On the conceptual framework of John Gero's FBS-model and the prescriptive aims of design methodology

Vermaas, PE; Dorst, K

On the conceptual framework of John Gero's FBS-model and the prescriptive aims of design methodology

Vermaas, PE Dorst, K

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Citation:: Design Studies, 2007, 28 (2), pp. 133 - 157
Issue Date:: 2007-03-01

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dc.contributor.author	Vermaas, PE	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dorst, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6102-2348	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-03-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Design Studies, 2007, 28 (2), pp. 133 - 157	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0142-694X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/860
dc.description.abstract	In this paper we consider the Function-Behaviour-Structure model of designing in the version as developed by John Gero and collaborators. We identify two problems: the absence of a stable definition of function, and the model's double aim of describing actual designing and prescribing improved designing. These problems are not unique to the body of work we are addressing here; they are general problems that design methodologists have been struggling with in the last forty years. We argue that philosophy may help addressing them: it may fix a definition of function and illustrates how descriptive and prescriptive modelling can be distinguished and connected. © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Design Studies	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.destud.2006.11.001	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Design Practice & Management	en_US
dc.title	On the conceptual framework of John Gero's FBS-model and the prescriptive aims of design methodology	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.citation.volume	28	en_US
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utslib.for	1201 Architecture	en_US
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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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In this paper we consider the Function-Behaviour-Structure model of designing in the version as developed by John Gero and collaborators. We identify two problems: the absence of a stable definition of function, and the model's double aim of describing actual designing and prescribing improved designing. These problems are not unique to the body of work we are addressing here; they are general problems that design methodologists have been struggling with in the last forty years. We argue that philosophy may help addressing them: it may fix a definition of function and illustrates how descriptive and prescriptive modelling can be distinguished and connected. © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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