6.3 Suspended Ceiling Design Process - Bilkent University

Infrastructure design: 2 people
At the beginning of the case study, the building was analyzed as a whole
and the aim was to identify the problem areas in the building’s design in
terms of the collaboration of the participants. During the early interviews,
suspended ceiling design revealed itself as a specific design problem that
deserved further attention. The air ducts used in the HVAC system of the
building were sufficiently large to require strategic care in their placement.
The main supply and return ducts were run in the plenum above the main
corridors of the building because additional ceiling space was available and
the corridors provided a natural path of easy access to the all building
spaces but how the HVAC distribution system was integrated with the
structural system and hidden in the plenum constituted an important
building systems integration problem. Therefore, the author focused on
analyzing suspended ceiling design with parameter-based DSM.
6.4.3 Objectives of the Analysis
The objectives of the analyses were to:
1. Identify and document important relations specific to suspended ceiling
assembly and its interfaces including structural frame system, floor
system, HVAC system, and lighting system.
2. Study information flow and coupling in suspended ceiling design.
3. Identify critical parameters that cause large iteration cycles.
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