Nowadays, debates addressing climate change, fossil fuels depletion and energy security
highlight the need for a more sustainable built environment in order to reduce energy …

Highlights•Parametric design thinking (PDT) presents a new horizon for research and
practice in design studies.•PDT incorporates disciplinary knowledge, including process …

Researchers have been extensively exploring the employment of generative systems to
support design practices in the architecture, engineering and construction industry since the …

Architects use CAD to help them visualize their ideas. Parametric design is a fast-growing
development of CAD that lets architects and designers specify the key parameters of their …

Designers in architecture and engineering are increasingly employing parametric models
linked to performance simulations to assist in early building design decisions. This context …

Adaptive skins and, in particular, adaptive façade play a significant role in the future of
environmentally friendly spaces. Meanwhile, occupants' involvement in the process of …

This paper describes ThermalOpt—a methodology for automated BIM-based
multidisciplinary thermal simulation intended for use in multidisciplinary design optimization …

Current planning and design decision support systems show limitations in the integration of
design, science, and computation. Planning support systems with manual design and post …

Climate change, resource depletion, and worldwide urbanization feed the demand for more
energy and resource-efficient buildings. Increasingly, architectural designers and …

Multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) has been identified as a potential means for
integrating design and energy performance domains but has not been fully explored for the …