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COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


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Course Name
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
Fall/Spring
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
-
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • understand advanced building materials and techniques.
  • combine architectural and engineering thinking.
  • consider recent technologies for building design.
  • follow the usage of the different types of materials together.
Course Description

 



Course Category

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

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Introduction
2 Tensegrity Wiki: Tensegrity
3 Geodesic domes Wiki: Geodesic dome
4 Earth structures Wiki: Earth structure
5 Structural Insulated Panels Wiki: Structural insulated panel
6 Tensile & pneumatic structures Wiki: Tensile structure
7 Special wall systems Wiki: Double-skin facade
8 Midterm
9 Space frame structures Wiki: Space frame
10 Containers as building components Wiki: Intermodal container
11 Gabion structures Wiki: Gabion
12 Responsive architecture Wiki: Responsive architecture
13 Final project
14 Review of semester
15 Review of the Semester  
16 Review of the Semester  
Course Notes/Textbooks Weekly Powerpoint presentations.
Suggested Readings/Materials Web resources will be added during the semester via Blackboard. Student coursework will be based mainly on web search.

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
14
15
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
2
25
Seminar / Workshop
1
30
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
10
Final Exam
1
20
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
19
80
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
20
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

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
10
1
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
2
20
Project
2
20
Seminar / Workshop
1
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
3
Final Exams
1
5
    Total
146

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

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

Ability to apply theoretical and technical knowledge in architecture.

X
2

Ability to understand, interpret and evaluate architectural concepts and theories.

X
3

Ability to take on responsibility as an individual and as a team member to solve complex problems in the practice of architecture.

 

X
4

Critical evaluation of acquired knowledge and skills to diagnose individual educational needs and to direct self-education.

X
5

Ability to communicate architectural ideas and proposals for solutions to architectural problems in visual, written and oral form.

X
6

Ability to support architectural thoughts and proposals for solutions to architectural problems with qualitative and quantitative data and to communicate these with specialists and non-specialists.

X
7

Ability to use a foreign language to follow developments in architecture and to communicate with colleagues.

X
8

Ability to use digital information and communication technologies at a level that is adequate to the discipline of architecture.

X
9

Being equipped with social, scientific and ethical values in the accumulation, interpretation and/or application of architectural data.

X
10

Ability to collaborate with other disciplines that are directly or indirectly related to architecture with basic knowledge in these disciplines.

X

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

 

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