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Project Topic Proposal: Managing the Design Process in Architecture
02/01/12 18:57 Filed in: 481
This is a proposal by Brent Griffis, a graduate student in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design. It could also be the basis for a Senior project or Master’s thesis.
Greetings,
My name is Brent Griffis and I am a graduate student in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design.
My research is focused on managing the design process. It is my opinion that the overall design process can be broken up into many different but interconnected activities. Then after analyzing each activity, and weighting them, we can look at the links/dependencies between them and begin to optimize the design process through logic and mathematical models. In doing this, we will be able to identify the critical stages and activities of the design process, and begin to understand the sensitivity of the decision making path to various activities as well as begin to eliminate unnecessary design iterations. Essentially, I want to organize the design process in such a way that it maximizes the possibility of successfully completing the process in the most efficient way possible before the project even begins. I will be creating a set of “guidelines” or a theory that one should follow in order to successfully manage the design process. Then I will actually apply the theory to a couple of different projects and see how it works. I feel that the computer can be useful in this optimization approach. In my limited research of expert systems and constraint programming, I feel that my research is set up perfectly for utilizing the capabilities of these programming techniques. Also, I feel this is a great opportunity to work in an interdisciplinary manner to solve problems that can be applicable to all forms of design; rather it be buildings, software, machines, etc. They are all designed based on the logical completion of different interconnected activities. This description of my research is quite basic, and I feel that if anyone is interested in working with me on this project once you learn more of the specifics, it will hopefully peak your interest further and fit even better into the realm of expert systems and constraint programming than depicted here.
Since at many points during the design process, we as designers must design under uncertainty, the second portion of my guidelines will be focused on how to make design decisions under uncertainty. Again using mathematical models and statistical analysis to provide us with different levels of certainty and answers when there is a lack of information available. I feel that the computer can be helpful in analyzing and computing different levels of uncertainty during a multi-criteria design process. I feel that my abilities in using MATLAB are enough to tackle this portion of the project, but if you would be interested in this portion as well I am open to working with you on it. Thank you for you time, and I look forward to speaking with you in the future.
Regards,
Brent
Brent Griffis
Graduate Student, Researcher
Architecture Department
College of Architecture and Environmental Design
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo
brentgriffis@hotmail.com (408) 489-3229
Greetings,
My name is Brent Griffis and I am a graduate student in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design.
My research is focused on managing the design process. It is my opinion that the overall design process can be broken up into many different but interconnected activities. Then after analyzing each activity, and weighting them, we can look at the links/dependencies between them and begin to optimize the design process through logic and mathematical models. In doing this, we will be able to identify the critical stages and activities of the design process, and begin to understand the sensitivity of the decision making path to various activities as well as begin to eliminate unnecessary design iterations. Essentially, I want to organize the design process in such a way that it maximizes the possibility of successfully completing the process in the most efficient way possible before the project even begins. I will be creating a set of “guidelines” or a theory that one should follow in order to successfully manage the design process. Then I will actually apply the theory to a couple of different projects and see how it works. I feel that the computer can be useful in this optimization approach. In my limited research of expert systems and constraint programming, I feel that my research is set up perfectly for utilizing the capabilities of these programming techniques. Also, I feel this is a great opportunity to work in an interdisciplinary manner to solve problems that can be applicable to all forms of design; rather it be buildings, software, machines, etc. They are all designed based on the logical completion of different interconnected activities. This description of my research is quite basic, and I feel that if anyone is interested in working with me on this project once you learn more of the specifics, it will hopefully peak your interest further and fit even better into the realm of expert systems and constraint programming than depicted here.
Since at many points during the design process, we as designers must design under uncertainty, the second portion of my guidelines will be focused on how to make design decisions under uncertainty. Again using mathematical models and statistical analysis to provide us with different levels of certainty and answers when there is a lack of information available. I feel that the computer can be helpful in analyzing and computing different levels of uncertainty during a multi-criteria design process. I feel that my abilities in using MATLAB are enough to tackle this portion of the project, but if you would be interested in this portion as well I am open to working with you on it. Thank you for you time, and I look forward to speaking with you in the future.
Regards,
Brent
Brent Griffis
Graduate Student, Researcher
Architecture Department
College of Architecture and Environmental Design
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo
brentgriffis@hotmail.com (408) 489-3229
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