| Course Name | Computing and Making |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| ARCH 565 | Fall/Spring | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7.5 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | Second Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Course Objectives | The digital and fabrications course will focus on practical industrial applications, problem solving and professional approach within a contemporary theoretical framework. This course presents a theoretical and practical view of new and alternative technologies on architecture. The aim is to embraces inventive application of material technologies in architecture. Through readings and case-studies the course will conduct a projective survey of contemporary thinking and practices The manifestation of buildings will be investigated within the theoretical discourse that they are placed within. The focus will be on the emergence of radical new constructable forms by Buckminster-Fuller, Candela, Nervi, Dieste and Frei Otto and the contemporary move towards robotid and CNC manufacturing and construction. Through digital coding, material investigations and contemporary manufacturing methods, students will design and manufacture an architectural assembly system. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | Computational and optimization strategies are used to develop the geometry and assemblies of material systems. Digital modelling platforms are used to support the construction of physical models. These are analysed in terms of their material qualities an manufacturing processes. 3D modelling software such as Rhino will be used in conjunction with visual and code based scripting such as Grasshopper and Python to model parametric design geometries and production information. The course outcome should be a completed physical double curved material system. |
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| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction to Course Content | • Rhinoceros 3D with Grasshopper |
| 2 | Computable surfaces; Introduction to basic mathematics and geo-metries | • Rhinoceros 3D with Grasshopper |
| 3 | Open Hardware/Software and Arduino. | • Arduino with Software |
| 4 | Arduino Basics and first circuits | • Arduino, Sensors and Actuators |
| 5 | Design to production. Digital fabrication technics and methods. (additive methods) | • Rhinoceros 3D with Grasshopper • Given machines/software on site ( LAB/MF - Halkapınar) |
| 6 | Design to production. Digital fabrication technics and methods. (substractive methods) | • Rhinoceros 3D with Grasshopper • Given machines/software on site ( LAB/MF - Halkapınar) |
| 7 | Midterm | Delivery of the paper and homeworks |
| 8 | Design to production. Digital fabrication technics and methods. (introduction into robotics) | • Rhinoceros 3D with Grasshopper • Given machines/software on site ( LAB/MF - Halkapınar) |
| 9 | Start with the design of your final project. | • Rhinoceros 3D with Grasshopper • Given machines/software on site ( LAB/MF - Halkapınar) |
| 10 | Present Makroform | Delivery of Idea of the Final Project |
| 11 | Present Makroform with Joints/Details | • Rhinoceros 3D with Grasshopper • Given machines/software on site ( LAB/MF - Halkapınar) |
| 12 | Make a Model/Prototype of the whole Makroform and the interactive system | • Rhinoceros 3D with Grasshopper • Given machines/software on site ( LAB/MF - Halkapınar) |
| 13 | Continue the Prototype | • Rhinoceros 3D with Grasshopper • Given machines/software on site ( LAB/MF - Halkapınar) |
| 14 | Finishing of the Prototype | • Rhinoceros 3D with Grasshopper • Given machines/software on site ( LAB/MF - Halkapınar) |
| 15 | Presentation and Discussion | Delivery of homeworks |
| 16 | Submission of the Projects | Final |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Reading\nArchitectural Geometry (Hardcover) by Helmut Pottmann (Author) Bentley İnstitute Press ISBN-\n978-1-934493-04-5\nAlgorithmic Architecture (Paperback) by Kostas Terzidis (Author) Architectural Press (10 May 2006)\nISBN-10: 0750667257 ISBN-13: 978-0750667258 \nAAD_Algorithms Aided Design (Hardcover) by Arturo Tadeschi (Author) ISBN:978-88-95315-30-0\nDigital Fabrication in Architecture (Hardcover) by Nick Dunn (Author) Laurence King Publishing \nISBN 978 185669 891 7\nRequired\nhttp://modelab.is/grasshopper-primer/\nhttps://www.arduino.cc/\nhttps://processing.org/\nhttps://vvvv.org/ |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Kelly, K. Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World\n(Cambridge, MA: Perseus, 1994), 472. \nMitchell, W.J. e-topia ( Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000), 59. \nNegroponte, N. Soft Architecture Machine (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1975), X.\nO'Sullivan, D. and Igoe, T. Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the World with \nComputers.Cambridge, MA: Thomson, 2004.\nIgo, Tom. Making Things Talk: Practical Methods for Connecting Physical Objects. Cambridge, UK:\nMake Books / O'Reilly, 2007. \nMataric, Maja J. The Robotic Primer. Cambridge: MIT, 2007. \nBarkow-Leibinger, An Atlas of Fabrication, AA Publications, 2009.\nBurton, Richard; Dickson, Michael; Harris, Richard, The use of roundwood thinnings in buildings |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 25 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 25 |
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 15 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 35 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 1 | 16 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 4 | |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 4 | 64 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 80 | |
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 4 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 4 | |
| Total | 232 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to advance specialized architectural knowledge based on qualifications acquired at the undergraduate level. | |||||
| 2 | To be able to conceive the interdisciplinary nature of the architectural field and apply such knowledge and analytical capacity to interdisciplinary studies. | |||||
| 3 | To be able to apply specialized knowledge in architecture in theoretical or practical work. | |||||
| 4 | To be able to produce new knowledge by integrating architectural knowledge with knowledge in other disciplines. | |||||
| 5 | To be able to diagnose and evaluate a specific problem in architecture and to relate this ability to publishing or practice. | |||||
| 6 | To be able critically evaluate knowledge peculiar to the architectural field, facilitate self-directed learning and produce advanced work independently. | |||||
| 7 | To be able to communicate contemporary developments in architecture and one’s own work in professional and interdisciplinary environments in written, oral or visual forms. | |||||
| 8 | To be able to consider, control and communicate social, scientific and ethical values in the accumulation, interpretation, publication and/or application of architectural data. | |||||
| 9 | To be able to critically analyze the norms that inform spatial relationships and their social implications and to develop original thesis according to guidelines. | |||||
| 10 | To be able to keep up with developing knowledge in Architecture and participate in academic and professional discussions using at least one foreign language. | |||||
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