Design through Digital Interaction

Dr. Chengzhi Peng is Lecturer in Architectural Computing at the School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.

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Tables   ix





Acknowledgements   x





Preface   xi 





1 From CAD to CSCD: An Introduction  1
Some milestones of architectural CAD (l960s-l 990s). CSCW: A social-technological perspective of practical computing. CSCD: A newly emerging paradigm of CMD? Basic issues raised by architectural design. Design as modelling complex objects. Observing and interpreting case histories. Approaches to research on CMD. Scope and organisation of the book





2 Early Experiments in Supporting Collaborative Drawing and Design   19
Introduction. Aspects of studying group drawing and design activities. Prototype developments and system features. Group uses of shared drawing spaces. Conclusions and pointers to further study





3 Collaborative Design and Shared Discovery of Metaphors   49
Studying how designers work as teams. Communicating space-conception in design: some case histories. Shared discovery of metaphors: A bottom-up scenario. A situation-theoretical framework of description. Bottom-up flow of information in collaborative design





4 More on the Emergence of Common Images and Metaphors   75
Constraints on collaboration in the bottom-up scenario. Issues in supporting emergence of common metaphors. World Wide Web and collaborative design by discovery. Intranet and Web technologies for building TeamCAD





5 Flexible Generic Frameworks and Collaborative Design   93
Flexible generic frameworks: some case histories. From wholes to parts: A topdown scenario of collaborative design. Top-down flow of information in collaborative design. Regarding the Dutch architectural structuralism





6 Joint Substantiation of Common Generic Structures   117
Constraints on sharing flexible generic frameworks. Issues in supporting joint design substantiation. Constraint-based graphics and other related research. GAUDI: A proposed system framework. Operations, images, and collaboration



7 Current Industrial CAD Platforms for Team Working   139
ArchiCAD for TeamWork. AutoCAD 2000i. MicroStation/J and ProjectBank. XML-based schemas for pan-industrial information exchanges



8 Futures of Groupware for Collaborative Design   161
Toward a hypermedia case bank for design studies. Project-wide networking and online architectural services. Innovative interface technologies for collaborative design. Software agents as parts of a project team. Groupware technologies and design education





Glossary   193



Notes   195



References   199



Sources and Illustration Credits   207



Index   209