Integrating Innovation in Architecture - Design, Methods and Technology for Progressive Practice and Research

Today's design professionals are faced with challenges on all fronts. They need not only to keep in step with rapid technological changes and the current revolution in design and construction processes, but to lead the industry. This means actively seeking to innovate through design research, raising the bar in building performance and adopting advanced technologies in their practice. In a constant drive to improve design processes and services, how is it possible to implement innovations? And, moreover, to assimilate them in such a way that design, methods and technologies remain fully integrated?
 
Focusing on innovations in architecture, this book covers new materials and design methods, advances in computational design practices, innovations in building technologies and construction techniques, and the integration of research with design. Moreover, it discusses strategies for integrating innovation into design practices, risks and economic impacts. Through numerous case studies, it illustrates how innovations have been implemented on actual architectural projects, and how design and technical innovations are used to improve building performance, as well as design practices in cutting-edge architectural and engineering firms.
 
Projects of all scales and building types are discussed in the book, ranging from small-scale installations, academic and commercial buildings to large-scale mixed-use, healthcare, civic, academic, scientific research and sports facilities. Work from design firms around the globe and of various scales is discussed in the book, including for example Asymptote Architecture, cepezed, CO Architects, Consarc Architects, FAAB Architektura, Gerber Architekten, HOK, IDOM-ACXT, MAD Architects, Morphosis Architects, SDA | Synthesis Design + Architecture, Studiotrope, Perkins+Will, Richter Dahl Rocha & Associés, Snøhetta, Rob Ley Studio, Trahan Architects, UNStudio and Zaha Hadid Architects, among many others.

List of contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7
 
FOREWORD 9-11 by Phil Harrison
 
INTRODUCTION INNOVATION IN ARCHITECTURE (WHAT, WHY AND HOW) 12-19
 
What is innovation? 13
 
Why innovate in architectural design? 16
 
How to innovate in architecture? 17
 
1 INNOVATIVE MATERIALS 20-59
 
Advances in concrete 23
 
Advances in glass 27
 
Advances in metals 37
 
Biomaterials 39
 
Composite materials 41
 
Electrochromics 45
 
Shape-memory alloys 45
 
Self-healing materials 47
 
Sensors and controls 48
 
Phase-change materials 49
 
Photovoltaics 51
 
Thermoelectrics 55
 
Conclusion: the impacts of advanced and smart materials on architectural design 57
 
2 INNOVATIONS IN COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN 60-127
 
Advances in computational design 63
 
Tools and methods 77
 
BIM in design 88
 
BIM in virtual construction 91
 
BIM in facility management 95
 
Environmental simulations and energy analysis 98
 
Structural analysis 101
 
CFD analysis 105
 
Digital fabrication and methods 111
 
Design to fabrication 121
 
Conclusion: the integration of advanced computational technologies with design and research 125
 
3 TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS 128-169
 
Advances in facade systems 131
 
Advances in HVAC systems 135
 
Advances in lighting 145
 
Building automation systems 151
 
Prefabrication and modular construction 156
 
Automation in construction 159
 
Robotics in construction 162
 
Smart and responsive buildings 163
 
Conclusion: the integration of advanced technologies in design and construction 167
 
4 INNOVATIONS IN THE DESIGN PROCESS AND ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE 170-183
 
Motives and goals for innovation 171
 
Organisation and roles 172
 
Integration of research and design practice 174
 
Research methods for innovation 176
 
Financial factors and investments for innovation 177
 
Value of innovation 179
 
Innovations in project delivery 179
 
Risk management in innovative design practice 181
 
Conclusion: strategies for integrating innovation 183
 
5 BUILDING INTEGRATED INNOVATIONS AND METHODS (CASE STUDIES) 184-245
 
Center for Design Research, University of Kansas 187
 
Umwelt Arena 191
 
King Fahad National Library 199
 
Hanjie Wanda Square 205
 
Collaborative Life Sciences Building and Skourtes Tower 211
 
Shanghai Natural History Museum 219
 
The Yas Hotel 229
 
Health Sciences Education Building, Phoenix Biomedical Campus 233
 
Conclusion: lessons learned from case studies 243
 
FUTURE OUTLOOKS: CONCLUDING REMARKS 246-249
 
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 250-253
 
APPENDIX: CASE STUDIES INDEX 254-259
 
INDEX 260-264

About the author

Ajla Aksamija, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, CDT?is a faculty member at the Department of Architecture, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research expertise includes building science and sustainability, emerging technologies, high-performance buildings, digital design and modelling. Dr Aksamija leads the Building Technology Laboratory (Tech Lab) at Perkins+Will, one of the first practice-based research laboratories focusing on advanced building technologies. She is the author of?Sustainable Facades: Design Methods for High-Performance Building Envelopes?(Wiley, 2013), as well as numerous research publications.

Summary

Today s design professionals are faced with challenges on all fronts. They need not only to keep in step with rapid technological changes and the current revolution in design and construction processes, but to lead the industry.

Product details

• Authors: A Aksamija, Ajla Aksamija, Aksamija Ajla
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.12.2016
• EAN: 9781119164821
• ISBN: 978-1-119-16482-1
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 195 mm x 253 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Ad Smart; AD Smart
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Architektur, Architecture, Bauentwurf, End-User Computing, Computer-Ratgeber, Graphik- u. Designsoftware (außer Microsoft), Graphics & Design software (Non-Microsoft), Building Design