7M505 Design Project

1. 7M505 Design Project Part: Architectural Design Design Theory

2. Design project • Learning goals: • Acquiring insight in the nature of design, design problems, and design processes. • Hands-on experience with making a design. • Structural reflection on the aspects of a design process. • First overview of possibilities for Design Decision Support (addressed later in the project).

3. Design project • Learning goals: • Acquiring insight in the nature of design, design problems, and design processes. • Hands-on experience with making a design. • Structural reflection on the aspects of a design process. • First overview of possibilities for Design Decision Support (addressed later in the project). Part one of the design project

4. Design project • Learning goals: • Acquiring insight in the nature of design, design problems, and design processes. • Hands-on experience with making a design. • Structural reflection on the aspects of a design process. • First overview of possibilities for Design Decision Support (addressed later in the project). Part two of the design project

5. Referred literature • Roozenburg, N.F.M. and Eekels, J. (1994). Product Design: Fundamentals and Methods. Wiley, Chichester*. *: key book DDSS Master programme

6. Items discussed previously • Brief: statement what is required by client. • Analysis: understanding the brief. • Site: characteristics of the location. • Type: information about the building type. • Other sources: inspiration and information. • Representation: how to depict the design. • Evaluation: understanding progress of design.

7. Theory: Basic Design Cycle • There are many different kinds of activities when designing: analysing, creating design, making representations, evaluation, etc. • The order of these activities is not pre-established. • Yet every design process has all these activities! • This leads to the Basic Design Cycle…

8. Decision Theory: Basic design cycle (BDC) Function Analysis Criteria Synthesis Provisional design Simulation Expected properties Evaluation Value of the design Approved design

9. Decision Theory: Basic design cycle (BDC) Function Analysis Criteria Synthesis How does it work? Provisional design Simulation Expected properties Evaluation Value of the design Approved design

10. Decision Products/documents in BDC Function Analysis Criteria Synthesis Provisional design Simulation Expected properties Evaluation Value of the design Approved design

11. Decision Activities in BDC Function Analysis Criteria Synthesis Provisional design Simulation Expected properties Evaluation Value of the design Approved design

12. Elements of BDC Function General statement what needs to be designed Analysis Criteria Synthesis Provisional design Simulation Expected properties Evaluation Value of the design Decision Approved design

13. Elements of BDC Function Analysing the function that needs to be realized Analysis Criteria Synthesis Provisional design Simulation Expected properties Evaluation Value of the design Decision Approved design

14. Elements of BDC Function Analysis From the analysis follow the criteria that the design should meet Criteria Synthesis Provisional design Simulation Expected properties Evaluation Value of the design Decision Approved design

15. Elements of BDC Function Analysis Criteria Creating ideas that solve the design problem Synthesis Provisional design Simulation Expected properties Evaluation Value of the design Decision Approved design

16. Elements of BDC Function Analysis Criteria Synthesis Designs that are aimed to solve the design problem Provisional design Simulation Expected properties Evaluation Value of the design Decision Approved design

17. Elements of BDC Function Analysis Criteria Synthesis Provisional design Simulating the expected behaviour of the design: understanding what the design means Simulation Expected properties Evaluation Value of the design Decision Approved design

18. Elements of BDC Function Analysis Criteria Synthesis Provisional design Simulation From the simulation follow expectations what the design actually achieves Expected properties Evaluation Value of the design Decision Approved design

19. Elements of BDC Function Analysis Criteria Synthesis Provisional design Simulation On the basis of the expected properties, the design can be evaluated. This is explicitly based on the criteria established before. Expected properties Evaluation Value of the design Decision Approved design

20. Elements of BDC Function Analysis Criteria Synthesis Provisional design Simulation Expected properties From the evaluation follows an assessment of the design, expressed as some kind of value (numerical or more expressive as a feeling) Evaluation Value of the design Decision Approved design

21. Elements of BDC Function Analysis Criteria Synthesis Provisional design Simulation Expected properties Based on the evaluation and value of the design, the designer decides whether to continue designing, or if the design is finished Evaluation Value of the design Decision Approved design

22. Theory: Basic Design Cycle • The BDC does not strictly prescribe the order of activities! • The BDC distinguishes the various activities and documents in the design process. • The BDC identifies the general relations between the activities and documents. • But any of these activities must have been at least once in a design process.

23. What to do? • Analyse your complete design process in terms of BDC: • Use your time-stamped drawings and texts as a basis. • Describe per drawing/text what kind of document it is (function, criteria, provisional design, expected properties, value of the design, or approved design) and from which activity it is the result (analysis, synthesis, simulation, evaluation, or decision).

24. Tips ‘n Tricks • Do not remake your design just because you are now analysing it. Use whatever you have now. • There is no described format for each of the documents or activities; it can be a word, thought, or a large drawing or lengthy document. • Work through your process in the same order as you designed the house.