Software Environment to Support Early Phases in Building Design (SEED): Overview
Publication: Journal of Architectural Engineering
Volume 1, Issue 4
Abstract
This paper describes the overall goals of SEED, the approach taken by its developers to achieve these goals, and the subprojects that comprise the entire project. SEED aims at providing computational support for the early design phase in all aspects that can benefit from such support. It addresses specifically architectural programming, schematic layout design, and the generation of a fully three-dimensional configuration of physical building components like structure and enclosure. These tasks are handled by three individual modules, SEED-Pro, SEED-Layout, and SEED-Config. A standards processor is under development to support standards and code checking in any module, as is an object database to store and retrieve different design versions, alternatives, and past designs that can be reused and adapted in different contexts (case-based design). Usability issues, especially the interfaces to the modules, receive special attention. Subsequent papers elaborate on these efforts in greater detail. The present paper provides an overview of the entire project and introduces shared concepts presumed known in subsequent papers.
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Journal of Architectural Engineering
Volume 1 • Issue 4 • December 1995
Pages: 147 - 152
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Copyright © 1995 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Dec 1, 1995
Published in print: Dec 1995
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