COLLABORATIVE OPEN BUILDING DESIGN

There is a growing awareness of complexity as a result for more sustainability in building design that leads towards knowledge transfer and research between companies and the Dutch knowledge and research institutes within the building industry. New approaches towards the design of buildings are initiated. The principles of the IFD (Industrial Flexible Dismountable) concept aim at an integrated approach within the design process to reach a maximum level of integration between designers from different disciplines. A newly developed method for structuring integral design processes enables design team support during designing and further stimulates exchange of ideas and concepts. This approach is tested within a professional context of a building design project. To support architects more effectively with their tasks the domain-independent integral design method was developed in the lines with the Open Building concept. This specific multi-disciplinary approach can help architecture and engineering in the building industry. We found that the proposed Integral Design method is a support for the design team members in the conceptual phase of building design.