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COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION
| Course Name | Designing with Nature: Biomimicry in Architectural Design |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| ARCH 328 | 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 | In this course, the students will research biomimicry solutions to come up with their own design applications to achieve sustainable and ecological ideas found in nature. Biomimicry solutions will be applied to architectural design process, energy efficiency solutions, structural problem-solving and sustainable building design. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | In the process of design, all ideas, if sustainability is the ultimate goal, need to come from nature. The direction to take from this point on, for all design students, should be able to look back to see all answers given to us by nature, herself, whether it be a quest for energy efficient buildings, or sustainable material use, efficient city planning, or using the Fibonnaci theorem to find the ideal measurements. |
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| Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | X | |
| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Syllabus overview: introduction, attendance and time keeping. Hand out and discussion. | Introduction Assignment #1 |
| 2 | Nature Awareness: Nature and how we understand the world, the importance of understanding nature's solutions to design problems. The subject of biomimicry is introduced and field applications in architectural design are discussed. | Assignment #2 Nature observation Design idea |
| 3 | Awareness: 9 Strategies of Nature's Design Solutions | Assignment #3 Nature observation Design idea |
| 4 | Energy Applications: Awareness: 1. Nature runs on Sunlight 2. Nature uses only the energy it needs | Assignment #4 Nature observation Design idea |
| 5 | Sustainable Design Applications: Awareness: 3. Nature fits form to function 4. Nature recycles everything | Assignment #5 Nature observation Design idea |
| 6 | Integrative Biomimicry Applications: Awareness: 5. Nature rewards cooperation 6. Nature banks on diversity | Assignment #6 Nature observation Design idea for Midterm project |
| 7 | Structural Biomimicry Solutions: Awareness: 7. Nature demands local expertise 8. Nature curbs excesses from within 9. Nature taps the power of limits | Assignment #7 Nature observation Design idea Midterm project |
| 8 | Midterm Project Review | Assignment #8 |
| 9 | Biomimicry Architectural Design Applications Final project idea research | Assignment #9 |
| 10 | Biomimicry Debate Olympics Team Research | Final project working session |
| 11 | Biomimicry Debate Olympics First Round | Final project working session |
| 12 | Biomimicry Debate Olympics Finals | Final project working session |
| 13 | Final project research | Final project working session |
| 14 | Final project preparation | Final project working session |
| 15 | Final project presentations | Final project working session |
| 16 | Review of the Semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Biomimicry in Architecture, Michael Pawlyn, RIBA Publishing, 2011 |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. Janine M. Benyus. HarperCollins Publishers, 2002 The Modular, Le Corbusier, Birkhauser, 2000 Architecture: Form, Space And Order, Francis D. K. Ching, Wiley Publ., 2014 Internet Resources: Asknature.org/explore |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 15 | 25 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 8 | 25 |
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | 1 | 50 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 24 | 100 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 4 | 64 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 8 | 2 | |
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | 1 | 30 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | |||
| Final Exams | |||
| Total | 110 |
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
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