An Evaluation Approach for Circulation in Buildings

Year: 2003 Authors: Mohamed Nada; Khaled M. Nassar

Core claim

Building circulation can be evaluated through combined performance attributes and trade-offs rather than cost minimization alone.

Topics

building circulation, performance evaluation, computerized assessment, trade-off analysis

Domains

metrics, indices, aggregation, architecture, building design

Methods

performance criteria, attribute sets, computerized evaluation, artificial intelligence techniques

Media

computer system

Paper text

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ISAMA The International Society of the Arts, Mathematics, and Architecture BRIDGES Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science

An Evaluation Approach for Circulation in Buildings

Mohamed Nada Department of Architecture Engineering Faculty of Engineering Cairo University 10-a Ahmed El Shattoury st, Dokki, Giza, Egypt Giza, GZ 12311 E-Mail: msnada@hotmail.com

Khaled M. Nassar, Department of Civil Engineering and Construction School Of Engineering And Technology Bradley University Jobst Hall 1501 W Bradley Avenue Peoria, Illinois 61625 Email: knassar@bradley.edu

Abstract

Forming of circulation in buildings, as an aspect of design, can be achieved by satisfying a design level of performance as an objective. Evaluation may be attained at an aggregation of various values for different performance criteria, as one approach. Previously, many researches have used cost minimization as an evaluation criterion. However, occupants’ circulation in buildings, possesses various attributes, which can be defined explicitly or implicitly in a computer system, possibly via artificial intelligence techniques. This paper can propose two main sets of attributes to be used in performance evaluation criteria, in addition to some units and indices as metrics resulting from the combination and interaction of the two sets of attributes, in an attempt to develop a computerized evaluation of circulation in buildings. Evaluation may result from accumulation of the different values of the criteria involved taking into consideration the trade offs, including costs considerations, to reach the required objective.

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