Knowledge engineering and management for integral design based on C-K theory

This paper presents a theoretical approach for collaborative engineering design management. The goal is to integrate design and engineering knowledge in the conceptual phase of building design in a structured and transparent process steps. Based on an Integral Design process model, morphological overviews are used as a tool to implement C-K (Concept-Knowledge) theory, to look into knowledge creation and knowledge exchange within building design teams. The project was done in close cooperation with the professional architectural and consulting engineering societies with in the building design field. The workshops set-up, used to implement and to test the approach, are presented. More than over hundred experienced professionals participated in the workshops. The workshops have become part of the permanent professional training program of one of the Dutch architectural professional society.