitate public participation in the design process, especially regarding the building and near-building-environment. Based on limited literature searching, GIS is considered to be such a suitable platform for large scale urban planning (a list of related literature can be found here), but there is no suitable instance of such a platform for smaller scale building level design.
One potential project regarding Building Related Applications is:
This platform can also be maintained through the whole building life-cycle, so that users can communicate with the facility management team to ensure a fast delivery of problems and services. The designers can also monitor how well their design actually perform, thus aggregating valuable data and records ensuring better future design.
Based on the reasoning above, public participation throughout the whole building delivery process is crucial to ensure the quality of a building and the quality of life of its direct and indirect users. Although software such as Revit, ArchiCAD enhance the interactive working process amongst the whole design team (architects, structural engineer, mechanical engineer, interior designer, etc.), there is a need for tools that facilitate public participation in the design process, especially regarding the building and near-building-environment. Based on limited literature searching, GIS is considered to be such a suitable platform for large scale urban planning (a list of related literature can be found here), but there is no suitable instance of such a platform for smaller scale building level design.
One potential project regarding Building Related Applications is:
- Prototype Design of Public Participation Interactive Design Platform / Environment
This platform can also be maintained through the whole building life-cycle, so that users can communicate with the facility management team to ensure a fast delivery of problems and services. The designers can also monitor how well their design actually perform, thus aggregating valuable data and records ensuring better future design.
