6.3 Suspended Ceiling Design Process - Bilkent University

1. Customer Domain: Specifying the customer needs, expectations,
design specifications, etc.
2. Functional Domain: Specifying the functional requirements which
will satisfy the functional requirements
3. Design Domain: Specifying the physical design parameters which
satisfy the functional requirements
4. Process Domain: Which allocates the processes required to achieve
the design parameters, i.e. realize product (Suh, 1998).
Customer
Domain
Customer Needs
Function
Domain
Product
Functions
Design
Domain
Figure 5.8: The Four Domains of Suh’s Axiomatic Design Theory
Although axiomatic design theory has been developed and applied in
product design, it seems to be valid for building design as well regarding
the similar nature of design processes. Just like product design, building
design also starts from the clients’ wishes which are often stated in non-
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Design
Parameters
Process
Domain
Process to
Realize Product