COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS OF TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CON 5015 ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS OF TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS COMPULSORY 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MINE TANAÇ ZEREN

Offered to

M.Sc. Urban Conservation Planning
Urban Conservation Planning Scientific Preparatory (Msc Without Thesis)
Urban Conservation Planning Scientific Preparatory (Msc)

Course Objective

This course aims to give the students ability of reading the structural systems of traditional civil and monumental buildings and analysing the principles of structural systems, construction methods, material use, and deterioration reasons of traditional buildings. Also it aims to give them the ability of diagnosing and finding solutions to structural and material deteriorations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to define traditional construction techniques and material use (Knowledge)
2   will be able to describe actual preservation/intervention approaches (Knowledge)
3   will be able to understand the behaviour of traditional structures (Comprehension)
4   will be able to relate preservation to practice (application)
5   will be able to diagnose structural and material deteriorations (analysis)
6   will be able to propose solutions to structural and constructional deteriorations of buildings (Synthesis)
7   will be able to interpret, criticize and revise the actual preservation methods (Evaluation)

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; Definition of aim, objectives and expectations. Reading list will be given this week.
2 Definition of traditional buildings and their typologies in the context of civil and monumental types. Project area and analysis work will be defined this week
3 Definition and discussion of traditional civil architecture in the context of architectural features, structural system and construction methods. (Masonry Constructions, Wooden Frame Constructions, Hybrid Methods and their examples)
4 Definition and discussion of traditional civil architecture in the context of architectural features, structural system and construction methods. (Building element/component design in traditional civil architecture)
5 Definition and discussion of monumental buildings in the context of architectural features, structural system and construction methods. (Load bearing/ transferring elements)
6 Definition and discussion of monumental buildings in the context of architectural features, structural system and construction methods. (Crossing elements, architectural elements)
7 Definition of structural deformations of traditional civil and monumental buildings.
8 Discussion on assessment methods of structural deformations of traditional civil and monumental buildings.
9 Application work Discussion of the cases (Structural analysis of selected buildings)
10 Application work Discussion of the cases (Structural analysis of selected buildings)
11 Application work Discussion of the cases (Structural analysis and damage assessment of selected buildings) and submission of structural analysis study. Students will be required to submit their structural analysis work in this week
12 Application work Discussion of the cases (developing proposals for structural deformations/deteriorations)
13 Application work Discussion of the cases (developing proposals for structural deformations/deteriorations)
14 Presentation of Application work Students will be required to present their studies to each other in this week.
15 Presentation of Application work Students will be required to present their studies to each other in this week.

Recomended or Required Reading

Ahunbay,Z.(1999). Tarihi Çevrede Koruma ve Restorasyon, Istanbul, Yem Yayın.
Icomos. (2005). Mimari Miras Yapılarının analiz ve restorasyonu, Istanbul, Maya Basın Yayın.
Caple, C. (2003), Conservation Skills: Judegement, Method and Decision Making, Ingiltere, Routledge.
Günay, R. (2007), Geleneksel Ahşap Yapılar Sorunları ve Çözüm Yolları, Istanbul, Birsen Yayınevi
Yürekli, H., Yürekli, F. (2007). Türk Evi, Istanbul, Yem Yayınevi.
Kuban, D. (2007). Osmanlı Mimarisi, Istanbul, Yem Yayınevi.
Uluengin, F. Uluengin, B. Uluengin, M.B. (2001) Osmanlı Anıt Mimarisinde Klasik Yapı Detayları, Istanbul, Yem Yayınevi.
Türkçü Ç. (2003), Yapım, Istanbul, Birsen Yayınevi.
Altın, M.(2010), Pantheon dan günümüze kubbelerin gelişimi, Istanbul, Yalın Yayıncılık.
Proceeding of International Conference on structural Health assessment of Timber Structures. (2011). Lizbon.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend both the lecture and designing sessions. Lecture parts include; Definition of Traditional buildings in the context of civil and monumental types, definition and discussion of traditional civil architecture in the context of architectural, structural and construction features. Definition and discussion of traditional monumental buildings in the context of architectural, structural and construction features. Definition of structural deformations of traditional civil and monumental buildings and discussion of their assessment methods. Students will choose a traditional building and they will prepare an application project according to what they learn during the lectures. They will present their cases on the 9th week then they will submit the project on 14-15th week.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assessment will be based on mainly application Project. Defining and Listing (Knowledge) will be measured by analysis work (students will collect all the necessary information on buildings) of cases.
Describing (Comprehension) and Interpreting (Application) will be measured by presentation of application study and
Relating (Analysis), Proposing (Synthesis) and Revising (Evaluation) will be measured by Final Submission of project.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through lectures and discussions on application Project.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mine.tanac@deu.edu.tr, ozgul.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced later.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 4 32
Practice 5 4 20
Student Presentations 2 4 8
Weekly pre-lecture/post-lecture preparations (reading articles and other materials) 6 5 30
preparation to final submission 1 10 10
preparation for the presentation of the practice 2 4 8
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 108

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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