John Gero's function-behaviour-structure model of designing: A critical analysis

Dorst, K; Vermaas, PE

John Gero's function-behaviour-structure model of designing: A critical analysis

Dorst, K

Vermaas, PE

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Citation:: Research in Engineering Design, 2005, 16 (1-2), pp. 17 - 26
Issue Date:: 2005-11-01

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dc.contributor.author	Dorst, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6102-2348	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Vermaas, PE	en_US
dc.date.issued	2005-11-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Research in Engineering Design, 2005, 16 (1-2), pp. 17 - 26	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0934-9839	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/4849
dc.description.abstract	Over the last 12 years, the design research group at the Key Centre for Computing at the University of Sydney has been developing an extensive model of designing, looking at designing as a process in which the concepts of function, behaviour and structure of artefacts play a central role. In this paper, we critically analyse this model of designing, focussing on its internal clarity and external empirical validation. We review the model and present the definitions of the key concepts function, behaviour and structure. In doing so we show that one can distinguish at least two different versions of the model. Finally, we raise fundamental questions about the precise location of the transition between structural and intentional descriptions of artefacts in these versions, and about the empirical status of the model as a whole. © Springer-Verlag London Limited 2005.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Research in Engineering Design	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s00163-005-0058-z	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Design Practice & Management	en_US
dc.title	John Gero's function-behaviour-structure model of designing: A critical analysis	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CCDP - Contemporary Design Practice
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Over the last 12 years, the design research group at the Key Centre for Computing at the University of Sydney has been developing an extensive model of designing, looking at designing as a process in which the concepts of function, behaviour and structure of artefacts play a central role. In this paper, we critically analyse this model of designing, focussing on its internal clarity and external empirical validation. We review the model and present the definitions of the key concepts function, behaviour and structure. In doing so we show that one can distinguish at least two different versions of the model. Finally, we raise fundamental questions about the precise location of the transition between structural and intentional descriptions of artefacts in these versions, and about the empirical status of the model as a whole. © Springer-Verlag London Limited 2005.

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