?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Modelling+process+knowledge+in+architectural+design%3A+A+case-based+approach&rft.creator=Arlati%2C+Ezio&rft.creator=Bottelli%2C+Valeria&rft.creator=Fogh%2C+Christian&rft.creator=Tirassa%2C+Maurizio&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=The+paper+presents+on-going+research+aimed+at+the+understanding+and+support+of+process+knowledge+in+architectural+design%2C+from+early+and+not+sufficiently+defined%2C+to+satisfactorily-defined+phases.+Today%2C+technical%2C+planning%2C+management+and+environmental+issues+have+created+a+scenario+of+such+complexity+that+traditionally+efficient+control+tools+(e.g.+technical+manuals)+are+inadequate+and+there+is+a+demand+for+new%2C+integrated+instruments+to+handle+the+decision+process+underlying+architectural+design.+We+assume+design+as+a+recursive+and+incrementally+specified+intentional+planning+activity%2C+involving+goals%2C+constraints+and+their+relationships.+The+essence+of+architectural+design+is+thus+encapsulated+in+the+continual+recursive+transformation+of+the+initial+model%2C+in+order+to+map+the+desired+state+onto+the+enacted+one.+On+the+basis+of+this+concept+of+design+we+describe+the+model+of+an+environment+aimed+at+progressively+representing+the+enlarging+space+of+acquired+knowledge%2C+and+at+supporting+the+designer's+central+role+in+the+management+of+complexity.&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3555%2F1%2F1995-Design.pdf&rft.identifier=++Arlati%2C+Ezio+and+Bottelli%2C+Valeria+and+Fogh%2C+Christian+and+Tirassa%2C+Maurizio++(1995)+Modelling+process+knowledge+in+architectural+design%3A+A+case-based+approach.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3555%2F