COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FIELD RESEARCH IN ARCHITECTURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5112 FIELD RESEARCH IN ARCHITECTURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ILKNUR TÜRKSEVEN DOĞRUSOY

Offered to

Architectural Design
Architectural Design

Course Objective

"Design for human" factor is attaching importance in architecture with discussions on sustainability. In this meaning, there is a need to get scientific knowledge about how humans perceive, evaluate and use their environment. Field research is an important and preffered method for graduate researches that give importance to establish healthy relations between design and users and to produce scientific knowledge about this subject in the field of architecture. In this meaning, this course aims students learn systematic and scientific field research technics and their ethical principles. Additionally, the course aims students to develop the ability of applying these technics on an architectural research problem and interpret the results.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to learn types of field research and technics
2   to design a field research
3   to prepare a research measurement
4   to apply a field research
5   to interpret the results of the field research

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Meeting with the students, aims and content of the course, giving the reading list
2 What is field research in architecture Types, main properties and data sources
3 Design of field research. Discussions on research proposals of the course participants.
4 Tools and technics of field research, document analysis, post occupancy evaluation, interview, case analysis, oral history, focussed group interview
5 Observation, types, tools and properties of observation, Questionnaire and observation technics.
6 Student presentation
7 Sampling methods, sampling faults
8 Discussions on the proposals for research measure.
9 Pilot application of field research
10 Technics for data analysis; describtive and exlorative analyses.
11 Determination of suitable technics for data analyses in the researches
12 Discussions on the results of the study
13 Main principles of writing a research report.
14 Student presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Yıldırım, A., Şimşek, H. (2006). Sosyal Bilimlerde Nitel Araştırma Yöntemleri, Seçkin Yayıncılık: Ankara.
Guide to post occupancy evaluation (2006). Univercity of Westminister, HEFCE, www.aude.ac.uk, 9 Nisan 2014
Mack N. & Woodsong, C. & MacQueen K. M& Guest, & G, Namey, E. (2005). Qualitative Research Methods: A Data Collector's Field Guide, Family Health International: USA.
Türkseven Doğrusoy, I. (2003). Pencerelerin Insan Mekan Ilişkileri Kapsamında Irdelenmesi, Ofis Mekanları Için Bir Deneme, Yayımlanmamış doktora tezi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Izmir.
Türkseven Doğrusoy, I& Türeyen, M. (2007). A Field study on determination of preferences for windows in office environments, Building and Environment, 42, 12, pp. 3660-3668.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Courses / Application
Theoretical courses will be given by powerpoint presentations,
2. Homework assignments
Students will prepare presentations and research reports about their research topics.

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

Presentations: 30 %
Homework assignments: 20 %
Research report (Final): 50 %

Assessment Criteria

Presentations: 30 %, LO1, LO3
Homework assignments: 20 %, LO1. LO2
Research report (Final): 50 %, LO4, LO5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to the course is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ilknur Türkseven Doğrusoy, 0090 232 301 8453
ilknur.turkseven@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

to be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 12 3 36
Student Presentations 2 3 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for final exam 1 75 75
Preparing assignments 2 8 16
Preparing presentations 2 15 30
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.11
LO.21111
LO.3111
LO.41111
LO.511

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