CBE Learning

Introduction

• Use Who designs a large development? to introduce the scenario.
• Help students to make connections between technical areas (e.g. electrical wiring) and design specialisms.
• (You can leave the questions about communication until the end).

Main activity

• In groups, students complete the Create a design team interactive PowerPoint.
• They sketch a ‘team chart’ to show who will do what.
• Groups present back their ideas.

Plenary

• Gather ideas from each group – you can create a chart on the board.
• Discuss which jobs are of interest.

(You can use the communication questions from Who designs a large development?)

Differentiation

Easier/Level 1:
Just create a table on the board to link roles and descriptions – don’t create a structure.

Harder:
Ask students to create a structure for their team and to justify their ideas.

Notes

Set a homework task to research one role and give a one-minute presentation in the next lesson.

A design team would need to share information that includes: details of the site (terrain, soil type, existing buildings, structures and utilities, contamination etc.); details of each part of the structure (frame, cladding/walls, roof), interior design, lighting design, services, equipment (air conditioning, boiler/heating, lifts, alarm systems).

Documents would include: outline sketches, written specifications, contracts, equipment specifications, technical diagrams, plans and elevations, building regulations and standards.

Design teams can vary depending on the needs of each project, but most teams would be headed by an Architect, supported by a project planner and quantity surveyor. The main team would comprise of designers and technicians from each of the disciplines that come together to create a complex structure.Download a sample team structure.