COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECOLOGICAL ARCHITECTURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ILKNUR TÜRKSEVEN DOĞRUSOY

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

To sustain the students to have information about approaches and methods of ecological design.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to evaluate general ecological design principles both in urban and architectural scales.
2   To be able to construct relations among ecological design approaches and passive and active energy efficient methods
3   To be able to research and present current developments and applications about ecological architecture

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General explanations, introducing the content and the process, introduction to ecological architecture
2 The concepts and definitions of social, cultural, economical and environmental sustainability, sustainable and ecological architecture. General principles of ecological design and life cycle design.
3 Sustainable planning, mixed use development, sustainable transportation, eco-cities, alternative sustainable living models, Permaculture, Slow Food, and Slow City
4 Active and passive methods used in ecological design; the principles of natural lighting, natural ventilating and passive heating systems. Active energy systems which produce energy from alternative sources, their integration to architectural design and their effects on identities and aesthetics of buildings.
5 Green buildings and roofs, their applications, general design principles and evaluation systems.
6 Re-use, flexible use and re-cycling in architecture. Their principles and applications.
7 Reading ecological design approaches through the samples of native and contemporary architecture.
8 Presentation
9 Student presentations
10 Student presentations
11 Student presentations
12 Student presentations
13 Student presentations
14 General evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Serin, E. (2011). Ekolojik Konut Tasarımı Kriterlerinin Araştırılması ve Izmir Ili Için Bir tasarım Modeli Önerisi, DEÜ Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü yayımlanmamış yüksek lisans tezi
Sev, Ayşin (2009). Sürdürülebilir Mimarlık, YEM Yayınları, Istanbul
Dalgakıran, A & Türkseven Doğrusoy, I. ( 2009). Sürdürülebilir Kentler, Yavaş Şehir Hareketi ve Yerel Yansımaları, Yapı, 337, sf. 44-48.
Türkseven Doğrusoy, I & Dalgakıran, A. (2011) An alternative Approach in Sustainable Planning: Slow Urbanism, vol. 5 , issue 1, pp. 127-142.
Gürsel, Y. ( ). Mimarlık ve Çevre, Anahtar Kitaplar Yayınevi.
Güvenç, B. (2008). Sürdürülebilirlik Bağlamında Ekolojik Tasarım Prensiplerinin Mimaride Uygulanabilirliğinin Irdelenmesi, Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, Istanbul
Koçhan, A. (2002). Sürdürülebilir Gelecek Için Ekolojik Tasarım. Yapı Dergisi (249), 45-46.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures: Theoretical lectures will be given and powerpoint presentations will be made during the course.
Research: Students will be expected to present their research by different medias (text, research paper, powerpoint presentations, posters, videos etc.)

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Mid term exam (Homework, presentations): %50 (LO1, LO2)
Final examı (Research paper and presentation): %50 (LO1, LO2, LO3)

Assessment Criteria

Mid term exam (Homework, presentations): %50 (LO1, LO2)
Final examı (Research paper and presentation): % 50 (LO1, LO2, LO3)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attending to courses is included in performance assessment.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ilknur.turkseven@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

to be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 7 2 14
Student presentations 6 2 12
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Preparing report 1 15 15
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555

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