Interactive decision making environment for the design optimization of climate adaptive building shells

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to propose an interactive decision making environment for design optimization of Climate Adaptive Building Shells (CABS). As the success of the CABS is highly dependent on the decision-making between design process and building performance simulation, we propose the effective design process and the method of information visualization. To reach the goal, first we optimize the motion state of kinetic facade using both the generative parametric design and building environmental performance simulation. Second we represent information for easy decision-making. This research can enhance the advantage of the CABS in terms of building life-cycle. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.