COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ARCHITECTURAL ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5141 ARCHITECTURAL ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

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

The aim of the course is to make students to be educated about theories of and researches about human and built environment, to examine, to evaluate and to interpret architectural design in an interdisciplinary point of view. Additionally, the course constitutes both theoretical and methodological base to conduct a research in the field of environmental psychology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to analize the basic theories explaining man-environment relations,
2   to interpret interdisciplinary relations in between human and environment,
3   to analize the interactions among architectural environment, urban environment, public space and human with the main theories
4   to analize the researches of environmental psychology
5   to construct a research about environmental psychology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to aims, targets and content of the course
2 What is environmental psychology History, basic concepts, descriptions and properties.
3 Main theories of environmental psychology I-Environment-behavior theories. Discussions on the selected readings.
4 Main theories of environmental psychology II. Environmental perception and evaluation theories. Discussions on the given readings.
5 Analyzing man-environment relations through environment-behaviour theories on different kinds of environments (urban spaces);
6 Analyzing man-environment relations through environment-behaviour theories on different kinds of environments (public spaces);
7 Student presentations
8 Analyses of researches in environmental psychology (environmental perception)
9 Analyses of researches in environmental psychology (environmental cognition)
10 Analyses of researches in environmental psychology (environmental preference)
11 Analyses of researches in environmental psychology (environmental satisfaction)
12 Discussions on the relations between theory and research
13 Discussions on the relations between theory and design
14 Student presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Bell, P. A. , Greene, T. C., Fisher, J. D., Baum, A. (2001). Environmental Psychology, Taylor and Francis: New York
Gifford, R. (1997). Environmental Psychology, Principles and Practice, Optimal Books: USA
Göregenli, M. (2010). Çevre Psikolojisi, Insan-Mekan Ilişkileri, Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları: Istanbul
Winter D. N. &Koger, S. (2004). The Psychology of Environmental Problems, Erlbaum: USA
Ünlü, A. (1998). Çevresel Tasarımda Ilk Kavramlar, ITÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Baskı Atölyesi: Istanbul.
Türkseven Doğrusoy, I. (2003). Mimari Bir Eleman Olan Pencerelerin/Açıklıkların Insan-Mekan Ilişkileri Bağlamında Irdelenmesi, Ofis Mekanları Için Bir Deneme, Yayımlanmamış Doktora Tezi, DEÜ Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Izmir.
Türkseven Doğrusoy&Türeyen M. (2007). A field study on determination of preferences for windows in office environments, Building and Environment, 42, 10, pp. 3660 3668.
Zeisel J. (2006). Inquiry by Design, Norton:USA

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 PRS PRESENTATION
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 RAS RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRS * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 + RAS * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Presentations: 30 %, LO3, LO4
Homework assignments: 20 %, LO1, LO2
Research report: 50 %, LO2, LO3, 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
Project Preparation 1 60 60
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 9 4 36
Preparing assignments 2 12 24
Preparing presentations 2 20 40
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 202

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.111
LO.211
LO.31111
LO.41111
LO.5111

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