COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BUILDING MATERIAL II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 2617 BUILDING MATERIAL II COMPULSORY 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MÜJDE ALTIN

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

To introduce how to make the buildings and structures resistance against the physical environmental conditions, in the name of getting precautions for thermal effect, sound effect, water effect, vapour effect, humidity effect and fire effect through the features of the construction materials and their construction details, and also how to arrange the comfort level of a human s living conditions

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognizing the physical environmental effect
2   Recognizing the insulation materials to regulate the physical environmental effect
3   Recognizing the construction principles of the insulation materials to regulate the environmental effect
4   Determining the features of the insulation materials to design an architectural space at the level of comfort
5   Recognizing the use of insulation materials in architecture and their use in construction through the built examples

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction Thermal insulation
2 Thermal insulation
3 Thermal insulation
4 Thermal insulation
5 Thermal insulation
6 Sound insulation
7 Sound insulation
8 1st Mid-term exam
9 Water insulation
10 Vapour insulation
11 Humidity insulation
12 Fire insulation
13 2nd Mid-term exam
14 General repeat of the subjects, Submission of the project

Recomended or Required Reading

. Aktuğlu, Yeşim Kamile, Mim 2613 Building Materials II, Unpublished lecture note
. Aktuglu, Yeşim Kamile, Reports and articles about building materials
. Dizayn Konstrüksiyon Journal
. Yapı Journal
. Detail Journal
. Architectural Review Journal
. Yapı Kataloğu
. Books about structure and construction
. Books about building materials
. Books about building insulation
. Brochures of companies which produce building insulation materials
. Building materials catalogues of Institute of Turkish Standarts

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, presentation, and to make students construct a house at the level of comfort with insulation materials, including the construction details

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 RAS RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT
4 QUZ QUIZ
5 ASG ASSIGNMENT
6 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + RAS * 0.15 + QUZ * 0.20 + ASG * 0.25
7 FINS FINAL EXAM
8 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
9 RST RESIT
10 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm Exam (%20) (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5 )
Quiz (%10) (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5 )
Homework assignments/Presentation (%7.5) (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5 )
Project (%12.5) (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5 )
Final (%50) (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5 )

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam 1 %10 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5 )
Mid-term exam 2 %10 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5 )
Quiz %10 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5 )
Homework Assignments/
Presentation %7.5 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5 )
Final Project %12.5 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5 )
Final Exam %50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

to give lectures for 12 weeks, to make researches about the defined subjects, to make quizes, to prepare the mid-term project about a proposal house design with the thermal calculations according to comfort living conditions, in an characteristic urban texture, including construction details,

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yesim.aktuglu@deu.edu.tr 0090 232 301 84 47

Office Hours

to be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Tutorials 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 2 3 6
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparation for quiz etc. 4 1 4
Preparing individual assignments 12 1 12
Preparing group assignments 1 2 2
Preparing presentations 1 2 2
other- project preperation 1 8 8
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 2 1 2
Quiz etc. 4 1 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 105

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
LO.4555
LO.5555

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