Role of Conceptual Design in High Rise Buildings

With the advent of recent construction technologies, human civilization is striving for cost effective and time saving design solutions. Conceptual design is the first stepping stone and is arguably the most difficult wherein a tentative shape to the final design is given. High-rise buildings being an important financial enterprise as it involves enormous private and public investment and, most importantly, is a large consumer of resources in the form of labor and construction material. In order to maximize the developer’s return within the given constraints, the conceptual design and the detailed designs should be done judiciously. Usually a smaller part of the design effort is dedicated to the first phase. However the success of the final design depends predominantly on the conceptual design of the structure based on the opinions, judgments and experience of the designers. The paper focuses on the role of conceptual design in the success of a High Rise building project.