COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HOUSING DESIGN

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
URD 5115 HOUSING DESIGN ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ERDAL ONUR DIKTAŞ

Offered to

Urban Design
M.Sc. Urban Design

Course Objective

Aim of the course is to examine the conceptual and factual aspects of contemporary housing and housing settlements design. The course concentrates to the principles and criterias of selection of the site , alternative design and evaluation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be list of different types of house
2   Students will be define the characteristcs of different types of house
3   Students will be depict the different types of house and housing settlements
4   Students will be use the housing design principles in contemporary applications
5   Students will be analyse the level of achievement of housing design

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Urbanization, house question and it's impacts on urban area
2 House as a conceptual and phenomenological issue
3 Formal House Typology: Freestanding houses, Courtyard houses
4 Formal House Typology: Row houses, Multistorey Houses
5 Attributive house typology: Accesible houses
6 Attributive house typology:Ecological houses
7 Attributive house typology: Sustainable houses
8 Midterm Examination
9 Principles of housing area site selection
10 Principles of housing area site selection
11 Designing of a housing area
12 Detailing housing area design
13 Evaluation of housing area design
14 Presentations and Discussions of Term Assignments

Recomended or Required Reading

- Towers, G. (2005), At Home in the City, An Introduction to Urban Housing Design, Architectural Press, GB
- Towers, G. (2000), Shelter Is Not Enough, The Policy Press, GB
- Lewis, S. (2005), Front to Back, A Design Agenda for Urban Housing, Architectural Press, GB
- Cousins, M. (2009) Design Quality in New Housing, Taylor&Francis, GB

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be given through lectures, readings and discussions. At the end of the term a project of a house and enclosure will be expected from each student.

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Listing and Defining (Knowledge) will be measured by Midterm Examination
Describing (Comprehension) and Interpreting (Application) will be measured by Homework (Project)
Analyzing (Analysis) will be measured by Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

erdal.diktas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 10:30-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 9 2 18
Practice 3 2 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 7 3 21
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Design Project 1 76 76
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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