A Proposed Knowledge Framework for Experiential Decision-Making in Building Design

Miyami Dasandara¹, Ali Rashidi², Mehrdad Arashpour¹, Duncan Maxwell¹

1. Monash University
2. La Trobe University

Published in Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024), edited by Ali GhaffarianHoseini, Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, Farzad Rahimian and Mahesh Babu Purushothaman. Springer Nature, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, volume 591, 2025, pages 105 to 114. DOI 10.1007/978-981-96-4051-5_11.

Abstract

Effective operation and maintenance (O&M) management is crucial for enhanced building performance and satisfied building occupants. The building design provides stakeholders a strategic opportunity to manage these O&M issues at the earliest stage through relevant design improvements. Integrating multidisciplinary knowledge from existing buildings into decision-making for future projects unlocks the potential for more informed design outcomes. This process is defined as experiential design decision-making in this study. It ensures that the new building design complies with diverse design, construction and O&M requirements in a way that reduces the possible O&M issues as much as possible. As modern buildings become increasingly complex, the knowledge requirements that must be prioritised during building design can also be significantly high. Therefore, it is important to systematically identify these knowledge requirements for effective future design decision-making. The past researchers have steadily identified various knowledge requirements and developed different knowledge frameworks. However, those findings require modifications to accommodate contemporary complexities. Therefore, this paper proposes a novel knowledge framework using a modified set of knowledge requirements for design decision-making by evaluating the existing literature through the scoping review method. The developed framework will be a crucial step towards proposing a systematic approach for experiential design decision-making in future projects.

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Session

Presented in Track F, Friday 8 November 2024, 16:30 to 18:30, room WA 224 B, Auckland University of Technology. Session chair Dr Mani Poshdar.

How to Cite

Dasandara, M., Rashidi, A., Arashpour, M., & Maxwell, D. (2025). A Proposed Knowledge Framework for Experiential Decision-Making in Building Design. In A. GhaffarianHoseini, A. GhaffarianHoseini, F. Rahimian, & M. B. Purushothaman (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024) (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol. 591, pp. 105–114). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-4051-5_11

About the Conference

Presented at SASBE 2024, the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, held in Auckland from 7 to 9 November 2024 and chaired by Professors Ali and Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, founders of GDI Academy. The version of record is published by Springer Nature; this page is the conference archive record kept by GDI Academy.