COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BUILDING DESIGN

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
URD 5123 BUILDING 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

The aim of the course is to elucidate the main technical components of buildings for the non-architect students.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students, will be able to define the concept and types of the structural system (Knowledge)
2   Students will be able to recognize essential building materials (Comprehension)
3   Students will be able to describe foundation, floor, wall and roof systems in a building (Comprehension)
4   Students will be able to describe moisture and thermal protection in a building (Comprehension)
5   Students will be able to recognize building mechanical and electric systems (Comprehension)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Construction technology and architectural design
2 Foundation systems
3 Floor systems
4 Wall systems
5 Roof systems
6 Doors and windows
7 Moisture and thermal protection
8 Midterm Examination
9 Mechanical systems
10 Electrical systems
11 Communication, security, fire protection
12 Ventilation, acoustics
13 HVAC systems
14 Submission of Term Assignments

Recomended or Required Reading

-Ching, F. (2008) Building Construction Illustrated, John Wiley & Sons Inc., USA
- Staib, G., Dorrhofer, A., Rosenthal, M. (2008) Components and Systems Modular Construction Design, Structure, New Technologies, Birkhauser, Germany
-Farrelly, L. (2009) Basics Architecture Construction and Materiality, AVA Publishing, Switzerland

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be given through conference and readings. A termpaper on specific issues will be expected from students at the end of the term.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.30
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + MAKRASG * 0.40 + MAKRRST * 0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining (Knowledge) will be measured by Midterm Examination
Describing and Recognizing (Comprehension) will be measured by Termpaper and 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 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 3 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 60 60
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 168

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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

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