Course Name | Digital Based Design |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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ARCH 420 | Fall/Spring | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | ||||||
Course Coordinator | - | |||||
Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | To investigate and test digital design techniques and software platforms |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | This course trains the students in architectural digital thinking |
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 | What is Digital Design? Introduction: Parametric Design Rhinoceros vs Grasshopper | |
2 | What is Computation? “Math in Design” | |
3 | 1st phase of Component Design: Form | |
4 | What is Scripting? | |
5 | 2nd phase of Component Design: Structure | |
6 | Pin-up | |
7 | What is Interactive Design? Adaptive design/ Responsive design Arduino+Firefly | |
8 | 3rd phase of Component Design: Design interaction | |
9 | Types of interactions; sensors, actuators. | |
10 | 4th phase of Component Design: Fabrication details/ material interaction | |
11 | 5th phase of Component Design: Structure/Form | |
12 | What is Optimisation? Advanced Gh.+ Scripting | |
13 | 6th phase of Component Design: Optimisation | |
14 | Installation Fabrication | |
15 | INSTALLATION Semester Review | |
16 | Review |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Required reference materials will be given. | |
Suggested Readings/Materials |
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Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 25 |
Laboratory / Application | 1 | 25 |
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 25 |
Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | 1 | 25 |
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | ||
Final Exam | ||
Total |
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 |
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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 | 2 | |
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 1 | 16 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 10 | |
Presentation / Jury | |||
Project | 1 | 20 | |
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | |||
Final Exams | |||
Total | 110 |
# | 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