CAAD Futures \u2787: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures

The building Industry is Europe's largest single industry employing directly or indirectly 1 in 8 of the working population, yet it is fragmented, ill-organised and unprogressive. Part at least of the cause can be attributed to a failure by the architectural profession to adopt advances in Information Technology - notably Computer Aided Design. The purpose of the series of conferences on CAAD Futures is to chart a route towards a future in which the outcome of current and continuing research and development results in design tools which are acceptable to practioners and which substantially improve the quality of design decision-making and management. The papers which are printed in these proceedings make a significant contribution to our view of the future. Together they cover the range of issues which are the legitimate concern of researchers, developers, vendors, and users of CAAD software, as might be expected, they raise as many questions as they answer and they pose problems as well as reporting progress