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Conceptual design supporting tool between architectural design office and its client
Accompanied with the continuation of rapid Chinese economic growth through the past decades, I have experienced great changes happened in the architectural design industry. Computer science and various architectural design theories had been widely applied; traditional design institutes, which based on planned economic system, are no longer the only choice for clients; new style small professional offices are mushrooming to meet the increasing demands of the expanding building market… However, study on the management of architectural design process has not gained enough attention, especially on the management of architectural conceptual design process for those small professional offices. Opportunities of booming development also bring sever competition among the mushrooming architectural design offices. Those who possess more competitive advantages will be more likely to survive. Doubtlessly, to work in an effective and quality-control manner will be one of the most important components of those competitive advantages. Architectural conceptual design process is an effort-consuming, intelligent-intensive, and an iterative process. How shall a design office response the request of its client, exchange the right information in time, and deliver the quality controlled design result in accordance with the mutual agreed schedule, greatly influences the evaluation from the client on its work performance. This paper aims to develop a management tool - CDST (Conceptual Design Supporting Tool) for those architectural design offices to improve their work performance on the architectural conceptual design process. Purpose of this tool implies the following aspects: 1) Helps the architectural design office to work in an effective and quality-control manner. 2) Guide the office to plan an OAS (office automation system) specifically for the management on the project design process. Inspired by the method of "learning or reflective cycle" ( Van Aken 2004), the management reform of Tianye office is chosen as a study case for the ...
Conceptual design supporting tool between architectural design office and its client
Accompanied with the continuation of rapid Chinese economic growth through the past decades, I have experienced great changes happened in the architectural design industry. Computer science and various architectural design theories had been widely applied; traditional design institutes, which based on planned economic system, are no longer the only choice for clients; new style small professional offices are mushrooming to meet the increasing demands of the expanding building market… However, study on the management of architectural design process has not gained enough attention, especially on the management of architectural conceptual design process for those small professional offices. Opportunities of booming development also bring sever competition among the mushrooming architectural design offices. Those who possess more competitive advantages will be more likely to survive. Doubtlessly, to work in an effective and quality-control manner will be one of the most important components of those competitive advantages. Architectural conceptual design process is an effort-consuming, intelligent-intensive, and an iterative process. How shall a design office response the request of its client, exchange the right information in time, and deliver the quality controlled design result in accordance with the mutual agreed schedule, greatly influences the evaluation from the client on its work performance. This paper aims to develop a management tool - CDST (Conceptual Design Supporting Tool) for those architectural design offices to improve their work performance on the architectural conceptual design process. Purpose of this tool implies the following aspects: 1) Helps the architectural design office to work in an effective and quality-control manner. 2) Guide the office to plan an OAS (office automation system) specifically for the management on the project design process. Inspired by the method of "learning or reflective cycle" ( Van Aken 2004), the management reform of Tianye office is chosen as a study case for the ...
Conceptual design supporting tool between architectural design office and its client
Shen, JiangTao (author)
2012-01-01
Shen , J 2012 , ' Conceptual design supporting tool between architectural design office and its client ' , Eindhoven .
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Electronic Resource
English
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720
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