We are pleased to announce that Li Zhang and her co-authors Laura Balangé, Kathrin Braun, Roberta Di Bari, Rafael Horn, Deniz Hos, Cordula Kropp, Philip Leistner and Volker Schwieger received the IntCDC Best Publication Award 2020/21 for their paper "Holistic Quality Model and Assessment: Quality as Driver for Sustainable Construction. The award was handed over during a festive cermemony at this year's IntCDC Status Seminar and aims to honour and support early academic independence and dedication to academic work.
Li Zhang
Li ZHang presenting at the IntCDC Status Seminar
Paper Abstract: "Holistic Quality Model and Assessment: Quality as Driver for Sustainable Construction"
Facing rising building demands due to a fast-growing world population and significant environmental challenges at the same time, the building sector urgently requires innovation. The Cluster of Excellence Integrative Computational Design and Construction for Architecture at the University of Stuttgart tackles these challenges through a Co-Design approach for integrating computational design and engineering and robotic construction. Within this research framework, a Holistic Quality Model is developed to ensure the technical, environmental, and social quality of Co-Design processes and products. Up to now, quality models that consider and integrate all these three aspects throughout the life cycle of buildings are still missing. The article outlines the concept of holistic quality assessment based on a Holistic Quality Model for sustainable construction. A key mechanism for sustainable quality assessment in the Holistic Quality Model is the definition of control and decision points in the construction process where critical decisions are made that will affect the quality of the building throughout its entire life-cycle. Firstly, subject-specific quality concepts are defined and their interrelations are conceptualized. Subsequently, these interrelations and their effects on the overall Co-Design construction processes and products are explained using the example of the semi-robotic production of concrete slabs. Examples for control and decision points are given as well. The outline presented here serves as a basis for further advancing and concretizing the Holistic Quality Model and its applications in Co-Design for a functioning, liveable, and sustainable high-quality construction and building culture.
Five IntCDC Grants and Awards have been awarded at this year's Status Seminar as a measure to strengthen early academic independence at IntCDC.
The IntCDC Best Publication Award is part of a bundle of measures and activities designed to promote early career researchers within the Cluster of Excellence IntCDC. The award aims to honour and support early academic independence and dedication to academic work.
The IntCDC Best Publication Award recognizes up to two excellent publications per year. Each award is endowed with 1500€, which may be used to cover travel, material or similar expenses during the authors’ research work at IntCDC.
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