#SC-02-01 Modern Building Design
About Course
University of BathDescription
Explore the trends influencing modern building design
Climate change, technology and regulation are changing modern building design, and the professional practices of the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry.
This online course explores these trends, highlighting how higher education and the construction sector can address them. It’s been developed by the University of Bath’s highly rated Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering and draws on its new, interdisciplinary MSc programme in Modern Building Design.
What topics will you cover?
- The links between Higher Education and the Modern Building Design industry
- The emerging role of the design manager
- The importance of information modelling for enhanced design
- New sustainable construction materials and techniques
- Water-sensitive design for increased resilience
- Buildings and their impact on health and wellbeing
Who will you learn with?
A senior lecturer with expertise in design theory and management, lean design and construction and evidence-based design and building information modelling.
Who developed the course?
The University of Bath is one of the UK’s leading universities both in terms of research and our reputation for excellence in teaching, learning and graduate prospects.
What Will I Learn?
- Develop an awareness of the various aspects that influence modern building design in current times
- Identify the various areas where professionals within AEC can work (from the traditional office and site positions to lab-based ones)
- Describe how design management, digital modelling, nanotechnology, resilience, wellbeing and sustainability are driving the AEC curriculum
- Discuss the need for increased integration between HE and practice as the way forward to the formation of AEC professionals
Topics for this course
Introduction to Modern Building Design
Welcome to the course00:01:41
By the end of course
Who are you?
The many uses of a building
The nature of buildings
Building information modelling
The importance of building modelling
This is a great lesson on how to handle tricky situations in your design. This is a great guide to how climate change, technology and regulations are transforming modern architectural design and architecture.
This course is very suitable for the study of architectural designers, which gives us a lot of inspiration and design skills.
I really liked the part about Water-Sensitive design for Increased Resilience. When I do design, I keep what I've learned in mind.
The course is informative with all the basic information required for the beginner.