Title: Key planning steps for performance based designs.
Abstract: In architecture and engineering, leading firms will often value the opportunity to collaborate with unconventional clients to create bespoke building designs. However, such projects also require greater early planning and create new risks for the project team to manage. When generating “customized” designs with a specific tenant in mind rather than simply relying on industry standards for similar facilities, the rigors of a performance-based design must be understood. This case study reviews a project where key planning steps for this type of design approach were overlooked, which created conflicting project goals that were never fully resolved. While efforts were made by team members over time to improve collaboration, the process-related problems which manifested early in the project persisted, and the design team was never able to establish cohesion amongst themselves or with the owner. This case study details the main elements which predicated the project failures and suggests alternate approaches which could have better served the goals of the project. As a more successful framework, a broadened use of the performance-based design model is reviewed.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-10-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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