Course Name | Architectural Design Futures |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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ARCH 338 | 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 | ||||||
Course Coordinator | - | |||||
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Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | This course will explore means of impact such as accelerating technologies, social changes, cultural and economic aspects on the future of architectural design. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | Throughout the semester, the students will be introduced to concepts that will eventually be shaping their profession as architects. Lectures will be interactive in order to engage students in the creation of visions of the possible futures. At least two assignments for each student will be expected throughout the semester. Assignments will be based on forming and presenting visions of the future. Assignment submissions will be in media using current technologies apps, videos etc. The research documents created in class will help understand what the future holds for architectural design. The end product for this class will be a project displaying possible futures for architectural design. Possible formats for display may range from infographics to moving pictures or an architectural design concept to urban depictions etc. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
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Major Area Courses | ||
Supportive Courses | X | |
Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Syllabus overview: introduction, attendance and time keeping. | |
2 | Why deal with the Futures? Implications of Dematerialization | Disappearing Architecture_ From Real to Virtual to Quantum |
3 | Responsive Architecture | Reading Response to the article |
4 | Space Architecture | Doule, O. Space Architecture-Theory and Educational Strategy. (2010). In 40th International Conference on Environmental Systems. |
5 | Architects who envisioned the Futures | Manifesto of Futurist Architecture(Florence) Lacerba, August 1, 1914 Antonio Sant’Elia |
6 | Midterm I / Presentations | |
7 | Virtual Worlds/Cyberspace | |
8 | Augmented Reality enhancing Architectural Design | Assignment #2: Prepare your own manifesto |
9 | Architecture in Labs | Reading Response to the article |
10 | Information Technology(IT) and Architecture | Mitchell, W.J., 1995: City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusettes |
11 | Manufacturing Beyond IT | Flachbart, G., Weibel, P., 2005: Disappearing Architecture_ From Real to Virtual to Quantum, Birkhäuser-Publishers for Architecture, Basel, Switzerland |
12 | Midterm II | |
13 | Student Presentations (Future Projections) | |
14 | Student Presentations | |
15 | Review of the Semester | |
16 | Final Project |
Course Notes/Textbooks |
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Suggested Readings/Materials |
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Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 10 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 20 |
Presentation / Jury | 2 | 10 |
Project | 1 | 30 |
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 2 | 30 |
Final Exam | ||
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 6 | 70 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 30 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 4 | 64 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 1 | 16 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 6 | |
Presentation / Jury | 2 | 3 | |
Project | 1 | 8 | |
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 2 | 5 | |
Final Exams | |||
Total | 110 |
# | 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. | X | ||||
3 | To be able to understand methods to collaborate and coordinate with other disciplines in providing project delivery services.
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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. | |||||
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. | |||||
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. |
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