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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Hi, Max.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">When I talk about a designerly way of simulating (or modeling, if you will) I refer to all those moments in design when you have some sort of dilemma but you don’t have all information available. I mean, it could be counterproductive to simulate just a detailed model, couldn’t? You might identify several mistakes that could be avoided otherwise.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Simulating during design process (it can be even in early stages), the modeling task becomes rather abstract and incomplete (in comparison to whole-building simulation). However, design dilemmas can be supported effectively even with incomplete and simplified models.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Indeed, what you need is a rough picture of what is going on with each alternative. Actually, this procedure isn’t something new…I am sure that many modelers do that. However, to do that in a designerly way you must think like a designer. In short, I believe you must not only face these design dilemmas in a holistic way, but you must use properly you episodic knowledge (part of it you can just call design precedents). That is different when you hire a consultant to make these simulations.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">When I talk about modeling, I am much more concerned with thermal and energy simulation. However, this same logic is often applied in representational modeling supporting design process. In fact, some softwares like RevitBuilding have mass-modeling features that can be easily transformed in a building. SketchUp was designed to work that way…in rough modeling to support design. That is the same principle to support different dilemmas.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">I hope I have answered your questions.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><font face="Calibri" size="3"> </font></span></p><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Regards,</span>