TY - CONF TI - Building Shared Understanding During Early Design C1 - Chennai, India C3 - 26th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction SP - 473 EP - 483 PY - 2018 DO - 10.24928/2018/0516 AU - Gomes, Danilo AU - Tzortzopoulos, Patricia AD - PhD candidate in Architecture, University of Huddersfield, UK, danilo.gomes@hud.ac.uk AD - Professor, Associate Dean Research and Enterprise, School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Huddersfield, UK, p.tzortzopoulos@hud.ac.uk AB - Early Design Collaboration in construction projects can be hampered by misunderstandings between team members. Consequently, design actions are not supported by all, causing delays and frustration. This paper presents a study aiming to capture (a) misunderstandings between participants at early design stages, and (b) how these individuals resolved such misunderstandings through shared understanding. Anexploratory case study was conducted to investigate collaborative interactions of a Design Team, in an Architecture Office in San Francisco (USA). Data was collected during a concept design charrette focused at the building envelope of a Medical Office Building. Results from Protocol Analysis revealed misunderstandings emerging through independent actions and wrong assumptions among the participants, which triggered breakdowns in communication and the use of metaphors to construct shared understanding. This paper proposes a conceptual framework to explain the dynamics of shared understanding in early design stages, which could be used to help design teams to map, reflect about and improve their collaborative interactions. KW - Collaboration KW - Early Design KW - Shared Understanding KW - Social Construction KW - Design Team PB - T2 - 26th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction DA - 2018/07/18 CY - Chennai, India L1 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1572/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1572 N1 - Export Date: 20 April 2024 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -