DesignAID Online Services Overview

DesignAID online services provide architects with comprehensive support to seamlessly integrate service equipment and maintenance solutions
into projects, maintaining harmony with the project's conceptual and aesthetic
vision.

By treating service equipment as integral design component, designAID elevates their role, transforming them into components that enhance the overall environment's aesthetics.

Professional Integration

DesignAID approaches service planning with a professional perspective, viewing them as opportunities for innovation rather than limitations (constraints).

Exposed Services in Design

Exposed services, such as conveying systems (elevators, escalators), reflected ceilings, lighting systems, and air-conditioning units, are treated as aesthetic complementary components that contribute to interior architectural designs.

Technical Service Requirements

For purely functional technical services, designAID ensures careful planning of spaces to accommodate functionality, circulation, and maneuverability. Examples include and not limited to:

Industrial kitchens, laundries, and cold storages

· Garbage collection areas

· Power generator rooms and PV battery systems

· Server rooms.

· Water reservoirs, heaters, and domestic water treatment plants

· Wastewater treatment plants

· Swimming pool mechanical rooms

· Chillers and HVAC systems.

· Storm drainage roofing systems.

· Pumping facilities for landscaping irrigation systems.

Adequate horizontal and vertical spaces, suchas shafts, ceiling voids, and raised floors, DesignAID support architects how it can be incorporated to ensure smooth operations and efficient maintenance of these facilities.

DesignAID ensures fire safety in full compliance with the standards set by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). The NFPA is a globally
recognized organization that develops and publishes over 800 codes and
standards aimed at enhancing fire safety, electrical safety, and life
protection.

Throughits online support system, DesignAID provides comprehensive guidance on key aspects of fire safety, including:

· Emergency egress of escape routes for architectural plans.

· Placement of ceiling sprinklers.

· Specifications and locations of ceiling and wall signs.

· Strategic positioning of fire hydrants and fire extinguishers.

· Doors and corridor width for architectural plans.

· Outdoor firehydrants, Siamese fire outlets and potential fire engine trucks maneuvering.

Throughout human history, architecture has been shaped by the need to integrate, adapt, and utilize local natural resources in harmony with climatic
conditions. The earliest buildings were designed to respond to environmental,
social, and climatic factors—achieving a balance that allowed for livable
spaces without electricity or water systems.

In modern times, architects deviated from these ancient approaches not simply to disregard climate-responsive design, but to achieve an unprecedented
level of indoor comfort. Today, a globally accepted comfortable temperature
range is approximately 20 to 24 degrees Celsius, with amaximum humidity of 70%. Modern technology allows occupants to control these conditions, ensuring consistent comfort regardless of external
climate fluctuations. By contrast, in ancient times, people had no such
control—they adapted daily to whatever the external environment provided.

However, while modern climate-control systems offer unmatched comfort, theyalso contribute to excessive energy consumption, resource depletion, pollution, and global warming.

Energy-Efficient Design (EED) seeks to counteract these issues by minimizing reliance on artificial climate control systems. By reducing the need for excessive cooling, heating, and artificial lighting, EED reintroduces sustainable design principles while preserving modern standards of comfort.

DesignAID Online supports architects in applying these refined methodologies, drawing from long-established practices that have evolved under various names and consistently delivered outstanding results. Notable architects such as Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, and Frank Gehry continue to integrate these principles into their work today.