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6.3 Suspended Ceiling Design Process - Bilkent University

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technical terms. Furthermore, some of the requirements may be covert, or<br />

vaguely stated. The architect must identify and convert these requirements<br />

to more technically specific functional requirements. These are also called<br />

“design constraints’’ in the related literature. The actual design parameters<br />

that satisfy each of the functional requirements lie in the design domain<br />

(Figure 5.9).<br />

User<br />

Requirements<br />

� Physiological<br />

� Psychological<br />

� Socioeconomical<br />

� Cultural<br />

Functional<br />

Requirements<br />

� Spatial<br />

Organization<br />

� HVAC<br />

� Lighting<br />

� Aesthetics<br />

� Safety<br />

� Operational/<br />

Maintenance<br />

� Acoustical<br />

� Durability<br />

Figure 5.9: Suh’s Domains Adapted to Building <strong>Design</strong><br />

Within this perspective, building design parameters can be categorized into<br />

two according to their information content.<br />

1. Spatial parameters: size, shape, location, layout, arrangement<br />

2. Performance parameters: the properties of objects directly related to<br />

satisfying some functional requirements.<br />

98<br />

<strong>Design</strong><br />

Parameters<br />

� Sizes<br />

� Materials<br />

� Physical<br />

Properties<br />

� Adjacency<br />

Structure

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