Abstract

TRIZ (a Russian acronym for “Theory of Inventive Problem Solving”) is an important design approach, but its direct application to building design is complicated. The primary purpose of this study is to prepare Archi-TRIZ to accelerate innovation in the design process of building nonstructural components. In the Methodology section, the creation process of Archi-TRIZ has been described. In the original TRIZ, there were thirty-nine improving and worsening features. These features have been converted to seven features in Archi-TRIZ in seven steps. First, it has been considered that if a building’s nonstructural component (BNSC) dimensions and physical characteristics were improved, what would be the worsening features? It has been discovered that speed and time, strength and stability of the BNSC, etc., could be worsening features. Then, the most repetitive inventive principles were ranked and chosen to be put in Archi-TRIZ from the original TRIZ. A designer using Archi-TRIZ could utilize inventive principles to improve one feature without worsening another feature to solve the contradiction and could improve the design of BNSC by innovative approaches. Some examples have been prepared to examine the applicability of the Archi-TRIZ in designing BNSC. TRIZ has been used in different fields of study, but there needs to be more study in the construction industry compared to other fields. There is a need to introduce new methodologies for accelerating innovation in building design. There is no customized TRIZ contradiction matrix in design building fields. Therefore, this research gap could be filled by Archi-TRIZ and other methods.