scholarly journals The Digital Design Coach Enhancing Design Conversations in Architectural Education

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Rohan O'Neil Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Design Education ◽  
Current Model ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Digital Design ◽  
Architectural Education ◽  
Abstract Thinking ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
Student Dialogue ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
The Many

<p>Changes in society, technology, and practice have created a significant demand for architectural graduates who can balance practical concerns with critical and abstract thinking. The current model of architectural education as it exists in academia, is hard pressed to supply this demand. This thesis seeks to redress this situation by connecting three maxims: 1) Strengthening the master-student dialogue is key to adequately exposing student designers to the issues involved in designing buildings that are fit for purpose, cost effective, sustainable and a delight to clients and users. 2) Sketching, a "designerly" way of thinking, is an integral part of this dialogue. 3) The computer in design education should directly contribute to helping students design buildings that are fit for purpose, cost effective, sustainable and a delight to clients and users. The thesis argues that due to the myriad of issues connected with architecture in today's society, the effectiveness of the student/master dialogue in architectural education has been weakened somewhat. At the centre of this dialogue is the sketch - a conversation between head and hand. The thesis will argue that by furnishing students with an "expert hand", the sketch becomes so empowered as to enrich the dialogue, raising the level of students' exposure to architectural issues. The suggested medium for this empowerment is the computer. Moving sketching into the digital realm as a direct means of thinking and learning is an innovative way of providing students with an "expert" digital hand. The sketch, for the student, becomes an intelligent conscious tool that supports and informs exploration. In turn, the empowered sketch presents the student with the many issues that comprise contemporary design problems. The result of this upliftment is a richer dialogue between student and teacher about architecture that is fit for purpose, economical and environmentally aware.</p>

scholarly journals The Digital Design Coach Enhancing Design Conversations in Architectural Education

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Rohan O'Neil Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Design Education ◽  
Current Model ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Digital Design ◽  
Architectural Education ◽  
Abstract Thinking ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
Student Dialogue ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
The Many

<p>Changes in society, technology, and practice have created a significant demand for architectural graduates who can balance practical concerns with critical and abstract thinking. The current model of architectural education as it exists in academia, is hard pressed to supply this demand. This thesis seeks to redress this situation by connecting three maxims: 1) Strengthening the master-student dialogue is key to adequately exposing student designers to the issues involved in designing buildings that are fit for purpose, cost effective, sustainable and a delight to clients and users. 2) Sketching, a "designerly" way of thinking, is an integral part of this dialogue. 3) The computer in design education should directly contribute to helping students design buildings that are fit for purpose, cost effective, sustainable and a delight to clients and users. The thesis argues that due to the myriad of issues connected with architecture in today's society, the effectiveness of the student/master dialogue in architectural education has been weakened somewhat. At the centre of this dialogue is the sketch - a conversation between head and hand. The thesis will argue that by furnishing students with an "expert hand", the sketch becomes so empowered as to enrich the dialogue, raising the level of students' exposure to architectural issues. The suggested medium for this empowerment is the computer. Moving sketching into the digital realm as a direct means of thinking and learning is an innovative way of providing students with an "expert" digital hand. The sketch, for the student, becomes an intelligent conscious tool that supports and informs exploration. In turn, the empowered sketch presents the student with the many issues that comprise contemporary design problems. The result of this upliftment is a richer dialogue between student and teacher about architecture that is fit for purpose, economical and environmentally aware.</p>

Fault-related overpressure in the Krishna-Godavari Basin, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. T183-T193
Author(s):  
Karthikeyan G. ◽  
Jayanta Dutta ◽  
Ashutosh Kumar ◽  
Nitin Bhardwaj ◽  
Neeraj Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Lateral Pressure ◽  
Current Model ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Burial History ◽  
Geomechanical Analysis ◽  
Geologic Setting ◽  
The Many ◽  
Godavari Basin

Drilling and reaching to deeper target zones through an overpressured overburden formation in a structurally complex geologic setting requires robust geologic and geomechanical analysis to mitigate risk and control operational costs. These types of geologic conditions are present in the Krishna-Godavari Basin, where a series of horst and grabens defined by deep-seated faults and persistent high sedimentation rates through geologic time, result in the development of challenging conditions for exploratory drilling. We have developed possible overpressure mechanisms across the central part of the Krishna-Godavari Basin and its interplay through fault-related lateral pressure transfer. The basin sits over a horst, which is one of the many northeast–southwest-trending en echelon horst and graben structures comprising sediments from the lower Cretaceous to Holocene. In the study area, Paleocene formations in the horst are overpressured (12–12.2 ppg). Three wells were drilled through this formation and reached the target without any drilling issues in the central and eastern part. However, the same formation in the western part of the horst (adjacent to the graben) has higher overpressure of approximately 14 ppg, which complicates the drilling operations because it requires an additional intermediate casing to reach the target reservoir safely. A detailed analysis of the overpressure mechanisms across the horst area to the adjacent deep graben revealed that the disequilibrium compaction signatures are related to the burial history and overburden thickness. The major difference between horst and graben area is the magnitude of overpressure, with an average of 16 ppg across the graben area. The larger overpressures experienced toward the western part of the horst indicate a secondary source of pressure from the adjacent deep graben. The fault stress analysis in this region presents a feasible lateral pressure transfer through critically stressed faults/fractures from the deep graben to the western part of the horst structure. The current model accounts the common pore pressure estimation method along with other critical geologic information to predict such overpressure related challenges in the upcoming future wells in a similar geologic setup to plan safe and cost-effective wells.

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF DESIGN BRIEF INFORMATION ON CREATIVE OUTCOMES BY NOVICE AND ADVANCED STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 3041-3050
Author(s):  
Georgios Koronis ◽  
Hernan Casakin ◽  
Arlindo Silva ◽  
Jacob Kai Siang Kang
Keyword(s):  
Design Education ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
Frame Design ◽  
Design Creativity ◽  
Abstract Representations ◽  
Advanced Students ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Fishbone Diagram ◽  
Design Expertise ◽  
Novel Design

AbstractThis study centers on using different types of brief information to support creative outcomes in architectural and engineering design and its relation to design expertise. We explore the influence of design briefs characterized by abstract representations and/or instructions to frame design problems on the creativity of concept sketches produced by novice and advanced students. Abstract representations of problem requirements served as stimuli to encourage associative thinking and knowledge transfer. The Ishikawa/Fishbone Diagram was used to foster design restructuring and to modify viewpoints about the main design drives and goals. The design outcomes generated by novice and advanced engineering/architecture students were assessed for their creativity using a pairwise experimental design. Results indicated that advanced students generated more novel design solutions while also contributing the most useful solutions overall. Implications for creativity in design education and professional practice are presented. Educational programs aimed at promoting creativity in the design studio may find it helpful to consider that the way design briefs are constructed can either promote or inhibit different aspects of design creativity.

Selecting Sanitation Solutions for Peri-urban Areas: A Case Study of Can Tho, Vietnam

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Carrard ◽  
Juliet Willetts ◽  
Cynthia Mitchell ◽  
Mick Paddon ◽  
Monique Retamal
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Asset Replacement ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
Infrastructure Investments ◽  
Sanitation Systems ◽  
Can Tho City ◽  
Sustainable Futures ◽  
Sanitation Infrastructure ◽  
Selection Of

In peri-urban areas where infrastructure investments have not yet been made, there is a need to determine the most context-appropriate, fit for purpose and sustainable sanitation solutions. Decision makers must identify the optimal system scale (on the spectrum from centralized to community to cluster scale) and assess the long-term costs and socio-economic/environmental impacts associated with different options. Addressing both cost-effectiveness and sustainability are essential to ensure that institutions and communities are able to continue to bear the costs and management burden of infrastructure operation, maintenance and asset replacement. This paper describes an approach to sanitation planning currently being undertaken as a research study in Can Tho City in southern Vietnam, by the Institute for Sustainable Futures and Can Tho University in collaboration with Can Tho Water Supply and Sewerage Company. The aim of the study is to facilitate selection of the most context-appropriate, fit for purpose, cost effective and sustainable sanitation infrastructure solution. As such, the study compares a range of sanitation alternatives including centralized, decentralized (at household or cluster scale) and resource recovery options. This paper provides an overview of the study and considers aspects of the Can Tho and Vietnamese regulatory, development and institutional context that present drivers and challenges for comparison of options and selection of fit for purpose sanitation systems.

scholarly journals Digital System Design for Traffic Light Controller System: A Systematic Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 169-175
Author(s):  
To Nhi Ho. T ◽  
◽  
Giao N. Pham ◽  
Quang Hung Nguyen ◽  
Binh A.Nguyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Finite State Machine ◽  
State Machine ◽  
Digital System ◽  
Digital Design ◽  
Design System ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Finite State ◽  
Digital System Design

In this paper, we are going to present the finite state machine, how to implement it via hardware description language (HDL), and how to use it in a real application. At first, the specification and requirements of traffic light controller are stated. Then, the system architecture based on finite state machine (FSM) are conducted. Finally, the way of using HDL as well as the test-bench simulation are given in detail. Keywords : Digital system design, System on chip, Finite State Machine, Digital Design Education, Smart Classroom.

scholarly journals ІННОВАЦІЇ ПРАКТИЧНОЇ ПІДГОТОВКИ ФАХІВЦІВ З ДИЗАЙНУ ОДЯГУ НА ОСНОВІ ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ ФОРМОУТВОРЕННЯ ІСТОРИЧНОГО КОСТЮМА

2019 ◽  
pp. 125-135
Author(s):  
Т. В. Ніколаєва ◽  
І. В. Давиденко ◽  
А. І Баранова ◽  
Т. Ф. Кротова
Keyword(s):  
Design Education ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Practical Aspect ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Design Activity ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
Clothing Design ◽  
Creative Education ◽  
Fashion Designers

Determination of the components of practical aspect of the development of design education in order to form the professional competences in the learning process, which will contribute to the development of the creative direction in the solution of design problems, and due to an innovative approach, focused on practical skills development as one of strategic directions of development and modernization of professional creative education in the basis of historical and cultural heritage. Methodology. The literary, analytical, historiographic, analytical-associative, problem-design and system-structural analysis of the formation of the tasks of practical training for clothing designers based on the study of the shaping of historical costume of the XX century has been used; system analysis and classification of original means of constructing a form of clothing designed by famous couturiers of the 20th century; structuring of optimal design tools for the forms of a modern suit, with a view to using it in practical training of specialists. Results. The introduction of innovative means of formation of the modern costume in the practical training of clothing designers, based on the study of the principles of shaping of the historical clothing by famous couturiers of the XX century and implementation of original artistic and structural tools in the reconstruction and design of promising collections of costume, will contribute to the development of creative abilities of future specialists and a significant increase in the level of professional and creative education. Scientific novelty. The analysis of the innovative means of costume shaping based on the study of the artistic and compositional features of the design activity well-known fashion designers of the twentieth century, in order to include the tasks of reconstruction of costume forms in a program of practical training for future clothing designers. Practical significance. The results of the research are used in the development of programs for practical training of future specialists in the field of clothing design, organization and structuring of the practices task and the creation of promising collections for presentation at international and national competitions for young stylist designers. 

A Client's Fit for Purpose Solutions in Well Abandonment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Thiam Yap ◽  
Avinash Kishore Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effective ◽  
Well Design ◽  
Industry Standards ◽  
Cost Effective Approach ◽  
Reservoir Conditions ◽  
Standards And Regulations ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
Well Abandonment ◽  
Oil Company

Abstract Typically, most of the well abandonment practice is reference to the recognized industry standards i.e. NORSOK, UK Oil & Gas and etc, and this is how the wells abandonment was carried out in the past. These practices however evolved/changed over time with lessons learnt and experiences and turn into a fit for purpose solutions for the Client. The shift in international and local standards and regulations for a robust plug and abandonment approach has placed the need for a better and long lasting permanent P&A methodology. Adhering to the existing industry standards in well abandonment is somehow not practical and not cost effective to be implemented in different part of the well, where there are major differences in local regulations, reservoir conditions, caprock thickness, well design philosophy and etc. The magnitude of abandonment cost increase is not at par with the risk reduction in long term hydrocarbon leakage. A fit for purpose solutions is recommended in closing the gap between cost and risk. Due to the extremely varied well architecture between wells, the approach to permanent abandonment varies depending on casing sizes, presence of packers and no of casings present to the caprock area. On top of that, identifying the highest depth for a placement of cement plug will reduce on the amount of plugs to be placed, saving rig time and operational time. So far, 16 idle wells have since been permanently abandoned with the systematic approach of applying caprock restoration concept and reinstating the poor isolation across caprock areas with cement with the assistance of technology to the likes of perf-wash-cement, and hydro mechanical casing cutter. These wells have successfully been abandoned as per host authority standards. This paper will explore a major local oil company’ approach to decommissioning of wells, in line with local regulations enforced, while ensuring a cost effective approach is applied in line with the available technologies.

Initiating Development of a Concept Inventory for Engineering Design

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey R. Mountain
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Design Concept ◽  
Concept Inventory ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Education Community ◽  
Literary Sources ◽  
Fundamental Understanding

It has been stated that the topic of design is not conducive to assessment by concept inventory. While design problems are more ambiguous than problems in analytical subjects, such as physics, statics, or thermodynamics; the broader design education community of scholars might agree on a set of concepts that are essential to the fundamental understanding of design. Following a review of textbooks, industry interviews, and other literary sources, this paper will propose a set of commonly accepted overarching concepts that might form a nucleus of an engineering design concept inventory. This is intended primarily to initiate a dialog among the design engineering education community about the future development of a design concept inventory and it’s applicability in assessing the design content knowledge of undergraduate engineering students prior to entering the profession as graduate engineers.

BIM-based building design coordination: processes, bottlenecks, and considerations

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarmad Mehrbod ◽  
Sheryl Staub-French ◽  
Melanie Tory
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Coordination Strategies ◽  
Design Coordination ◽  
Efficient Delivery ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Coordination Process ◽  
The Many ◽  
Traditional Setting

Successful management of the building design coordination process is critical to the efficient delivery of cost-effective and quality projects. The traditional setting of design coordination, however, is inefficient and error-prone. Building information modelling (BIM) has proven valuable for increasing satisfaction with the meeting process and decreasing arguments over issues. Despite the many advantages of BIM tools, however, many design coordination issues remain undetected, design issues are poorly documented, and coordination strategies are inefficient. The objective of this study was to develop a characterization of the BIM building design coordination process, identify the bottlenecks in the current process, and provide design considerations to alleviate the bottlenecks. The bottlenecks include: outdated BIM, disconnected trades, lack of terminology, insufficient documentation, inefficient transitions across views and artifacts, unavailability of design information, information discrepancy, unfit navigation tools, and office–site disconnect. The outcomes of this research is useful for future construction projects and the software development community.

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