Conceptual design for structural engineers - advanced course (online) - The Institution of Structural Engineers

A series of two hour interactive webinars taking place over two days for three weeks, supported by individual study in between.

There will be a focus on understanding client needs, generating and iteratively developing ideas, effective decision-making in design, and managing design teams.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

Be able to characterise the design process and describe how each stage requires different skills and attitudes
描述概念design differs from detailed design and the consequences for how design is carried out
Use techniques for understanding the underlying need behind a client brief
Describe a model for idea generation and use this to lead a design team through the creative process
Understand the relationship between modelling, testing and the design brief, and use this to establish an effective iterative design process
Understand the nature of subjective decision-making in design
Describe strategies for building an effective design team

Intended for

This course is intended for structural engineers with ideally at least five years’ experience in practice, and ideally experience of managing other people as part of the design process.

Tutor

Broadbent奥利弗是有限公司的创始人兼董事nstructivist. He works with leaders, teams and organisations to help them build their creativity. He trains engineers and architects in conceptual design, and works with universities and colleges to create innovative new approaches to engineering education. Oliver is a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor in Experience-led learning at Imperial College London and was awarded the Sir Misha Black Award for Innovation in Design Education in 2020.