NEW COGNITIVE MODELS IN THE PRE-DESIGN PHASE OF COMPLEX ENVELOPE SYSTEMS

The paper is focused on the description of innovative research that are aimed to define new cognitive, experiential and design-based models connected with new forms of collective intelligence and capable of responding to the main challenges of the future. In particular, it will analyse the issue of the envelope systems production, in order to define innovative models capable of responding to continuously changing scenarios in the frame of environmental sustainability and energy efficiency of the built environment, through the ability to use simulation tools capable of predicting, anticipating and optimising the results of the design phase.