TY - JOUR AU - P. Michael Pelken AU - Jingjing Zhang AU - Yixing Chen AU - Daniel J Rice AU - Zhaozhou Meng AU - Shewangizaw Semahegn AU - Lixing Gu AU - Hugh Henderson AU - Wei Feng AU - Francesca Ling AB -

The “Virtual Design Studio (VDS)” is a software platform currently under development in support of an integrated, coordinated and optimized design of buildings and their energy and environmental systems. It is intended to assist collaborating architects, engineers and project management team members throughout from the early phases to the detailed building design development. The platform helps to facilitate the workflow and the processing of information in combination with appropriate, task-based performance simulation tools as further analyzed in Part 2 of this study (DOI: 10.1007/s12273-013-0111-1). The present paper summarizes how VDS relates to the building design process and its typical project stages, performance-based design considerations and respective performance optimization strategies. It outlines the methodology and scope for the organization, implementation and respective requirements for the VDS platform development based on the interdisciplinary design needs. Part 2 will present the methodology for the systems integration and software implementation of VDS.

BT - Building Simulation DA - 01/2013 DO - 10.1007/s12273-013-0110-2 IS - 3 LA - eng N2 -

The “Virtual Design Studio (VDS)” is a software platform currently under development in support of an integrated, coordinated and optimized design of buildings and their energy and environmental systems. It is intended to assist collaborating architects, engineers and project management team members throughout from the early phases to the detailed building design development. The platform helps to facilitate the workflow and the processing of information in combination with appropriate, task-based performance simulation tools as further analyzed in Part 2 of this study (DOI: 10.1007/s12273-013-0111-1). The present paper summarizes how VDS relates to the building design process and its typical project stages, performance-based design considerations and respective performance optimization strategies. It outlines the methodology and scope for the organization, implementation and respective requirements for the VDS platform development based on the interdisciplinary design needs. Part 2 will present the methodology for the systems integration and software implementation of VDS.

PY - 2013 SP - 235 EP - 251 ST - Build. Simul. T2 - Building Simulation TI - "Virtual Design Studio”—Part 1: Interdisciplinary design processes VL - 6 SN - 1996-3599 ER -