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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
MIM 3502	ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO IV	COMPULSORY	4	4	0	9

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ZEHRA AKDEMIR

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to evaluate and analyze the concepts of context and natural environment from multidimensional views; and to develop design solutions for a theme structured around the framework of production of the context.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Ability to define the concepts of natural environment, place, context and program.
2	Define the spatial counterparts of the fundamental requirements of natural environment and program.
3	Determination of the fundamental design requirements such as environmental analysis, production of the context, specification of the program and settling on the land within the framework of the given design problems.
4	Focus on the design priorities around a main architectural concept.
5	Ability to express the developing architectural ideas with the instruments of design such as the mass composition, open/semi-open/closed spatial organization, architectural style and the components of the building via graphical, written, and oral presentations.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

MIM 3501 - ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO III

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction to the course. Announcement of the studio program and the projects.
2	Presentation (Placemaking)
3	Site Analysis Studies
4	Student Presentations
5	Student Presentations
6	Programming
7	Studies on the Architectural Concept
8	Individual Criticisms
9	Individual Criticisms
10	Preliminary Jury
11	Preliminary Jury
12	Individual Criticisms
13	Individual Criticisms
14	Submission of the Project and Jury Assessments

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Alexander, C. (1977). A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction. New York: Oxford University Press
2. Boeri, S. (Ed.) (2001). Mutations. Barcelona: Actar.
3. Broadbent, G. (1980). Emerging Concepts in Urban Space Design. London: Taylor & Francis.
4. Bru, E., et.al (2003). Metapolis Dictionary of Advanced Architecture: City, Technology and Society in the Information Age. Barcelona: Actar.
5. Madran, E. & Özgönül, N. (2005). Kültürel ve Doğal Değerlerin Korunması. Ankara: TMMOB Mimarlar Odası Yayınları.
6. Norberg-Schulz, C. (1980). Genius Loci: Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture. London: Academy Editions.
7. Venturi, R., Scott Brown, D., Izenour, S. (1977). Learning from Las Vegas - Revised Edition: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form. Massachusetts: The MIT Press.
8. Trancik, R. (1986). Finding Lost Space: Theories of Urban Design. London: John Wiley and Sons.

Materials: Handouts prepared by the studio instructors.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The method is based on the Project-Problem-Based Learning. The students respond to the questions posed by the instructors throughout the course and progress by design critiques. The performance of the students are observed and recorded via the commentaries in the studio, in the mid-term and in the final juries.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
2	MJ	MIDTERM JURY
3	PRJ	PROJECT
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	ASG * 0.10 + MJ * 0.15 + PRJ * 0.75

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Attendance to the studio and participation in the commentaries are obligatory. Assessments are done through Presentations, the Preliminary Jury and the Final Jury.

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam % 15 (LO1, LO2, LO3)
Presentation % 5 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO5)
Final exam % 75 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
Active Participation % 5 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students are expected to bring all necessary materials to the studio.
2. Attendance is required.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

deniz.guner@deu.edu.tr 0090 232 301 84 96
acalya.allmer@deu.edu.tr 0090 232 301 84 88
hikmet.gokmen@deu.edu.tr 0090 232 301 84 99

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)