A framework for dealing with dynamic buildings

ABSTRACT: The design world of architects and engineers is
changing. Costs arising during the whole life cycle of a
building are being taken into account. Therefore, complex tools
to support design decisions are coming up, and an increasing
number of experts from a great variety of disciplines will have
to cooperate in a more and more interrelated and sophisticated
manner. Our hypothesis is, that an integrated framework based on
the metaphor of a "dynamic building" as component-based, spatial
model will bridge between the infor-mation technical
representation and the "classical" building planning. All
planning, cooperation, usage, and aging processes of the
building life cycle will be reflected in such a "virtual"
dynamic building, for which we are developing an appropriate
framework.