ABSTRACT
A vast array of digital tools currently allow for construction knowledge to be captured and represented as generative rules which designers use to test early-phase conceptual design against structural feasibility and material constructability. These representational tools along with computer-numerically-controlled (CNC) fabrication equipment and other advanced Information Technologies (IT) allow architects, engineers and contractors to design and build with higher degrees of complexity and specifcity while improving accuracy and effciency. It is the digital transformation of informationally driven design and fabrication processes that contributes to the making of high-performance homes. As such, this chapter discusses a general framework for a knowledge-enabled computational design and construction methodology and illustrates this framework by way of several constructed projects. The ultimate goal of such a methodology is to integrate the actions of designers and constructors through a shared digital process.
