1. Design & Decision Support Systems for Architectural Design and Urban Planning

2. Goal With a degree from the DDSS Master programme you can pursue a professional or academic career in development, application and research in complex design and planning processes.

3. Profession Institute, CompanyExample R&D specialists in architectural and urban design Research institutes, large architectural offices, government RGD, EGM, TNO, Damen Bouwcentrum Project managers, design managers Consultancy offices, architectural offices, urban planning offices EGM, Twijstra en Gudde, Arcadis, Heijmans Specialists in presentationOffices with services in web design, architectural design, graphical layout, multi media Aidem|mediA, NOB Specialists in architectural and urban design evaluation Central and local government, Consultancy offices Ministry of Housing, Damen Consultants Specialists in transportCentral and local government,Ministry of Transportation, Dutch Railway Company Specialists in retailingRetailingAhold R&D specialists in building and planning Large contractors, large building companies Arcadis, DHV, HBG, Stabu

4. DDSS Expertise Design Processes (architectural design, urban planning, industrial design, mechanical design) Design cognition Design problem description and solution finding Design evaluation and reflection Management of a multidisciplinary design process.

5. DDSS Expertise Models, Methods and Techniques as a means to perform a specific design or planning task Developing a concept Formalizing the concept Implementation of the concept Validation of the concept.

6. DDSS Expertise Applications and Tools Analysis of the requirements Development or adaptation of the application or tool to meet the requirements.

7. DDSS Expertise Information systems Analysis of the requirements Describing functional and technical specifications Implementation of the system Design and development of an adequate user-interface.

8. Courses SAR Design with CAD Information System Modelling and Design Design System Prototyping Collaborative Design Design Knowledge Modeling Animation and Rendering Decision Support Systems for Design and Planning Models for Land Use Planning Evaluation and Decision

9. Projects Architectural Design and Urban Planning project Conjoint Analysis and Design Information Modeling project System Design and Knowledge Representation project

10. Graduation Projects DDS for sustainable design Virtual communication interface Real Estate DSS GIS for planning support 4D CAD implementation strategies Interactive urban design

11. Programme Structure

12. EU and PhD projects Building Management Simulation Centre (web) Decision Support System for Building Refurbishment (web) Measuring User Satisfaction through Virtual Environments (web) Using a Virtual Environment for Understanding Real-World Travel Behavior A Learning Based Transportation Oriented Simulation Systems Simulation of Human Behavior in the Built Environment

13. Design Systems Lab. Desk-Cave CAD software VR hard/software Simulation software User interfaces

14. Information Prof.dr. H.J.P. Timmermans Prof.dr.ir. B. de Vries www.ddss.arch.tue.nl