| Course Name | Analysis of the Built Environment |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| ARCH 370 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | This course is specifically designed to enrich the professional skills of architecture students by means of analysis and rethinking on a particular built environment (urban, rural, industrial, domestic, commercial, etc). The course is largely based on direct experiences of built works of architecture and architectural sites in Turkey or abroad, facilitated by various field trips. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course is specifically designed to enrich the professional skills of architecture students by means of analysis and rethinking on a particular built environment (urban, rural, industrial, domestic, commercial, etc). The course is largely based on direct experiences of built works of architecture and architectural sites in Turkey or abroad, facilitated by field trips and/or design workshops to be conducted by staff. Each semester, a concept peculiar to a specified site is treated by selected readings, class presentations, discussions as well as individual and/or group analysis of the selected sites. The students are expected to realize and present their analysis by using various media (written reports, drawings, photographs, posters, reliefs, models, visual and audial recordings, etc.) |
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| Supportive Courses | X | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | MorphologicalAesthetical Context (design elements,ordering systems,spatial form) | Readings* Gregory A. Kessler. Chapter 7: Designing with a Visual Language: Elements and Ordering Systems, The Built Environment, A Collaborative Inquiry into Design and Planning, (ed.) Wendy R. McClure and Tom J. Bartuska, 2007, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 75–83.* Simon Unwin, Basic Elements of Architecture, Analysing Architecture, Routledge, 2003, pp.29–34. Presentation and Weekly Quiz |
| 2 | MorphologicalAesthetical Context (urban morphology, urban pattern) | Readings* Tom J. Batruska. Chapter 23: Cities Today: The Imprint of Human Needs in Urban Patterns and Form, The Built Environment, A Collaborative Inquiry into Design and Planning, (ed.) Wendy R. McClure and Tom J. Bartuska, 2007, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 277–289.* Kevin Lynch. Chapter 4: City Form, The Image of the City, The MIT Press, 1960, pp. 91–117. Presentation and Weekly Quiz |
| 3 | Functional Social Context (circulation, utilities,furnishing, functionalhierarchy, space syntax | Readings* N. J. Habraken. Chapter 4: Hierarchies of Enclosure, Chapter 5: The Act of Building, Ordinary: Form and Control in the BuiltEnvironment, The MIT Press, Cambridge, 2000, pp.89–109 Presentation and Weekly Quiz |
| 4 | Functional Social Conetxt (urban elements, transportation, urbanzoning & planning) | Readings* Michael S. Owen. Chapter 24: Urban Design and Planning, The Built Environment, A Collaborative Inquiry into Design and Planning, (ed.) Wendy R. McClure and Tom J. Bartuska, 2007, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 291–300.* Kevin Lynch. Chapter 3: The City Image and its Elements, The Image of the City, The MIT Press,1960,pp. 4690.* Remon Rooij, 12. The Urbanism of Networks, Shifting Sense, Looking Back to the Future in Spatial Planning, Techne Press, 2005, pp. 171–174 Presentation and Weekly Quiz |
| 5 | StructuralTechnological Context (structural systems,engineering, constructionmanagement, services,infrastructure) | Readings * Matthew A. Taylor and Kenneth L. Carper. Chapter 6: Designing with Technology: A Collaborative and Creative Process, The Built Environment, A Collaborative Inquiry into Design and Planning, (ed.) Wendy R. McClure and Tom J. Bartuska, 2007, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 65–73.* W. Max Kirk. Chapter 17: Constructing the Built Environment, The Built Environment, A Collaborative Inquiry into Design and Planning, (ed.) Wendy R. McClure and Tom J. Bartuska, 2007, John Wiley & Sons, pp.203212 Presentation and Weekly Quiz |
| 6 | All contexts of 5 weeks | Field Trip and Quiz 1: Izmir Municipality Building |
| 7 | All contexts of 5 weeks | Term Project – Preliminary Presentation & Submission 1 |
| 8 | Geographical Climatological Ecological Context (land, geography, topography, ecology, vegetation, climate, urban microclimate) | Readings * Michael S. Owen & Bruce T. Haglund. Chapter 5: Designing with the Environment: Land and Climate, The Built Environment, A Collaborative Inquiry into Design and Planning, (ed.) Wendy R. McClure and Tom J. Bartuska, 2007, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 57–64. * Koen Steemers, Marylis Ramos & Maria Sinou, Chapter 6: Urban diversity, Environmental Diversity in Architecture, 2004, Spon Press, pp. 85–100. Presentation and Weekly Quiz |
| 9 | Geographical Climatological Ecological Context (landscaping, urban microclimate) | Readings * Kenneth R. Brooks. Chapter 19: Landscape Architecture Today: Purpose, Process, and Palette, The Built Environment, A Collaborative Inquiry into Design and Planning, (ed.) Wendy R. McClure and Tom J. Bartuska, 2007, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 229–239. Presentation and Weekly Quiz |
| 10 | Social Behavioural Psychological Context (accessibility, privacy, ergonomics,anthropometrics, wayfinding, population density, autonomy, userparticipation, behaviour) | Readings* Paul G. Windley & Wendy R. McClure. Chapter 4: Designing with People: Human Behaviour, Culture, and User Participation, The Built Environment, A Collaborative Inquiry into Design and Planning, (ed.) Wendy R. McClure and Tom J. Bartuska, 2007, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 45–55.* Nancy H. Blossom. Chapter 11: Human Nature and The Near Environment, The Built Environment, A Collaborative Inquiry into Design and Planning, (ed.) Wendy R. McClure and Tom J. Bartuska, 2007, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 131–141.* Bruce T. Haglund and Tom J. Bartuska. Chapter 15: The Fitness Test: Building with Human and Environmental Factors, The Built Environment, A Collaborative Inquiry into Design and Planning, (ed.) Wendy R. McClure and Tom J. Bartuska, 2007, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 181–193.* Andrew Baum and Stuart Valins. Chapter 1. The Environment and Behaviour, Architecture and Social Behaviour: Psychological Studies of Social Density, 1977, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 113* Edward T. Hall, Meeting Man’s Spatial Needs in Artificial Environments, Designing for Human Behaviour: Architecture and Behavioural Sciences (ed.) Jon Lang, Charles Burnette, Walter Moleski, David Vachon, Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross Inc., 1974, pp.210220 Presentation and Weekly Quiz |
| 11 | SocialCultural Historical Conetxt (typology, style, conservation, restoration, cultural patterns) | Readings:* Wendy R. McClure. Chapter 14: Architecture as a Cultural Layer, The Built Environment, A Collaborative Inquiry into Design and Planning, (ed.) Wendy R. McClure and Tom J. Bartuska, 2007, John Wiley & Sons, pp.169179.* N. J. Habraken. Chapter 14: Patterns, Chapter 15: The Systemic Environment, Chapter 17: Type, Ordinary: Form and Control in the Built Environment, The MIT Press, Cambridge, 2000, pp.237–261, 278294 Presentation and Weekly Quiz |
| 12 | All contexts of 4 weeks | Field Trip and Quiz 1: Izmir International Fair Area |
| 13 | All contexts of 4 weeks | Term Project – Preliminary Presentation & Submission 2 |
| 14 | All Contexts | Final Submission |
| 15 | Review of the Semester | |
| 16 | Review of the Semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Required reference materials will be given weekly |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Recommended reference materials:∗ Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein with Max Jacobson,Ingrid Fiksdahl & Shlomo Angel, (1977) A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings,Construction, Oxford University Press, London.* Frank D.K. Ching. (1996) Architecture, form, space and order, John Wiley & Sons,New York.* Kevin Lynch. (1960) The Image of the City, The MIT Press, Cambridge.* Sam Kubba. (2003) Space Planning for Commercial and Residential Interiors, TheMcGrawHill, New York.* Warwick Fox. (2000) Ethics and the Built Environment, Routledge, London. |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 5 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | 8 | 40 |
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | 2 | 10 |
| Project | 1 | 25 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 2 | 20 |
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| 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 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 15 | 2 | 30 |
| Field Work | 9 | 2 | |
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | 2 | 3 | |
| Project | 1 | 6 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 2 | 3 | |
| Final Exams | |||
| Total | 114 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to offer a professional level of architectural services. | X | ||||
| 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.
| 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 | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
