Integrated Design

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Apply your CAD skills to the production of construction drawings.
• Apply your knowledge and skills learned in other modules of the programme to conceptual design.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Investigate the brief, the requirements of the notional client and any constraints on the design
• Select the conceptual design option which best satisfies the brief and the constraints
• Create conceptual designs that satisfy the brief and the constraints
• Defend the choices made during the project and the final design
• Utilise literature, online resources and software to complete the design
• Plan the work required to complete the project
• Communicate the design in writing and verbally in a presentation
• Organise into an effective team
• Solve problems encountered during the design
• Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the conceptual design options
• Produce final design report and drawings
• Analyse the brief for the project
• Carry out detailed design of the chosen solution

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• The importance of understanding the design brief, the clients requirements and design constraints
• The process of selection of a preferred conceptual design
• The nature and progression of a design project from brief, through options to final concept and design output
• The importance of the influence of the environment, sustainability and health and safety on the design solution
• The need to generate options during the conceptual design phase which meet the brief but exceed purely functional requirements
• Methods of progressing the detailed design phase
• How to communicate the final design in writing, in drawings and in a verbal presentation

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Critical Analysis
• Problem analysis and problem solving
• CAD-IT
• Group work/team work
• Planning and organising
• Decision Making

A choice of four design projects will be offered, covering topics across the range of Civil and

Environmental Engineering. Details of the projects on offer will be circulated near the end of Semester

1 and project selection will take place at the start of Semester 2.

You will work in a group of 4 or 5 students on a design project chosen from four available options. There are a small number of timetabled sessions, detailed below, but much of your time will be spent in independent study. It is the responsibility of the project group to plan their work, and organise their time and work schedule. There will be regular meetings with the supervisor(s) and where appropriate outside consultants.

The lecture and tutorial sessions are:

• An introductory lecture in Week 1.
• A concept design tutorial in Week 2, where groups work together for a full day on their conceptual designs, within a supervised environment.
• A 2-hour tutorial in Week 5 in which you will present conceptual designs to your supervisor(s) and other project groups.
• Three lectures: (1) on report writing and setting out calculations, (2) on detailed drawing practice, and (3) a refresher session on drawing in Autocad (weeks 7-9).
• A regular weekly tutorial, typically of about 1 hour, with your project supervisor(s).
• Two or three seminars on creative and detailed design will be given by guest speakers from industry.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Tutor and Peer Assessment

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Feedback on group progress will be provided throughout the module. Verbal feedback on the design work will be given by supervisor(s) during supervision meetings. Project supervisor(s) will also provide feedback during and after both the intensive concept design day in Week 2, and the formative assessment in Week 5/7.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.