Composition in the Function-Behaviour-Structure Framework
This addresses complexity in design frameworks for researchers or practitioners, but it appears incremental as it builds on an existing framework.
The paper tackles the problem of managing complexity in design by introducing composition into the function-behaviour-structure framework, resulting in a modular framework that can be extended for multi-layered designs.
We introduce composition in the function-behaviour-structure framework for design, as described by John Gero, in order to deal with complexity. We do this by connecting the frameworks for the design of several models, in which one is constrained by the others. The result is a framework for the design of an object that supports modularity. This framework can easily be extended for the design of an object with more than one layer of modularity.