COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


Course Name
Earthquake Resistant Interiors
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
IAED 345
Fall/Spring
2
2
3
4
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
Group Work
Problem Solving
Critical feedback
Application: Experiment / Laboratory / Workshop
Lecture / Presentation
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives This course aims students both to understand the responsibility of designing earthquake resistant interiors and to acquire the necessary technical information to propose creative new solutions by considering existing applications.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Analyze the frame structures and their elements’ predicted behavior during the earthquake.
  • Propose a space planning with sub-structures and fixed furniture which might be life-saving cages in an earthquake.
  • Evaluate the performance of an interior against to earthquake shake.
  • Develop existing detailed solutions for the minimized damage in an interior.
  • Design creative new details to prevent possible injuries in an earthquake.
Course Description This course scopes the design solutions for space planning, furniture, and details, which might be lifesaving in an earthquake, and manufacturing the model of proposed detail solutions.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
X
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Introduction to the Course Content
2 Organization Levels: Country, City and District and The Role of Emergency Designers: Before, Right After and After the Earthquake HW 1: Çıkış, Ş., Ergül, E., Studio 2: Disaster Conscious Urban Design, Architects and Disasters, Chamber of Architects of Turkey, pp.198-213, Ankara, ISBN: 975-395-891-9.
3 Presentation on Frame Structures: Reinforced Concrete Buildings Discussion on the Behavior of Elements in an Earthquake HW 2: Ching, F. D. K., Binggeli, C., Interior Design Illustrated, Third Edition, pp. 147-218 (Chapter 4: Interior Building Elements), John Wiley and Sons, Inc., ISBN: 978-1-118-09071-8 (pbk).
4 Presentation on Rules: Subtractions and Additions Discussion on Ethics in Design HW 3: Hürol, Y., (2013) On Ethics and the Earthquake Resistant Interior Design of Buildings, Science and Engineering Ethics, Vol: 20, No: 1, pp.171-181, doi: 10.1007/s11948-012-9424-1.
5 Space Planning: Life Saving Cages HW 4: Students are going to make a space-planning sketch on the given project.
6 Fixed and Mobile Furniture HW 5: Students are going to define a method of fixing an element for the given project.
7 Suspended Ceilings and Accessories HW 6: Students are going to design a new structural system for the ceiling panels.
8 Details: Bars, Locks, Round and Soft Edges HW 7: Students are going to prepare a list of preventions to be applied to the project.
9 Midterm Exam
10 Drawing a Detail Proposal 1 HW 8: Students will propose a detail for an interior element.
11 Drawing a Detail Proposal 2 Students will bring the revision of the details.
12 Workshop Week 1 Student groups are going to start to make the model of proposed detail.
13 Workshop Week 2 Student groups are going to complete the model of proposed detail.
14 Final Presentation and Discussion Students will submit and present the drawings and model of the detail.
15 Semester Review
16 Semester Review
Course Notes/Textbooks

Çıkış, Ş., Ergül, E., Studio 2: Disaster Conscious Urban Design, Architects and Disasters, Chamber of Architects of Turkey, pp.198-213, Ankara, ISBN: 975-395-891-9.

Ching, F. D. K., Binggeli, C., Interior Design Illustrated, Third Edition, pp. 147-218 (Chapter 4: Interior Building Elements), John Wiley and Sons, Inc., ISBN: 978-1-118-09071-8 (pbk).

Hürol, Y., (2013) On Ethics and the Earthquake Resistant Interior Design of Buildings, Science and Engineering Ethics, Vol: 20, No: 1, pp.171-181, doi: 10.1007/s11948-012-9424-1.

Suggested Readings/Materials

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
20
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
20
Presentation / Jury
1
20
Project
Seminar / Workshop
1
20
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
20
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
5
100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
32
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
Study Hours Out of Class
14
1
14
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
8
2
Presentation / Jury
1
9
Project
Seminar / Workshop
2
4
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
9
Final Exams
    Total
120

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to perform, execute and manage the various responsibilities and duties of an interior architecture and environmental design professional

X
2

To be able to recognize, analyze and integrate within their practice the particular local and regional needs and developments of their profession

X
3

To be able to communicate and collaborate with other individuals and groups on a national and international level within their profession

4

To be able to develop, integrate and promote independent critical approaches for their professional practice

X
5

To be able to understand the social and environmental issues and responsibilities of their profession

X
6

To be able identify, assess and utilize the most up to date research, innovations, trends and technologies

7

To be able to consider the national and international standards and regulations of their field

8

To be able to develop the abilities to communicate and present design ideas within visual, oral and textual formats

9

To be able to adopt a multidisciplinary approach to design on a national and international level

10

To be able to recognize their own strengths, and develop them within an environment

11

To be able to collect data in the areas of interior architecture and environmental design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language

12

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently

13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest