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Revista de Arquitectura accepted for inclusion in SciELO Chile collection

 

Call for Papers Revista de Arquitectura N. º 49.  

 

ARCHITECTURE, URBANISM, AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: POISON OR MEDICINE? + FREE THEME

 

Deadline for receipt of articles:  September 7, 2025

Guidelines for authors: https://dearquitectura.uchile.cl/index.php/RA/about/submissions

Evidence-based design in practice : a thematic analysis

Authors

  • Altug Kasali Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Architecture
  • Nancy J. Nersessian Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Interactive Computing

Abstract

This paper presents an observational study of the activities of an interdisciplinary design team tasked with designing a healthcare facility in a developing country. The intent of the team was to implement «evidence-based design». Tracking the disciplinary interactions of the participants, we investigate emerging issues concerning integration of evidence coming from different sources into the architectural design delivered. The study adopts a data-driven thematic approach in the analysis of the qualitative data datacollected. We discuss three themes –textures of evidence, operationalizing evidence and tools of integration– that emerge out of our qualitative analysis of evidence-based design practice.

Keywords:

Architectural design, Interdisciplinary evidence, Based design