| Course Name | Architectural Research and Communication |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| ARCH 104 | Spring | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Required | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Course Objectives | This course aims to develop an initial understanding about the issues andtopics in architectural design, research and practice. It also aims to equip students with the relevant architectural communication techniques. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course aims to make students acquainted with the general topics and issues in architecture and form the basis of their knowledge in architecture. The course is structured in a way that students can learn from the expertise of the all full-time staff in the department. The weekly readings and assignments aims to introduce the very basic terminology. Each week there will be different assignments such as writing a reading response to the given reading, case studies, group work/discussion, drawing, modelling, watching a movie, movie-making and etc. Hence students will be able exercise different communication techniques in architectural design and research |
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| Major Area Courses | X | |
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| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction (By Ceylan Öner)Introduction (By Ceylan Öner) | |
| 2 | What is Architectural Research? (By Ceylan Öner) | Reading 1: EAAE, 2012, Charter on Architectural Research, Research report by EAAE, Accessible http://www.eaae.be/old/web_data/documents/research/120903EAAECharterArchitecturalResearch.pdf Assignment 1: Writing a Reading Response |
| 3 | Design Representation (by Lale Başarır) | Reading 2: Robbins, E. (1994). Why Architects Draw. Cambridge: MIT Press. (Section on Norman Foster) Assignment 2: Diagramming the chosen building |
| 4 | Architecture in Towns and Cities (by Hugh Clarke) | Reading 3: Tibbalds, F. (1992) Making People Friendly Towns, Essex: Longman Group UK Ltd: 87-93 Assignment 3: Sketching |
| 5 | Public Spaces (By Özlem Akın) | Reading 4: Rossi, A. and Eisenman, P., 1982. The architecture of the city. Cambridge, MA: MIT press. Assignment 4: Choosing a public space and analysing |
| 6 | Theories of Space and Place (By Burkay Pasin) | Reading 5: Unwin, Simon. (2003). Constructing Place… on the Beach. Chapter 4 in Part 1: Mind in S. Menin (ed.) Constructing Place Mind and Matter. London & New York: Routledge, pp. 77-86 Assignment 5: Writing a Reading Response |
| 7 | FIELD TRIP | |
| 8 | Green Architecture (by Thanos Stasinopoulos) | Reading 6: Francis D. K. Ching & Ian M. Shapiro, 2014, "Green Building Illustrated" by, ISBN: 978-1-118-56237-6 Assignment 6: Drawing the given section |
| 9 | Architectural Practice (By Michael Young) | Reading 7: Boyer, Ernest L., and Lee D. Mitgang. Building community: a new future for architecture education and practice: a special report. Princeton, NJ: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1996. pp 3 - 13. Video: AIANational. "Ethics: From Building to Architecture." YouTube. YouTube, 19 Jan. 2016. Web. 11 June 2017. Assignment 7: Interviewing with the chosen Architect |
| 10 | Digital Design (By Güzden Varinlioğlu) | Reading 8: Burry, J., & Burry, M. (2010). The New mathematics of architecture. London: Thames & Hudson. Video: https://www.ted.com/talks/neri_oxman_design_at_the_intersection_of_technology_and_biology Assignment 8: Digital Modelling |
| 11 | FIELD TRIP | |
| 12 | Structural Design and Materials (By Işık Ülkün) | Reading 9: Bielefeld,Bert (ed.). Basics Architectural Design Chapter:Designing with Materials, Birkhäuser Publishers, Basel 2013, pp.303-315 Assignment 9: Presenting the Material Research |
| 13 | Final Project Critiques | Working on the Book Reviews |
| 14 | Architecture as a Humanistic Discipline (Guest from the Other Faculties) | Reading 10: Jones, P., 2011. The sociology of architecture: constructing identities. Oxford University Press. Pp166-171 Assignment 10: Writing an Essay |
| 15 | Final Project | Final Project Submission (Book Review) |
| 16 | FINAL EXAMS |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Given above for each week. More references will be given by each instructor during the semester. |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 65 |
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | 1 | 25 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 100 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 1 | 16 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 0 | ||
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 20 | |
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | 1 | 22 | |
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| Oral Exam | |||
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| Final Exams | |||
| Total | 90 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to offer a professional level of architectural services. | |||||
| 2 | To be able to take on responsibility as an individual and as a team member to solve complex problems in the practice of design and construction. | |||||
| 3 | To be able to understand methods to collaborate and coordinate with other disciplines in providing project delivery services.
| X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to understand, interpret, and evaluate methods, concepts, and theories in architecture emerging from both research and practice. | X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to develop environmentally and socially responsible architectural strategies at multiple scales. | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to develop a critical understanding of historical traditions, global culture and diversity in the production of the built environment. | X | ||||
| 7 | To be able to apply theoretical and technical knowledge in construction materials, products, components, and assemblies based on their performance within building systems. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to present architectural ideas and proposals in visual, written, and oral form through using contemporary computer-based information and communication technologies and media. | X | ||||
| 9 | To be able to demonstrate a critical evaluation of acquired knowledge and skills to diagnose individual educational needs and direct self-education skills for developing solutions to architectural problems and design execution. | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to take the initiative for continuous knowledge update and education as well as demonstrate a lifelong learning approach in the field of Architecture. | X | ||||
| 11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Architecture and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1) | X | ||||
| 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. | X | ||||
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