Resumen de Constructability in parametric design process: The impact of collaboration between architects and civil engineers

Verner Monteiro, Maísa Veloso, Pedro Miguel Gomes Januario

• This chapter focuses on the relation between tradition and innovation present in collaborative parametric design processes focused on building constructability. It aims to contribute to the discussion on how the incorporation of parametric modeling, as an innovative design tool, relates to the building constructability, combining it with knowledge of traditional design tools and experience in construction methods. The study presents the results of a design experiment with six collaborative teams of architects and civil engineers, describing and analyzing how the design actions were incorporated into the design process that leads to the constructability of the final design, using necessarily a parametric design tool. We observed that a higher and more varied number of design actions led to projects with more refinement that interfered with both the design process and final design during the design processes. The results address the collaborative actions of teams with a multidisciplinary team, including designers with skills in solving project problems; experience on the construction site; leadership; proficiency with analog and digital design media, which shall guide the parametric design process more efficiently and optimizes its quality.