DESIGN PROCESS

Eng. ACM. Suhoothi, BSc. Eng. (Hons), AMIESL, GMICE

Dept. of Civil Engineering
 INTRODUCTION
• The usual starting point for a project is a client who has a requirement.

• The client will approach the designer, who is often a consulting engineer or
architect, and commission him or her to produce a design satisfies the requirement.

• The first thing that the designer will request from the client is a clear description of
exactly what is wanted, This is called the design brief.
 SAMPLE DESIGN BRIEF
• Client’s Name. Dr Ravi Ariyaratnam

• Description: Dr Ray Ariyaratnam (45 yrs) is a consultant cardiologist working at the general hospital. He does not practice at private

Channel centers and prefers to spend his free time with children. He earns around Rs 100000.00 as salary and earnings as a regular

medical writer of medical journals and magazines. He is married and has a daughter (15yrs, studying at a girls’ school), two sons

aged 12 and 10 yrs (both go to the same school) Mrs. Ariyaratnam (40 yrs) is a teacher and earns around Rs. 25,000 00 a month. They

have decided to build a luxury house and prefer two-storyed building where all bedrooms except a visitor’s room are located on the

upper floor. Ground floor should have a living room, a dining room, a pantry, a conventional kitchen a visitor’s room with attached

toilet, a visitor’s toilet (separate) and a study room for children and Mrs. Ariyaratnam. In the upper floor, they need a master

bedroom with attached toilet/bath; three bedrooms attached toilet/bath and an office room for Dr Ariyaratnam. Access to all rooms

in the upper floor should be through the upper floor living room Ariyaratnam’s have two servants, a driver/gardener and a maid,

two bedrooms and a servant’s toilet are needed in the ground floor. Ariyaratnam’s children and Mrs. Ariyaratnam travel to school

by bus. Dr Ariyaratnam uses the family car driven by the driver for his office travel and shopping. They plan to spend around Rs 15

million, available as their savings.

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