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Certificate of Achievement

Richard Roberts

has completed the following course:

Modern Building Design

University of Bath

This online course explored trends such as climate change, technology and regulation, and highlighted how higher education and the construction sector could work together to improve modern building design.

3 weeks, 2 hours per week

Dr Ricardo Codinhoto

Senior Lecturer

University of Bath

89%
overall score

Transcript

Learning outcomes

  • 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

Syllabus

  • 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

Issued on 14th September 2017

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Free online course:

Modern Building Design

University of Bath