COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DESIGN FOR DISABLED PEOPLE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5029 DESIGN FOR DISABLED PEOPLE 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

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EBRU GÜLLER

Offered to

Architectural Design
Architectural Design

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to increase the awareness of designing barrier-free living environments and to raise awareness about design for all, within the students who have received design education before.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding the concept of disability, universal design approach for everyone, accessibility and barrier-free design criteria
2   Understanding the relevant regulations and understanding the responsibilities in this field as an architect
3   Being able to evaluate barrier-free design criteria through urban and building examples from different scales
4   Being able to examine the current environment / practices critically
5   Being able to develop solutions for the built environment according to barrier-free design principles

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; presentation of methodology of this course; announcing of seminar
2 Watching and evaluating short films/documantaries that aim to increase the awareness of the disabled / disability situation / disability in the society
3 Disability phenomenon, definitions and classifications
4 Within the scope of architecture for all, presentation of architectural arrangements for barrier-free design and accessibility and evaluation through examples
5 Universal design criteria
6 National and international standards, practices, contracts for barrier-free design
7 Legal regulations for barrier-free design
8 Team work; workshop etc.
9 Team work delivery and presentation
10 Seminar presentation of students and discussion
11 Seminar presentation of students and discussion
12 Seminar presentation of students and discussion
13 Seminar presentation of students and discussion Delivery of seminar presentations
14 Evaluating the presentation submissions and the period in general Detailing the final homework

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Book(s): Articles, reports, books and thesis about disabity and barrier free design.
References: ADAAG (American Disability Act Accessibility Guide)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures supported by visual materials such as presentations, documentaries, short films etc.
2. Working in groups; workshops
3. Field researches required for student studies
4. Presentation of the study topics determined by the students in accordance with the determined themes in a participatory and controversial manner
5. Assessments and discussions on sample buildings/environments.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRS PRESENTATION
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRS * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRS * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Presentation %40 + Workshop %10 + Final Exam (Homework Delivery) %50

Assessment Criteria

Workshop: LO1, LO2, LO5
Presentation: LO1, LO3, LO4
Final Delivery: LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ebru.guller@deu.edu.tr
+90 232 3018452

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 6 2 12
Tutorials 8 2 16
Preparing Group Assignments 1 30 30
Preparing Presentations 1 30 30
Other 1 8 8
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Mid-term 0
Quiz,etc 0
Final 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 124

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.51111

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