Learning from built projects – sources of post occupancy feedback used by architects in Victoria, Australia

Whittem, Vanessa; Roetzel, Astrid

doi:10.1080/17508975.2019.1695192

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“…For example, utilising focus group interviews (26 participants), Martek et al (2019) investigated four organisational and contextual barriers to creating sustainable buildings in Australia: (i) problems of socio-spatial embedding, (ii) lack of end-user demand, (iii) limited user awareness and (iv) industry. Reflecting several of these problems, Whittem and Roetzel (2019) explored postoccupancy practices in Australia, through interviews with six practitioners, identifying three barriers: client's attitudes to sustainability, the impacts of "cost-engineering" on building performance, and procurement and contractual methods which discourage detailed modelling and post-completion assessment. These barriers, and availability of appropriate DDEs, are factors in Australia's capacity to conform to the UN's SDGs (Loh et al (2020).…”

Section: Research Into Ddes and Sustainabilitymentioning

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Comparing Architects’ Perceptions of the Usefulness of Digital Design Environments with their Aspirations for Sustainable Design in Australia

Ostwald²

2021

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This paper uses a combined method – survey and semi-structured interviews – to evaluate the perceived effectiveness of digital design environments for supporting architects’ sustainable design practices. In most contemporary firms, architects’ sustainable design aspirations are reliant on the use digital design tools and associated computational platforms. Past research, however, suggests that a level of uncertainty exists about whether these tools and platforms are sufficient for this purpose. To investigate this issue in an Australian context, architects were invited to take part in an online survey to identify general trends and perceptions, leading to a series of semi-structured interviews, to analyse the issues in detail. The survey results (n = 70) suggest that despite considering sustainable design an important objective in their design practice, participants believe that digital design tools require further development and improvement. Detailed interviews (n = 15) then identified specific factors affecting the usefulness of digital design tools. These results enhance our understanding of Australian architects’ experiences using digital design tools. It also contributes to improving the tools that support sustainable design practices throughout the architectural, engineering and construction industry.

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Section: Research Into Ddes and Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparing Architects’ Perceptions of the Usefulness of Digital Design Environments with their Aspirations for Sustainable Design in Australia

Ostwald²

2021

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Learning from built projects – sources of post occupancy feedback used by architects in Victoria, Australia

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Comparing Architects’ Perceptions of the Usefulness of Digital Design Environments with their Aspirations for Sustainable Design in Australia

Comparing Architects’ Perceptions of the Usefulness of Digital Design Environments with their Aspirations for Sustainable Design in Australia

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