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Collaborative Design

Dipl.-Ing. Oliver Tessmann

This research argues for novel strategies to integrate structural analysis data into architectural design. Instead of a linear procedure of synthesis, analysis and post-rationalization it aims to attain a synthesis/analysis loop that uses structural analysis data as design driver from early on. Considering structure as an integral part of architecture implies that appropriate systems cannot be generated through single parameter optimisation. The overall performance of an architectural project follows from negotiating and balancing a complex network of multifaceted, interrelated requirements.

The thesis explores the shifting methodology that comes along with collaborative design approaches by analyzing contemporary and precedent examples of various disciplines. Case studies of collaborative tools are developed to exemplify, analyse and evaluate the proposed work flow.