COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SUSTAINABILITY TOOLS IN ARCHITECTURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5111 SUSTAINABILITY TOOLS IN ARCHITECTURE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR AYÇA TOKUÇ

Offered to

Structural Construction Design
Structural Construction Design

Course Objective

The course aims to help understand and apply the principles of sustainable design for buildings by understanding the possibilities, constraints and interactions of decision-making tools and methodologies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To recognise what sustainable design is and how it is related to the building design process.
2   To debate the economic and environmental effects of the strategic sustainability goals of a Project.
3   To evaluate the key areas contributing to the sustainability of architectural Projects by the use of various tools and methods.
4   To demonstrate detailed understanding about how the choice and use of theory, tools and methodological approach have implications throughout the whole design process.
5   To discuss challenges, limitations, and opportunities of currently used and yet untested emerging approaches.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Conceptual Framework for Sustainability in Buildings 1.1. Climate change 1.2. Rio Conference 1.3. Johannesburg Declaration 1.4. Laws and regulations 1.5. Public and social sustainability 1.6. Discussion
2 Principles of Sustainable Design 2.1. Settlement scale 2.2. Site scale 2.3. Mass scale 2.4. Spatial scale 2.5. Material scale 2.6. Discussion
3 Indicators of Building Sustainability from Various Regions of the World Site Selection and Management
4 Mass Management I- Integration of Design 4.1. Autodesk Green Building Studio software 4.2. DesignBuilder software
5 Mass Management II- Building Envelope 5.1. IZODER software 5.2. BEP_Tr software
6 Spatial Management Tools
7 Material Management 7.1. Life Cycle Analysis 7.2. Environmental Product Decleration 7.3. Databanks and their usage
8 Resource Management 8.1. Renewable energy resources 8.2. Water diagrams
9 Student Presentations and discussion
10 Student Presentations and discussion
11 Student Presentations and discussion
12 Development of the final paper
13 Development of the final paper
14 Development of the final paper

Recomended or Required Reading

Yeang, K., 2010, Dictionary of Ecodesign: An Illustrated Reference, Routledge, 312.
Kibert, C., 2012, Sustainable Construction: Green Building
Design and Delivery, John Wiley & Sons, 560.
Ljubomir J., 2012, Designing Zero Carbon Buildings: Using Dynamic Simulation Methods, Routledge, 336.
Brown, G.Z., 2000, Sun, Wind, Light: Architectural Design Strategies, John Wiley & Sons, 400.
Gissen, D., 2003, Big and Green: Toward SustainableArchitecture in the 21st Century, Princeton Architectural Press, 192.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, homework, class presentation and discussion format. Students will prepare and present an assignment on a topic of their own choice. All class members are expected to attend both the lecture and seminar hours and actively take part in the discussion sessions.

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assignment / Presentation: ÖÇ1, ÖÇ2, ÖÇ3, ÖÇ4
Article Submission: ÖÇ1, ÖÇ2, ÖÇ3, ÖÇ4, ÖÇ5
Participation: ÖÇ1, ÖÇ2, ÖÇ4, ÖÇ5

Assignments and presentations will be evaluated according to the level of understanding of the topic, the way of handling the problem, quality fo design and presentation format. Participation depends on attendance to the class activities, the quality of responses during the course, and the contribution to a positive learning environment.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students are expected to attend a minimum of 70% of the class.
2. Students are expected to attend the class fully prepared to discuss the subjects and other related material.
3. Late submissions will be subject to a different evaluation.
4. All kinds of plagiarism will result in a disciplinary action.
5. Instructor might do quiz or exercises in the term. Their marks will be considered in the assignment and participation notes.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ayca.tokuc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursdays 13:30 - 16:30.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 2 16
Student Presentations 2 2 4
Tutorials 2 2 4
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 8 3 24
Field study 2 4 8
Quiz etc. 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 123

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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