Table of Contents
Note on editors page vii
List of contributors viii
Note on Think Lab xii
Acknowledgements xiii
Foreword – Virtual worlds, virtual prototypes, and design xivWilliam J. Mitchell
Introduction – Virtually there. . .xxiPeter Brandon
PART 1 DESIGN, ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING CHALLENGES 1
1 Emerging paradigms and models in digital design – Performance-based architectural design 3Rivka Oxman
2 Algorithmic design optimization 21Manfred Grohmann and Oliver Tessmann
3 VR or PR: Virtual or physical reality? 35Anthony Thorpe, Richard A. Buswell, Rupert C. Soar and Alistair G. F. Gibb
4 Digital affordances: Emerging knowledge and cognition in design 47Tuba Kocatürk
PART 2 CHALLENGES FOR IMPLEMENTATION: FROM VIRTUAL THROUGH TO CONSTRUCTION 57
5 One Island East, Hong Kong: A case study in construction virtual prototyping 59Martin Riese
6 The virtual building: A designer’s perspective 72Martin Simpson
PART 3 CHALLENGES FOR VISUALIZATION AND SIMULATION 87
7 Planning and scheduling in a virtual prototyping environment 89Andrew Baldwin, C. W. Kong, T. Huang, H. L. Guo, K. D. Wong and Heng Li
8 Reshaping the life cycle process with virtual design and construction methods 104Martin Fischer
9 Virtual prototyping from need to pre-construction 113Robin Drogemuller
10 The need for creativity enhancing design tools 131Souheil Soubra
PART 4 CHALLENGES FOR INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE MODELLING 145
11 Context-aware virtual prototyping 147Chimay J. Anumba and Zeeshan Aziz
12 nD modelling, present and future 158Ghassan Aouad, Song Wu and Angela Lee
13 Interoperable knowledge: Achievements and future challenges 171Yacine Rezgui and Simona Barresi
14 Knowledge management systems in the future 192Matthew Bacon
PART 5 OTHER CHALLENGES: AGENT TECHNOLOGIES, SECURITY, REGULATIONS AND MANAGEMENT CONTROL 211
15 Future agent-driven virtual prototyping environments in construction 213Joseph H. M. Tah
16 The nature of virtuality and the need for enhanced security in the virtual world 230Grahame S. Cooper
17 The future of virtual construction and regulation checking 241Nicholas Nisbet, Jeffrey Wix and David Conover
18 Virtual prototyping of financial flows as a form of management control 251Richard J. Boland, Jr, Fred Collopy, Julia Grant and Lin Zhao
PART 6 VISIONS, ROADMAPS AND FUTURE SCENARIOS 259
19 VR – Roadmap: A vision for 2030 in the built environment 261Nashwan Dawood, R. Marasini and John Dean
20 Future collaborative workspaces for the construction industry 278Terrence Fernando
21 The future organization: Sustainable competitiveness through virtual prototyping 290Mustafa Alshawi
Index 305