10 Metrics: Toward an Integrated Approach on Design  (English, Paperback, Germishuizen Anton)

In something as complex as the built environment, how do you design and engineer the right outcome? Is there a way to account for all the factors impinging on the final product and guide the creative process to where it needs to go? The authors, Anton Germishuizen and J. Rossi, believe there is. The two are part of a team at Burt Hill responsible for developing and applying 10 critical, interconnected drivers, or metrics, that turn the often subjective architecture and engineering process into an analytical, measurable one, without making design prescriptive. In 10 Metrics, using projects on which Burt Hill's metrics approach has been successfully implemented, you'll learn how this evidence-based system came about and how it's being used to ensure responsive design and quantifiable value while managing risk. Burt Hill is an architecture and engineering firm with offices in Philadelphia, Butler, State College, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; New York, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; Washington, DC; Miami, Florida; Cleveland, Ohio; Abu Dhabi and Dubai, UAE; and Ahmedabad, India. The firm's clients represent nearly every facet of the economy, including multinational corporations, real estate developers, nonprofit institutions, healthcare providers, colleges and universities, technology and biotechnology companies, government institutions, and individuals. The firm provides a wide range of services including architecture, engineering, interior design, landscape architecture, and research, with particular expertise in sustainable design, technology integration, and energy management. ILLUSTRATIONS: 150 colour & 10 b/w photographs 50 illustrations