COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BASIC DESIGN

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 1111 BASIC DESIGN COMPULSORY 4 8 0 14

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HAYAT ZENGIN ÇELIK

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course aims at enabling the students gain the ability to use design elements and principles, ability to think abstract and the consciousness of the relationship of whole and part. In this context, the applications given within the studio focus on the concepts of pattern language such as point, line, plane, texture and volume. At the end of this course students are expected to comprehend the principles of order such as harmony, contrast, balance, symmetry, asymmetry, repetition and hegemony. Additionally, the course aims at the formation of an infrastructure that will enable the improvement of technical knowledge through the creative presentation techniques.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students, will be able to define the principles of design and order,
2   will be able to express the relationship of the whole and the part ,
3   will be able to illustrate the abstract thinking,
4   will be able to use the technical knowledge
5   will be able to design by using the ability of two and three dimensional perception.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Point as a technical and an abstract concept
2 Line as a technical and an abstract concept
3 Toning with different techniques and three-dimensional expression of objects, Perception, Gestalt Principles
4 Elements of Basic Design and Principles of Order
5 Concept of Plane, abstraction techniques, abstraction with different techniques and geometric forms
6 Pattern practices
7 Midterm jury 1 Abstraction practices
8 Basic concepts about colour, scale practices
9 Principles of order and abstraction practices through the use of colour
10 Volume, Axonometric perspective (isometric, dimetric, trimetric) practices, drawings of plan, section and view
11 Midterm jury 2 Technical drawings through the use of isometric perspective and colour
12 Preparation for the final project, draft presentations and evaluations
13 Preparation for the final project, draft presentations and evaluations
14 Preparation for the final project, draft presentations and evaluations, presentation of the final project

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Ching, D.K.F. (1990), Drawing a Creative Process, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA
Supplementary Book(s): Denel, B. (1981), Temel Tasarım ve Yaratıcılık, ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Basım Işliği, Ankara
Teymur, N. ve Dural, T. (1998), Temel Tasarım / Temel Eğitim, ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Basım Işliği, Ankara
Tunalı, I. (2002), Tasarım Felsefesine Giriş, Yapı Endüstri Merkezi Yayınları, Istanbul
References: Ching, D.K.F. (1975), Architectural Graphics, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York
Yavuz, H.S. (1996), Yaratıcılık, BÜ Yayınları, Istanbul
Çağlarca, S. (1993), Renk ve Armoni Kuramları, Inkılâp, Istanbul
Materials: Other readings related to the course

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through the in-class implementations and homework assignments designed within the context of lectures, readings and visual material.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 SKT 1 SKETCH 1
3 SKT 2 SKETCH 2
4 SKT 3 SKETCH 3
5 COM COMMITTEE
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.40 + SKT 1 * 0.10 + SKT 2 * 0.10 + SKT 3 * 0.10 + COM * 0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining, Expressing and Illustrating will be measured by Midterm Examinations and the evaluation of Homework Assignments.
Using and Designing will be measured by Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through lectures concerning the theoretical context and in-class implementations.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hulya.koc@deu.edu.tr
erdal.diktas@deu.edu.tr
merca.efe@deu.edu.tr
burcu.silaydin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 9.30- 10.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 4 52
Tutorials 11 8 88
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 2 10
Preparation for midterm jury 2 7 14
Preparation for final jury 1 40 40
Preparing assignments 40 3 120
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
Final jury 1 12 12
Midterm jury 2 8 16
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 360

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.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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