| Course Name | Designing Life, Architecture for Everyone |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| ARCH 372 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 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 | The main objective of this course is to help students acquire the ability to create human-centered inclusive designs and architectural ideas by enabling them to perceive and evaluate all kinds of human needs related to their disciplines. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | Into human center, the course will examine the concept of needs on an interdisciplinary scale, make observations/researches on special needs and prepare recommendations, examine solutions to the needs of the older people and the people with disabilities who are rapidly increasing numbers in our population. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals |
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| Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses | X | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction: human and needs from past to present | |
| 2 | Identify / propose / discuss on current and potential needs | Reading / Discussion |
| 3 | Disability types and terminology | Reading / Discussion |
| 4 | Human-oriented disciplines and holistic design approach | Reading / Discussion |
| 5 | The relations, responsibilities and awareness on the axis of industrial design / interior design / architectural design / urban planning, | Reading / Discussion |
| 6 | Current regulations in the world and in Turkey | Assignment Submission / Presentation |
| 7 | City scale: design for everyone | Reading / Discussion |
| 8 | Urban scale: transportation and circulation for everyone | Reading / Discussion |
| 9 | Midterm | |
| 10 | Building scale: design for everyone | Reading / Discussion |
| 11 | Building scale: spaces suitable for everyone | Reading / Discussion |
| 12 | Building scale: materials and details suitable for everyone | Reading / Discussion |
| 13 | Solution proposals from the world in architecture and design | Assignment Submission / Presentation |
| 14 | Review of the semester | Reading / Discussion |
| 15 | Project presentation / evaluation | Project Submission / Presentation |
| 16 | Final |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | - Sürmen, Ş. (1995). “Özürlüler ve Yaşlılarla İlgili Mimari Ölçüler, Standartlar, Uygulamalar”. İ.T.Ü. Çevre ve Şehircilik Uygulama Araştırma Merkezi, İstanbul. - Sungur Ergenoğlu, A. (2013). Mimarlıkta Kapsayıcılık: "Herkes için Tasarım", YTÜ Basım Yayın Merkezi, ISBN:978-975-461-502-9 |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | - Dostoğlu, N., Şahin, E., Taneli, Y., (2009). “Evrensel Tasarım: Tanımlar, Hedefler, İlkeler”, Mimarlık Dergisi, sayı: 347. - Duncan, R. (2007). “Universal Design – Clarification and Development: A Report for the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Norway”. NC State University, The Center for Universal Design. - Story, M. F., Mueller, J.L., Mace, R.L. (1998). “The Universal Design File: Designing for People of All Ages and Abilities". NC State University, The Center for Universal Design. - Sürmen, Ş. (2008). “Özürlüler ve Yaşlılar İçin Ulaşılabilir Çevre Tasarımı, Eğitim Notları”. TMMOB Mimarlar Odası, Sürekli Mesleki Gelişim Merkezi. - Mekanlarda Erişilebilirlik, Kullanılabilirlik ve Yaşanabilirlik, (2015/3), TMMOB, Ankara Şubesi, Dosya 36. - Tasarım ve Özgürlük: Engelli İnsanlar ve Herkes için Tasarım, (2007), TMMOB, Ankara Şubesi, Bülten 46, Dosya 04, Ocak. - https://www.ada.gov/2010ADAstandards_index.htm - http://www.ithacastudy.eu/ |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weighting |
| Participation | 1 | 15 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 20 |
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | 1 | 25 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 10 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 30 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 4 | 70 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 30 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 20 | |
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | 1 | 30 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 3 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 3 | |
| 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 language 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 | ||||
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