COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DESIGN OF ARCHITECTURAL ENVIRONMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 2527 DESIGN OF ARCHITECTURAL ENVIRONMENT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR INCI UZUN

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to gain an analytical comprehension on architecture, natural and urban environment integrity, to learn about environment design principals and elements, to develop an architectural design apprehension which considers physical environment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Having knowledge about environment and elements of environment in various scales
2   Associating the relations between architecture and natural-urban environment
3   Learning about the specifications of architectural environment design elements
4   Analyzing and evaluate the architectural environment design elements
5   Comprehending the principles of architectural environment design

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to course
2 Introduction to the concept of environment, looking natural environment over in various scales
3 Natural environment-architecture relationships and environmental analysis
4 Urban environment-architecture relationships and environmental analysis
5 Open and semi-closed spaces in architecture
6 Urban open spaces
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Environmental design elements: Horizontal and vertical surfaces
9 Environmental design elements: Planting
10 Environmental design elements: Water
11 Environmental design elements: Urban furnitures
12 Students homework presentations
13 Students homework presentations (continues)
14 Students homework presentations (continues), summary of the course.

Recomended or Required Reading

Lynch, K. (2011). Kent Imgesi. Iş Bankası Yayınları, Istanbul.
Lynch, K. (1990). City sense and city design. MIT Pres, Cambridge, Mass.
Broadbent, G. (1990). Emerging concepts in urban space design/ G. Broadbent. Van Nostrand Reinhold, London.
Carr, S., ve diğ. (1992). Public space/ S. Carr ve başkaları. Cambridge University, Cambridge.
Aymonino, A., Mosco, V.P. (2006). Contemporary public space : un-volumetric architecture. Rizzoli International, Milano, Italy; Skira; New York, NY.
Crysler, C. G. (2003). Writing spaces : discourses of architecture, urbanism and the built environment. Routledge, New York.
Carlson, A. (2002). Aesthetics and the environment : the appreciation of nature, art, and architecture. Routledge, London.
Hawkes, D. (1996). The Environmental tradition: Studies in the architecture of environment. E and FN Spon, London.
Simonds, J. O. (1961). Landscape architecture : The shapping of man's natural environment. Mc Graw-Hill, New York

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

In the first weeks of course, instructors will give lectures enriched by visual presentations on determined issues. In the last weeks of the course, students homework presentations will be criticized.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTE * 0.60 + ASG * 0.40
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.50 +RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm Exam (%30)
Homework / Presentation (%20)
Final Exam (%50)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

inci.uzun@deu.edu.tr, 232 301 84 51

Office Hours

to be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 2 20
Tutorials 0 0 0
Student Presentations 3 2 6
Technical trips 0 0 0
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 0 0 0
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 10 10
Preparation for Final Exam 1 15 15
Preparation for Quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing Individual Assignments 0 0 0
Preparing Group Assignments 1 15 15
Preparing Presentations 1 4 4
Other (please indicate) 0 0 0
Final 1 2 2
Mid-term 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 74

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.2555
LO.35
LO.455
LO.52555

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