Design Matters: The Organisation and Principles of Engineering Design Book

Contributors     xiii
Introduction     1
Purpose and Structure of the Book     1
Design Context     4
The Needs of Society     5
The Creative Designer     6
Basic Education     8
The Design Process     11
Introduction     11
The Nature of Design Principles     12
Practice of Design     14
Formulation of Need     14
Creative Response - the Vision     16
Delivery     18
Performance in Practice     20
Example of Case Study     21
Formulation of Need     21
Creative Response - the Vision     22
Delivery     23
Performance in Practice     24
Summary of Design Procedure     24
Case Studies - Introduction     25
Statements of Principle     25
Case Study Format     26
Need - All Design Begins with a Clearly Defined Need     26
Vision - All Designs Arise from a Creative Response to a Need     26
Delivery - All Designs Result in a System or Product That Meets the Need     27
Performance     28
Summary of Design Procedure     28
Key Features of Specific Case Studies     28
Case Studies     31
Automated Blood Analyser     31
Formulation of Need     32
The Creative Response - the Vision     35
Contextual Constraints     35
Effective Creativity     36
Delivery     40
Performance in Practice     42
Intelligent Prosthesis     45
Formulation of Need     45
The Creative Response - the Vision     46
Contextual Constraints     46
Effective Creativity     48
Delivery     50
Performance in Practice     51
Channel Tunnel UK Terminal     55
Formulation of Need     55
The Creative Response - the Vision     56
Contextual Constraints     56
Effective Creativity     58
Delivery     60
Management and Control     62
Contract Procedures     62
Performance in Practice     63
Assessment of Design Brief     63
Economic Performance     63
Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL)     65
Formulation of Need     65
The Creative Response - the Vision     67
Contextual Constraints     67
Effective Creativity     68
Delivery     69
Performance in Practice     72
London Eye     75
Formulation of Need     75
The Creative Response - the Vision     77
Contextual Constraints     77
Effective Creativity     79
Delivery     81
Performance in Practice     83
Lesotho Hydro-electric Project     85
Formulation of Need     85
Project Background     85
The Creative Response - the Vision     86
Contextual Constraints     86
Effective Creativity     88
Delivery     88
Performance in Practice     90
Maribyrnong Footbridge     93
Formulation of Need     93
The Creative Response - the Vision     94
Contextual Constraints     94
Effective Creativity     95
Delivery     96
Performance in Practice     98
Baha'i Temple - Delhi     101
Formulation of Need     101
The Creative Response - the Vision     103
Contextual Constraints      103
Effective Creativity     104
Delivery     107
Performance in Practice     109
Hampden Gurney Junior School     111
Formulation of Need     111
The Creative Response - the Vision     112
Contextual Constraints     112
Effective Creativity     113
Delivery     116
Performance in Practice     117
Bridge Academy     119
Formulation of Need     119
The Creative Response - the Vision     120
Contextual Constraints     120
Effective Creativity     122
Delivery     123
Harris Manchester College, Oxford     127
Formulation of Need     127
The Creative Response - the Vision     129
Contextual Constraints     129
Effective Creativity     131
Delivery     134
Performance in Practice     136
Angel of the North     137
Formulation of Need     137
The Creative Response - the Vision     138
Contextual Constraints     138
Effective Creativity     138
Delivery     140
Performance in Practice     142
Project Design Audit     145
Values     145
Professions     146
A Detailed Case Study     146
Formulation of Need     147
The Creative Response - the Vision     150
Delivery     153
The Case Study Format     157
Formulation of Need     157
The Creative Response - the Vision     157
Contextual Constraints     157
Effective Creativity     158
Delivery     158
Performance in Practice     159
Index     161