Designing for innovation: from model-use to thinking in models

Johanna Ruge; Annette Bögle

doi:10.35789/fib.PROC.0055.2021.CDSymp.P003

Designing for innovation: from model-use to thinking in models

Design and Analysis of Structure

Abstract

As typical problem solvers, structural engineers often face new and complex problems, recently for instance due to digitalization or climate change. Often, such problems cannot be approached using established methods. Instead, structural engineers need to rethink existing problem-solving processes and develop new approaches. In this paper, we propose that an inductive approach of thinking in models is essential to address complex new problems in structural enigeering and generate innovations. Based on a literature review, we explore the meaning and importance of this approach and illustrates it with two examples of practice. Hereby, we aim to provide an account of the potentials of this approach in structural engineering to design for innovations and seek to contribute to a change of mind-set in engineering practice as well as in research and education.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the International fib Symposium on the Conceptual Design of Structures
Editors	Corentin Fivet, Pierluigi D'Acunto, Miguel Fernández Ruiz, Patrick Ole Ohlbrock
Place of Publication	Lausanne
Publisher	Fédèration Internationale du Bèton
Pages	41-48
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	978-2-940643-12-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.35789/fib.PROC.0055.2021.CDSymp.P003
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	International fib Symposium on Conceptual Design of Structures - Attisholz, Switzerland Duration: 16 Sept 2021 → 18 Sept 2021

Publication series

Name	fib Symposium Proceedings
Publisher	Fédèration Internationale du Bèton
Number	55
ISSN (Print)	2617-4820

Conference

Conference	International fib Symposium on Conceptual Design of Structures
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Attisholz
Period	16/09/21 → 18/09/21

UN SDGs

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SDG 13 Climate Action

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Ruge, J., & Bögle, A. (2021). Designing for innovation: from model-use to thinking in models. In C. Fivet, P. D'Acunto, M. Fernández Ruiz, & P. O. Ohlbrock (Eds.), Proceedings of the International fib Symposium on the Conceptual Design of Structures (pp. 41-48). (fib Symposium Proceedings; No. 55). Fédèration Internationale du Bèton . https://doi.org/10.35789/fib.PROC.0055.2021.CDSymp.P003

Ruge, Johanna ; Bögle, Annette. / Designing for innovation : from model-use to thinking in models. Proceedings of the International fib Symposium on the Conceptual Design of Structures. editor / Corentin Fivet ; Pierluigi D'Acunto ; Miguel Fernández Ruiz ; Patrick Ole Ohlbrock. Lausanne : Fédèration Internationale du Bèton , 2021. pp. 41-48 (fib Symposium Proceedings; 55).

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Ruge, J & Bögle, A 2021, Designing for innovation: from model-use to thinking in models. in C Fivet, P D'Acunto, M Fernández Ruiz & PO Ohlbrock (eds), Proceedings of the International fib Symposium on the Conceptual Design of Structures. fib Symposium Proceedings, no. 55, Fédèration Internationale du Bèton , Lausanne, pp. 41-48, International fib Symposium on Conceptual Design of Structures, Attisholz, Switzerland, 16/09/21. https://doi.org/10.35789/fib.PROC.0055.2021.CDSymp.P003

Designing for innovation: from model-use to thinking in models. / Ruge, Johanna; Bögle, Annette.
Proceedings of the International fib Symposium on the Conceptual Design of Structures. ed. / Corentin Fivet; Pierluigi D'Acunto; Miguel Fernández Ruiz; Patrick Ole Ohlbrock. Lausanne: Fédèration Internationale du Bèton , 2021. p. 41-48 (fib Symposium Proceedings; No. 55).

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