Composition in the Function-Behaviour-Structure Framework

TL;DR

This paper extends the function-behaviour-structure framework to include composition, enabling modular and multi-layered design of complex objects by linking multiple models constrained by each other.

Contribution

It introduces a composition approach within the function-behaviour-structure framework to handle complexity and support modular, multi-layered object design.

Findings

Framework supports modular design with multiple layers.

Enables extension for complex, multi-layered objects.

Facilitates handling of design complexity through composition.

Abstract

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.