Let's see if I understand your position. I think you are saying two things. First, design is *only* the intention or plan. The carrying out of that intention or plan is a different thing. Second, it must be a completely detailed design. IOW that the final structure must have been specified in detail ahead of time or it isn't designed. Do I have that right?
Right, there's design, and then there's implementation. Two separate things.
Second, it must be a completely detailed design. IOW that the final structure must have been specified in detail ahead of time or it isn't designed.
Whatever part is designed is designed. If you design only the general outline of something, then the details that get filled in later are not part of your design. Only the general outline is.