COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 1512 INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE II COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR HIKMET GÖKMEN

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

In this lesson, the aim is to explain the concept of environment, to tell environmental data, components of natural, social and built environment and their interactions with each other, to think about what the architecture and space are, to inform students about architecture discipline.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   be able to define environment, built environment concepts and the characteristics of built environment
2   be able to explain the human behaviours & needs and its effects to the space
3   be able to explain the studies about spatial perception
4   be able to define the architecture and space concepts and explain the features of architectural space
5   be able to explain the architectural design process and can analysis the architectural design approaches

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course
2 Relationships between people and environment; System, people behavior, people needs
3 System of environment, physical environment, space
4 Perception, cognition, image, cognitive maps, orientation concepts; Image of the City, Kevin Lynch
5 Concept of culture, culture and environment Impact of culture on the environment
6 What is architecture , The effects of architecture to social structure during the historical periods
7 What is space , The properties of space, the elements of space
8 Interior space, exterior space and urban space
9 Mid-term exam
10 Spatial relationships, spatial organizations
11 Spatial relationships, spatial organizations
12 Design Concept
13 Architectural design approaches, Typological, pragmatic, analogical and canonic design approaches
14 General assessment

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Supplementary Book(s):
Ching, F. (1995) Form, Space, Order; John, Wiley and Sons
Erzen, J. (2006) Çevre Estetiği; ODTÜ Yayıncılık
Güvenç, B. (1974) Insan ve Kültür, Remzi Kitabevi
Izgi, U. (1999) Mimarlıkta Süreç: Kavramlar, Ilişkiler, YEM Yayınevi
Kuban, D. (1998) Mimarlık Kavramları, YEM Yayınevi
Özer, B. (1998) Kültür-Sanat, Mimarlık, YEM Yayınevi
Rasmussen, (1994) Yaşanan Mimari, YEM Yayınevi
Roth, L. M. (2000) Mimarlığın Öyküsü, Kabalcı Yayınevi
Soygeniş, S. (2006) Mimarlık Düşünmek, Düşlemek, YEM Yayınevi
References: None
Materials: Related articles list will be given to students.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Apart from the teacher's seminar about the lesson, the lesson will last by discussing the actual texts about the lesson subject with the students and the students should be active participants.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + FINS * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining and explaining will be measured by Midterm Examination,
Describing, analysing will be measured by Homework,
Defining, explaining, describing and analysing will be measured by Final examination

Midterm Exam (%40) (LO1, LO2, LO3)
Final Exam (%50) (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
Active participation to the lecture ( %10) (LO1,LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Reading papers will be given to students for every study week.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hikmet.gokmen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 2 5 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55

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