Captivity or Flexibility: Customization System Complexities in a Dimensional

Salman Khalili-Araghi, Branko Kolarevic

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Abstract

Houses are essentially one-of-a-kind products that should reflect individualized differences of inhabitants who live in them. Homebuyers and homebuilders alike are thus captivated by the difficulties of housing customization. Achieving customer satisfaction depends on the flexibility of customized solutions, though the challenge of flexibility lies in the complexity of design validation. Constraints may be seen as design limitations, but they could provide for the efficiency of design validation. This paper addresses the complexities in the adoption of mass customization in the housing industry, and presents a dimensional customization system which would effectively use building information modeling (BIM) software, parametric design, and automatic verification of dimensional constraints to merge customization and validation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationComplexity and Simplicity
EditorsAulikki Herneoja, Toni Österlund, Piia Markkanen
PublisherEducation and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
Pages633-642
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9789491207112
StatePublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event34th International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, eCAADe 2016 - Oulu, Finland
Duration: Aug 24 2016Aug 26 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
Volume2
ISSN (Print)2684-1843

Conference

Conference34th International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, eCAADe 2016
Country/TerritoryFinland
CityOulu
Period8/24/168/26/16

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
  • Education
  • Architecture

Keywords

  • Automatic Constraint Satisfaction
  • Building Information Modeling
  • Housing Industry
  • Mass Customization
  • Parametric Modeling

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