COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5142 SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE 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

This course aims to investigate environmental sustainability as a basis for architectural relevance and experimentation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Demonstrate a critical understanding of the current state of sustainability in regards to architecture.
2   Analyse how buildings react to the local conditions in terms of the tectonic dimensions.
3   Analyse how buildings react to the local conditions in terms of the cultural parameters.
4   Evaluate sustainability features in several case studies of historic and contemporary structures.
5   Evaluate intelligent and intuitive interfaces embedded in the architectural objects.

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
2 Contemporary issues: Background terms
3 Green building assessment
4 Green building process
5 Passive design strategies
6 Human thermal comfort
7 Performance and evaluation
8 Midterm (Term paper preliminary submission and presentation)
9 Social sustainability
10 Rural Studio
11 Designed experiments
12 Ambient intelligence and architecture
13 Open and adaptive building
14 Term paper / Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): None
Supplementary Book(s):
. Edwards, P N, 2010, A Vast Machine, Computer Models, Climate Data, and the Politics of Global Warming, MIT Press.
. Olgyay, V; Olgyay, A, 1963, Design With Climate: Bioclimatic Approach to Architectural Regionalism, Princeton Univ. Press.
. Hagan, S, 2001,Taking Shape, A New Contract Between Architecture and Nature, Architecture Press.
. Forty, A, 2012, Concrete and Culture: A Material History, Reaktion Books.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Seminar, research, essay writing, presentation and discussion.

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

Midterm (Term paper preliminary submission) 30%
Presentation 20%
Final (Term paper final submission) 50%

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

deniz.orhun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

to be aanounced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures/Seminars 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm submission 1 40 40
Preparation for final submission 1 50 50
Preparing presentaions 2 30 60
Midterm (Term paper preliminary submission) 1 3 3
Final (Term paper final submission) 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 195

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.411
LO.51

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