The Relevance of Performance-Based Design Within Early-Stage Design

This chapter emphasizes the crucial role of early-stage design in building and building envelope design. It suggests that future challenges in building envelope design will require expanding design strategies to include multi-domain and multi-scale approaches. The complexity of these design processes can be managed with parametric optimization technologies. However, selecting the right parameters for the design problem is often overlooked. The choice of parameters, their evaluation ranking, and the hierarchy of objectives are critical factors that can greatly affect the design outcomes. By focusing on these aspects, this chapter emphasizes the importance of performance-based design strategies to address challenges and optimize building envelopes for better sustainability and functionality.