Representations of Building Design Process with Iterations

Design has an inherently iterative nature, especially for multi-disciplinary building design projects. Managing the design process with the consideration of this iterative nature needs to cluster the complex dependencies between design tasks and information delivered between design disciplines and to represent it in a communicable way. This paper uses modified IDEF0v notations to capture the characteristics of design process with iterations between multi-disciplinary design tasks and delivery systems for supporting design management. A framework built on a simulationbased computer implementation strategy and recommendations of future work are also provided.