Damian Hadley on Constructing You - Integrated Design and Creative Thinking in Engineering

Jun 27, 2022

Damian has more than 25 years’ experience as a consulting structural engineer in Australia, US, Canada and Asia. After graduating with first class honours from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Damian undertook post-graduate studies at the University of Toronto and the University of Sydney specialising in sustainable engineering including Mass Timber and CLT.

In 1997 Damian visited La Sagrada Familia.  It changed his outlook.  While sitting on the pew, looking up at the light dancing on the ceiling of the cathedral he made a decision to dedicate his career to Architecture through Structures.

Damian started his career in Australia with Low and Hooke, before moving to Hyder and then to SDA Structures where he was a director.

Damian founded Cantilever in 2010 with a focus on developing co-creation, integrated design and regenerative design within projects that require high levels of harmonisation between architecture and structural engineering.  Cantilever specialises in Stage 0 of the design, which is the early feasibility stage of a project.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• How to constantly be open to challenging your beliefs
• How project professionals can break out of their silos
• Why integrated design is the way of the future
• Why questioning hierarchy gets quashed
• How you're actually meant to learn
• Developing your creativity and intuitive thinking

And more.

Show notes:

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