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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;
  • will be able to transfer their understanding of future forecasting to their own profession.
  • will be able to develop an improved skill level in making projections for the future of architectural practice.
  • will be able to search through their own knowledge to develop a fairly deep understanding of the accelerating technologies
  • will be able to effectively present their visions through their unique projection abilities using appropriate presentation models.
  • will be able to act as change agents themselves.
Course Description

 



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 Syllabus overview: introduction, attendance and time keeping. Introduction
2 Why deal with the Futures? Implications of Dematerialization
3 Responsive Architecture Reading Response to the article
4 Kinetic Architecture Homework assignment
5 Architects who envisioned the Futures
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
11 Manufacturing Beyond IT Presentation: Research & Projections
12 Midterm II
13 Student Presentations (Future Projections) Project Presentation
14 Student Presentations & Review of the semester Project Presentation
15 Review of the Semester  
16 Review of the Semester  
Course Notes/Textbooks
Suggested Readings/Materials • Manifesto of Futurist Architecture(Florence) Lacerba, August 1, 1914 Antonio Sant’Elia • Brayer, M-A, Migayrou, F., and Fumio, N., 2005: ArchiLab's Urban Experiments:Radical Architecture, Art and the City, Thames & Hudson Ltd, London • Flachbart, G., Weibel, P., 2005: Disappearing Architecture_ From Real to Virtual to Quantum, Birkhäuser-Publishers for Architecture, Basel, Switzerland • Mitchell, W.J., 1995: City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusettes

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
2
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
8
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
4
64
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
16
1
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
2
3
Presentation / Jury
2
3
Project
1
8
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
2
5
Final Exams
    Total
110

 

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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