What is the essence of engineering design? What are the principles upon which it is based?

Answering these two questions enables the connection to ecological design, or nature-friendly design. If engineers can explain why they think and act in a particular way when designing, and if other professionals understand what motivates engineers, a multi-disciplinary negotiation space emerges.

Welcome to this second module on the adventure of learning Building with Nature. We will be exploring the conventional hydraulic engineering design process. First, there is a video by Prof Jill Slinger, then engineer Ad van der Toorn and engineer Mark Voorendt explain the Engineering Design Process for storm surge barriers and dikes, respectively. Next, Prof. Jill Slinger distills the Engineering Design Principles.