Modern Building Design (FutureLearn)

Modern Building Design (FutureLearn)
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This course is designed for anyone interested in modern building design processes, young people considering careers in the field and current professionals. No previous experience is necessary.
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Modern Building Design (FutureLearn)
Learn how climate change, technology and regulation are changing modern building design and professional practice in construction. Climate change, technology and regulation are changing modern building design, and the professional practices of the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry.

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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


Learning on this course

You can take this self-guided course and learn at your own pace. On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.


What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

- 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


Who is the course for?

This course is designed for anyone interested in modern building design processes, young people considering careers in the field and current professionals. No previous experience is necessary.



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Course Auditing
64.00 EUR
This course is designed for anyone interested in modern building design processes, young people considering careers in the field and current professionals. No previous experience is necessary.

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