Research and Design

Design professionals must know what works -- and what does not -- when it comes to achieving desired performance results.

Clients determine performance requirements, and design is the methodology used to meet them; research is integral to the process.

The AIA needs to establish an independent design research center, based on the work of its members and informed by such clearinghouse databases as BRIK (the partnership between AIA and NIBS).

This design research center will take the very best work by AIA members and place it at the national forefront of innovation in building.

The center will also tackle the most critical questions and challenges facing contemporary buildings, pushing the limits of performance with careful inquiry and experimentation.