Course Name | Introduction to Architecture II |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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ARCH 102 | Spring | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Required | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | ||||||
Course Coordinator | - | |||||
Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | The course aims to provide an introduction to architecture, its content, components, fundamental concerns, relation to its context (both natural and built), and how we experience architecture and the built environment as a whole in the urban context. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | This course is an introduction to the discipline of architecture and its contextual formation. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
| Core Courses | |
Major Area Courses | X | |
Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Course Introduction | Assn.1 Page Design |
2 | Architecture vs Building | Assn.2 Horizontal & Vertical Lines |
3 | Design Research | Assn.3 Precedent Studies |
4 | Concept | Assn.4 Diagramming |
5 | Function ‘Commodity’ | Assn.5 Line & Shape |
6 | Structure ‘Firmness’ | Assn.6 Building Systems |
7 | FIELD TRIP | Assn.7 - Sketching I |
8 | Perception ‘Delight’ | Assn.8 Tone & Texture |
9 | Phenomenology | Assn.9 Space & Depth |
10 | Environment | Assn.10 Context |
11 | Language & Value | Assn.11 Speculative Drawing |
12 | FIELD TRIP | Assn.12 - Sketching II |
13 | Student Presentations | |
14 | Student Presentations | |
15 | Semester Review | |
16 | Final Exam | Term paper submission |
Course Notes/Textbooks | There is no required textbook for the course. |
Suggested Readings/Materials |
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Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 35 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 50 |
Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | ||
Final Exam | 1 | 15 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 2 | 85 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 15 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 60 | |
Presentation / Jury | |||
Project | |||
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | |||
Final Exams | 1 | 18 | |
Total | 120 |
# | 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