What is your personal philosophy of design? Complex and creative designing is a uniquely human process and anyone can learn the principles that underpin a creative approach to engineering and life.

This module introduces factors that affect the way you approach design, including your positionality (class, culture, gender etc.) and how cognitive biases influence design decisions. We will look at individual and collaborative design methodologies and tools that can help you break out of your comfort zone and explore your creative potential.

We will also cover the basic concepts of sustainable civil engineering design and the latest design standards, the Structural Eurocodes, as applied to the preliminary design of steel and reinforced concrete.

The use of Revit, a computational modelling tool, will be introduced.