DCIO.2020.ULSX8639
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Supporting Design Decision Making Through Using ParaSIM Framework: Using parametric design approach for improved building energy modelling
by ZUHAIR A NASAR, NICHOLAS WEBB, SABEEH LAFTA FARHAN.
This paper describes on an on-going research exploring how architects process, utilize, and assess information before translating it into a computational model. It intends to demystify how “design knowledge” is obtained, used, and processed in the age of computation. We conduct this investigation through “energy performance modeling”, whereby we create the crucial link between “information” and “modeling” as the two components of computational processing of design knowledge. One of the main contributions of this research is in the development of a more direct link and useful methods for the translation of information into data inputs, to support computational thinking and modeling processes.
Keywords
Information Processing, Mental Model, Computational Model, ParaSIM Framework.
