Digital design processes from a perspective of collaboration

Abstract

In the field of Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC), during the design cycle, several specialties associated with different areas of knowledge are involved. Integrating them remains a challenge. Thus, the aim of this article is to discuss the peculiarities of collaboration when adopted in digital design processes. Using a theoretical-conceptual approach, a literature review was carried out to evidence possibilities and limitations of the implementation of collaborative work forms in the AEC field and, more specifically, in digital design processes. Based on the subject matter discussed on the issue 16 of V!RUS magazine, "parti.cipar + co.laborar", the article reflects about the horizon of collaborative instances in digital design processes, interdisciplinary collaborative work and digital media, which often focus on informational-digital aspects to promote processes that are essentially social-human.