**8. References**


**3** 

**Knowledge Recycling and** 

**Transformation in Design** 

 *Prince Sultan University* 

In most design fields, many design processing activities are directly or indirectly information-driven and knowledge-based. However, major storage, retrieval and processing tasks that are usually associated with design knowledge management are redundantly repeated for each design assignment. In addition to management problems, there is a deficiency in knowledge networking where information in different areas are not sufficiently linked. In other words, in many cases, knowledge existing in one discipline can

This chapter introduces proposals of knowledge recycling and modeling where precedentbased prototypes can be reused to generate new designs. It also introduces an approach to knowledge transformation, where knowledge extracted in one discipline can inform innovative solutions in another. Both, knowledge recycling and transformation are argued to help eliminate redundant search for knowledge and aide in making knowledge base in

Knowledge is essential for design derivation in all processing phases: pre-design reasoning, design development and post-design evaluation, as well as in the linkage of all of these in recursive refinement cycles. Major tasks, especially in the pre-design phase, consist of basic prototypical ingredients such as component analysis, relational matrices, topological studies, zoning diagrams and sequential flow charts. Despite the common structure underlying their applications, many design-related knowledge-based activities are redundantly repeated in various design assignments. As such, recycling and transforming knowledge within and between disciplines become increasingly necessary to eliminate redundant repetitions and to facilitate accessing and applying previous knowledge to new designs. In this chapter, examples of knowledge recycling and transformation are

Within the scope of this chapter, knowledge management is studied in the context of engineering design. It includes methods for recycling, transformation, networking and

Research in design knowledge management is significant for design theory, practice and education. On the theoretical level, the study introduced in this chapter aims to reveal new

inform and inspire problem solving methods in others if represented properly.

one field more accessible and usable in another.

modeling of the data underlying design processing tasks.

**2. Knowledge in design** 

demonstrated and discussed.

**1. Introduction** 

Buthayna Hasan Eilouti

*Saudi Arabia*

