The document discusses whether ontologies can help in the preliminary design stage of architectural projects. It notes that information and communication technologies are currently better utilized in later design stages like building information modeling, but ontologies may provide a new approach to support earlier conceptual design phases through semantics-based documentation and information management. The authors consider how ontologies and semantics could help describe designs before they are built by representing objects and their properties, dimensions, and cultural meanings.

1. Can ontologies help in a preliminary design stage? ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels , ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout Ghent University, Belgium Department of Architecture & Urban Planning Department of Electronics & Information Systems S e m a n t i c s – B a s e d D e s i g n

2. Semantics-Based Design – Can ontologies help in a preliminary design phase ? 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Februari 15th – 17th, 2009. Berlin, Germany. ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout

3. Semantics-Based Design – Can ontologies help in a preliminary design phase ? 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Februari 15th – 17th, 2009. Berlin, Germany. ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout

4. Semantics-Based Design – Can ontologies help in a preliminary design phase ? 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Februari 15th – 17th, 2009. Berlin, Germany. ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout

5. Semantics-Based Design – Can ontologies help in a preliminary design phase ? 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Februari 15th – 17th, 2009. Berlin, Germany. ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout

6. Semantics-Based Design – Can ontologies help in a preliminary design phase ? 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Februari 15th – 17th, 2009. Berlin, Germany. ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout

7. Semantics-Based Design – Can ontologies help in a preliminary design phase ? 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Februari 15th – 17th, 2009. Berlin, Germany. ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout

8. Semantics-Based Design – Can ontologies help in a preliminary design phase ? 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Februari 15th – 17th, 2009. Berlin, Germany. ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout

9. Semantics-Based Design – Can ontologies help in a preliminary design phase ? 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Februari 15th – 17th, 2009. Berlin, Germany. ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout

15. final design stages a closer look : building information modelling Semantics-Based Design – Can ontologies help in a preliminary design phase ? 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Februari 15th – 17th, 2009. Berlin, Germany. ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout

16. Semantics-Based Design – Can ontologies help in a preliminary design phase ? 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Februari 15th – 17th, 2009. Berlin, Germany. ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout

17. Semantics-Based Design – Can ontologies help in a preliminary design phase ? 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Februari 15th – 17th, 2009. Berlin, Germany. ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout

19. documentation and information in design Semantics-Based Design – Can ontologies help in a preliminary design phase ? 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Februari 15th – 17th, 2009. Berlin, Germany. ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout

21. method 1 : ontology-based Semantics-Based Design – Can ontologies help in a preliminary design phase ? 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Februari 15th – 17th, 2009. Berlin, Germany. ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout

24. method 2 : semantics-based Semantics-Based Design – Can ontologies help in a preliminary design phase ? 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Februari 15th – 17th, 2009. Berlin, Germany. ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout

26. comparison with building information modelling Semantics-Based Design – Can ontologies help in a preliminary design phase ? 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Februari 15th – 17th, 2009. Berlin, Germany. ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout

27. Semantics-Based Design – Can ontologies help in a preliminary design phase ? 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Februari 15th – 17th, 2009. Berlin, Germany. ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout

28. Semantics-Based Design – Can ontologies help in a preliminary design phase ? 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Februari 15th – 17th, 2009. Berlin, Germany. ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout

29. Semantics-Based Design – Can ontologies help in a preliminary design phase ? 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Februari 15th – 17th, 2009. Berlin, Germany. ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout

30. a new approach for the earlier design stages : architectural information modelling Semantics-Based Design – Can ontologies help in a preliminary design phase ? 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Februari 15th – 17th, 2009. Berlin, Germany. ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout

31. Semantics-Based Design – Can ontologies help in a preliminary design phase ? 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Februari 15th – 17th, 2009. Berlin, Germany. ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout

33. central AIM model information repository calculation tools visualisation tools Semantics-Based Design – Can ontologies help in a preliminary design phase ? 3rd International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. Februari 15th – 17th, 2009. Berlin, Germany. ir. arch. Pieter Pauwels, ir. arch. Ruben Verstraeten, prof. dr. Ronald De Meyer, prof. dr. ir. Jan Van Campenhout