Integrated Project Design/Delivery is not new, but in recent years, it has been achieving the status of yet another acronym, more connected to its contractual details than to the actual meaning of the profound change in how work is to be developed. This book clarifies this situation by presenting several examples in academia, research and practical design situations, ranging from the use of old-style expression media, such as handmade drawings, to comprehensive digitalisation processes. The IPD model is shown as an effective way to tackle the ever-increasing challenges of balancing productivity with the urgent demands for designs that embrace decarbonisation, net-zero buildings, energy efficiency, modularisation and disassembly, including lessons learned from Industrial Design. IPD is a mindset that clashes with the traditional academic model of placing architecture and engineering in different (and frequently opposite) fields. Actual examples of course syllabuses’ that disrupt this approach are also presented, showing how wide collaboration from the early stages of the design process can improve the sought-after result, providing future professionals with a hands-on experience of its efficiency as a work methodology.
Author(s): Bárbara Rangel, Ana Sofia Guimarães, Jorge Moreira da Costa , João Pedro Poças Martins
Series: Digital Innovations in Architecture, Engineering and Construction
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 198
City: Cham
Contents
Master Course in Integrated Building Design and Construction: A Project-Based Learning Approach
1 Introduction
2 Integrated Project Design (IPD) Concept
3 The Master's Course in Integrated Building Design and Construction (MPRINCE) and IPD in the Classroom
4 The Master's Course Overview
5 Objectives and PBL Adequation as an Educational Project
6 Integrated Project Design in MPRINCE
6.1 Overview and Syllabus
6.2 Teaching Methodologies Versus Curricular Unit's Learning Outcomes
7 SWOT Analysis
8 IPD as a Methodology in MPRINCE, a Case of Complicity Between University and Industry
9 Conclusions
References
Educating Future Professionals for Decarbonization and Digitalization Through Integrated Design
1 Introduction
1.1 Decarbonization
1.2 Digitalization
1.3 Implications for Higher Education
2 Models and Competencies
2.1 Educating for Integrated Design
2.2 Required Competencies
3 Specialized Master in Integrated Building Systems (ETH MSc IBS or MIBS)
3.1 Program Background
3.2 Program Structure
3.3 Aggregate Student Demographic Trends (2014–2021)
4 The Integrated Design Project Course
4.1 Preparatory Coursework
4.2 IDP Course Design and Program
4.3 Design Platforms and Tools
4.4 Example of Student Results
5 Discussion
5.1 Challenges of Interdisciplinarity in Practice
5.2 Concluding Remarks
References
Drawing in the University Today: A Tool to Think in Engineering
1 Introduction
2 Drawing as a Learning Tool
3 From Drawing to Technical Drawing
3.1 Evolution of the Concept of Drawing
3.2 The Autonomization of Technical Drawing
4 The Communicative Nature of Drawing in Project Process
4.1 The Teaching of Drawing
4.2 Contribution to Teaching
5 Current Investigation: DRAWinU
6 Discussion and Future Work
References
Learning from the Smithson’s “Project-Theory”: An ‘‘Integrated Project Design’’ “Avant la Lettre”
1 Introduction: Prologue—Design and Technologies, an Initial View
2 Traces of the ‘Integrated Project Design’ Philosophy
3 The (Greek) Paradox of ‘Design’: Anticipating the Future, Beholding a (Lost) Past
4 The (Past) Example of Alison and Peter Smithson
4.1 An Integrated View—or “In Praise of Content”
4.2 Repetition/Modularity/Systematization: Prefabrication—Accepting Emerging Technologies, (but) Researching on its Appropriateness
4.3 Urban Approach—“Interval”/“Objects in a Void”
4.4 Evolutionary Architecture: a brief take on other Smithson’s Designs—a Promise Forever Unfulfilled
5 Conclusion: Epilogue—an ‘Integrated Project Design’ “avant la lettre” (or “ an architecture that has been made in the mind first”)
References
Kinetic Bistable Shading Screens: Comparing Brute Force Enumeration with Algorithmic Sampling Methods for Selecting High-Quality Design Configurations
1 Introduction
2 Background
3 Methods
4 Results: Method 1 (Brute-Force Enumeration)
5 Results: Method 2 (Algorithmic Sampling)
6 Comparison
7 Discussion and Conclusion
References
Integrated Project Design to Reach the Net-Zero Building
1 Introduction
2 Building Rating Systems: Social Improvement
3 Building Energy Codes: A Tool for Green Retrofitting
4 Embodied Energy: Greener is Cheaper
5 What is the Weight of Your Building?
6 Weight and Carbon Optimizations
7 Passive and Positive Energy Building: Building Automation System
8 Synergy Between Materials and Outfit: The Solar House
9 Conclusion
References
The Path to Integrated Project Design (IPD) Through the Examples of Industrial/Product/Engineering Design: A Review
1 Introduction
2 Origin of Design Methodologies
3 Classification of Design Process Methodologies
3.1 Stage-Based Versus Activity-Based Methodologies
3.2 Solution-Oriented Versus Problem-Oriented
3.3 Abstract Versus Procedural Versus Analytical Approaches
4 Design Process Methodologies
4.1 An Overview of Design Methodologies
4.2 The Design Process: A Comparison
5 The Path to Integrated Project Design
6 Conclusion
Appendix 1
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