| Course Title | Code | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural Project I | MMR201 | 3. Semester | 4 + 4 | 6.0 | 8.0 |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| Course Type | |
| Mode of delivery | Application-studio work: Analysis, design and integration of each building element and its components according to pre-defined criteria and constraints. |
| Course Coordinator |
Lect. Büşra Nur DEMİREL |
| Instructors |
Nuray BENLİ YILDIZ |
| Assistants | |
| Goals | Contributing to the development of students' design skills, along with providing individual experience in the functioning of the design process and supporting critical thinking in architecture. Investigation and perception of the conceptual framework that the study includes, the user behavior, the problems of the physical environment in which the design takes place. Introducing the principles of function, form, space design, and the perception of the volume formed by the form. |
| Course Content | Experience of the design process in the context of a place-interactive structure, space-space relationships, flexible program and material + structure + performance criteria. The design process deals with 3 modules and the questions that build and open the modules and related concepts: How does the designer see it? - Data Organization - Location-structure-space reading How does the designer think? - Thinking Organization - Problem definition instead of problem solving How do you set up a designer? - Spatial Organization - Design research |
| Learning Outcomes |
- To develop research skills for design - To use this information in the development of the design |
| Week | Topics | Learning Methods |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | Introduction | |
| 2. Week | discussion on project site and issues | |
| 3. Week | discussion on project site and issues | |
| 4. Week | workshop: discussion on projects | |
| 5. Week | workshop: discussion on projects | |
| 6. Week | workshop: discussion on projects | |
| 7. Week | midterm | |
| 8. Week | workshop: discussion on projects | |
| 9. Week | workshop: discussion on projects | |
| 10. Week | workshop: discussion on projects | |
| 11. Week | workshop: discussion on projects | |
| 12. Week | workshop: discussion on projects | |
| 13. Week | workshop: discussion on projects | |
| 14. Week | workshop: discussion on projects | |
| 15. Week | final |
| Christopher Alexander, A PATTERN LANGUAGE, Oxford University Press, New York, Arrayo, Salvador Perez, Atena, Rossano, Kebel, Igor, Emerging Technologies and Housing Prototypes, Rotterdam: Berlage Institute. Norberg-Schulz, Christian, Genius Loci: Towards Phenomenology of Architecture, Rizzoli, 1980. Rattenbury, Kester, This is Not Architecture: Media Constructions, London: Routledge, 2002 Wilson, John, Thinking with Concepts, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1963 |
| Program Requirements | Contribution Level | DK1 | DK2 | Measurement Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course's Level of contribution | None | Very Low | Low | Fair | High | Very High |
| Method of assessment/evaluation | Written exam | Oral Exams | Assignment/Project | Laboratory work | Presentation/Seminar |
| Event | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Preparation, After Class Study | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Midterm 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Homework 1 | 14 | 14 | 196 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Workload | 204 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 8.0 | ||
