Filter mediated design: generating coherence in collaborative design

Abstract Architectural design involves the integration of diverse, sometimes conflicting, concepts and requirements into a coherent single composition. This paper proposes a method for negotiating architectural design across domains, by examining issues of perception, generation and evaluation, and detailing a prototype in which these mechanisms are augmented using computational agents for achieving coherence and innovation in remote collaborative design. Filter Mediated Design is intended to explore the processes and strategies of constructing intelligent designs and design intelligence.