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PER FOR MANCE BASED DESIGN: E XECUTING THE VISION
SUSTAINAB LE DE SIG N B RIE F
Performance Based Design: Design
Development & Documentation
Performance Based Design is an approach in which performance analysis
is used to inform design, rather than in its traditional role as a validation
tool. Appropriate analysis can be used to answer relevant questions at
every stage of design—providing the design team the information they
need to address performance in a creative, flexible way.
Having set the design on good footing by leveraging analysis in the early
stages of design (see the earlier Sustainable Design Briefs in this series),
the design team can continue to optimize and improve the design through
design development and technical documentation.
In these stages architects can use performance analysis to (1) refine
and optimize key sustainable strategies such as shading, insulation,
and glazing properties, (2) investigate the potential contributions of
renewable energy, and (3) study the effects of proposed design changes.
This design brief uses a multi-family residence in Denver, Colorado to
illustrate these investigations.
This is the third installment of a three-part series on how to leverage performance analysis
to drive decisions at each stage of the design process.
Preparation /
Pre-Design
Concept /
Schematic
Design
Design
Development
Technical Design
Documents
Proposal / Bid
