An Evolutionary Model for Sustainable Design

This paper presents a new generative design system to be used by architects in early to intermediate stages of design in order to help improve the environmental performance of buildings. The system was applied to a building designed by Alvaro Siza , to test its capability to handle complex architect...

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Main Author: Caldas, Luisa (author)
Other Authors: Norford, Leslie (author), Rocha, João (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/2785
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/2785