Decision Support in Architectural Strategic Planning

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to present the conceptual scheme of a research project focused on digital support of strategic planning in the architectural context.Firstly, the paper describes briefly the architectural design process in its strategic planning phase, focusing on problems that investors and planners need to handle.Next, commercial applications and current relevant academic projects are presented, showing different approaches to the use of digital technologies in strategic planning decision support.Subsequently, a thesis is introduced that if access to reliable data is ensured and modern digital technologies like case-based reasoning and evolutionary algorithms are used, it will be possible to generate, optimize and evaluate development solutions in early phases of architectural design process, providing a reliable decision support tool for architects and investors.