Weighted Metrics: Synthesizing Elements for Tall Building Design (2012)
article⁄Weighted Metrics: Synthesizing Elements for Tall Building Design (2012)
abstract⁄Salient attributes of previously designed projects can be examined to understand how key parameters could inform current design practices. These parameters include gross floor area, number of stories, occupancy, material type, geographic location, seismicity, climatic influences, etc. Two informative analysis tools for intelligent design have been developed which can be used from preliminary planning stages to the final design of individual structures to districtwide developments. These tools can evaluate concurrent influences of these parameters on the built environment. The first is the Environmental Analysis Tool,NC EA Tool. The EA Tool quantifies the estimated equivalent carbon dioxide emissions of structural components. The second analysis tool is Parametric City Modeling PCM. PCM estimates the usable area of a tower by estimating net floor area. These tools can also be applied to multiple buildings at a district scale to facilitate a new level of design in urban planning efforts. Design information embodied in the physical built environment finds new purpose in the informative prediction of performance at the onset of digital design. Harvesting and mining data as a natural resource brings new potential to informed design. These concepts and subsequent tools are vital to building sustainable and efficient cities of the future.
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2012 |
| Authors |
Shook, David; Sarkisian, Mark. |
| Issue |
ACADIA 12: Synthetic Digital Ecologies |
| Pages |
457-466 |
| Library link |
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| Entry filename |
weighted-metrics |
