Abstract Design education is a multi domain disciplines incorporate different aspects that as
a whole aims to create a designer. Designer creation is not a simple task, and require …

An effective and efficient knowledge support system is crucial for universal design process,
as it has become a major design issue in the last decade with the growth of the elderly …

Collana ARCHITETTURA E TECNOLOGIA diretta da Gianfranco Carrara “... questo volume
intende illustrare il risultato di una lunga ricerca. Abbiamo cercato di separare la descrizione …

At the core of any computational system that can support design development, analysis, and
evaluation is anintelligent'building representation which should be able to represent all the …

Designers depend on representations to externalize their design thoughts. External
representations are usually in the form of sketches (referred to as traditional media) in …

The present paper is drawn from an on-going research on collaborative design, which has
been pursued by this Research Unit for a number of years. The proposed model, the …

Building is one of the most widespread human activities, as it involves a far greater number
of people and professional profiles than all other industries and absorbs about half of world …

Managing universal design process is a highly complex and challenging design task due to
its multi-parameter characteristics. It becomes even more difficult while accommodating the …

The current research we are conducting refers to a general model of architectural design.
The complexity of the present-day design process is such that new ICT tools are required to …

Conclusion The Goals and Constraints, through the described mechanism, allow the
coherence of the design to be verified vis-à-vis the objective sets. We think that this old-new …