COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

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Course Name

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
	Spring

Prerequisites

	FFD 101	To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)
and	ARCH 301	To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)
and	ARCH 202	To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)
and	ARCH 201	To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)
and	FFD 102	To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)
and	ARCH 401	To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)
and	ARCH 302	To succeed (To get a grade of at least DD)

Course Language

Course Type

Required

Course Level

Mode of Delivery

Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course

Critique
Jury
Application: Experiment / Laboratory / Workshop

Course Coordinator

Course Lecturer(s)

Assistant(s)

Course Objectives
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Students will be able to consolidate their previous knowledge, skills and experienced gained in their design education to date. Student will be able to develop his/her project within a contemporary architectural discourse of design philosophy/theory. Student will be able to design an architectural project based on complex contextual data including but not limited to historical, political, socio-economical and regulatory conditions of the project site and its periphery. Students will be able to demonstrate a design generated from the analysis of the complex internal requirements of the brief. (structure, materials, form, program etc.). Students will be able to conduct a design based on development process that is constant, critical and iterative in it´s nature. Student will be able to demonstrate the application of skills gained in contemporary design tools and methodology within contemporary theory into their architectural design. Student will be able to fulfill adequacy requirements at the level of a junior professional in the field. Students will be able to demonstrate a critical independent design thinking.
Course Description

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

Week	Subjects	Required Materials
1	Introduction / Research & Analysis	Site visit: gathering information on site and from related sources, as well as from stakeholder groups.
2	Research & Analysis	Site visit: gathering information on site and from related sources, as well as from stakeholder groups. Site model construction
3	Research & Analysis	Teaching students in the lower studio classes digital design tools.
4	Conceptual Design	Further analysis of nonphysical factors on site and their effect on it.
5	Conceptual Design	Urban Design proposal
6	Midterm Project Review	Design development based on the socialpolitical context.
7	Conceptual Design	Component presentation
8	Conceptual Design	Conceptual formulation
9	Semester Project Design	Programmatic design analysis and diagramming
10	Semester Project Design	Parti and contextual development
11	Pre-Final Project Review	Project development with parametric component
12	Semester Project Design	Project development
13	Semester Project Design	Project development and refining
14	Presentation Work	Project completion
15	Presentation Work	Portfolio and presentation work
16	Review of the Semester

Course Notes/Textbooks	Presentations and lectures are planned according to the selected project site
Suggested Readings/Materials	Invited specialists and context related stakeholders

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	4	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	8
Study Hours Out of Class	15	5
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury	2	18
Project	1	45
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms	1	18
Final Exams
		Total	318

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	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