COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BASIC DESIGN

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 1111 BASIC DESIGN COMPULSORY 4 8 0 14

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HAYAT ZENGIN ÇELIK

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course aims to provide students with the awareness of design elements and principles, the ability to use them, the ability to think abstractly, and the whole-piece relationship that makes sense of objects. Practices given for this purpose focus on system language concepts such as point, line, plane, texture, color, volume. At the end of this course, students are expected to comprehend order principles such as harmony, contrast, balance, symmetry, asymmetry, repetition, sovereignty, and hierarchy. In addition, it is aimed to create an infrastructure that will allow the development of technical knowledge and equipment with presentation techniques open to creativity.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students, will be able to define the principles of design and order,
2   will be able to express the relationship of the whole and the part ,
3   will be able to illustrate the abstract thinking,
4   will be able to use the technical knowledge
5   will be able to design by using the ability of two and three dimensional perception.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1.Orientation, General information about Basic Design and Abstraction
2 2.The Elements of Design and Point as a technical and an abstract concept
3 3.Line as a technical and an abstract concept and Typology
4 4.Concept of Plane
5 5. Principles of Basic Design
6 6. Basic Concepts about Colour
7 7. Perception, Gestalt Principles
8 8.Pattern and texture practices.
9 9.Axonometric perspective (isometric, dimetric, trimetric) practices, drawings of plan, section and view
10 10. Volume and space
11 11.Preparation for the final project
12 12.Preparation for the final project, draft presentations and evaluations
13 13.Preparation for the final project, draft presentations and evaluations
14 14.Preparation for the final project, draft presentations and evaluations
15 15.Presentation of the final project

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Güngör, Hulusi (1972), Temel Tasar, Birinci Baskı, Çeltüt Matbaacılık, Istanbul.
Ching, D.K.F. (1990), Drawing a Creative Process, John Wiley&Sons,Inc., USA
Ching, DKF (2002); Mimarlık: Biçim Mekan Düzen (çeviri: Sevgi Lökçe), Yapy Endüstri Merkezi Yayınları, Istanbul.
Supplementary Book(s): Denel, B. (1981), Temel Tasarım ve Yaratıcılık, ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Basım Işliği, Ankara
Teymur, N. ve Dural, T. (1998), Temel Tasarım / Temel Eğitim, ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Basım Işliği, Ankara
Tunalı, I. (2002), Tasarım Felsefesine Giriş, Yapı Endüstri Merkezi Yayınları, Istanbul
References: Ching, D.K.F. (1975), Architectural Graphics, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York
Yavuz, H.S. (1996), Yaratıcılık, BÜ Yayınları, Istanbul
Çağlarca, S. (1993), Renk ve Armoni Kuramları, Inkılâp, Istanbul
Materials: Other readings related to the course

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

- The course program has a content that blends classical learning methods with digital possibilities.
-The method of conducting the course and the course schedule have been prepared taking into account the 4 hours theoretical and 8 hours practical content of the course.
- The course will be conducted in studios
- During lessons, successive and continuously developing exercises / homework have been designed for the students on the subjects given. Exercises / assignments include drawing assignments that allow students to develop hand-mind coordination, and abstraction practices and assignments that develop from simple to complex as a methodological study that supports the development of the creative process.
The subjects included in the Basic Design course will be handled in 9 separate study packages. In this context, after transferring abstraction as a basic methodological study, POINT, LINE, PLANE, BASIC DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND ELEMENTS, GESTALT PERCEPTION THEORY, COLOR, TEXTURE, PERSPECTIVE, VOLUME were programmed as a work package and sub-study options were created for each.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ODV Ödev
2 PRO Proje
3 BNS Başarı Notu ODV * 0.70 + PRO * 0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

This course is evaluated with the semester grade, no final examination is held.

Assessment Criteria

Descriptions, and Sampling are measured by Applications and Homework.
Using and Designing are measured by the Final Project.

Assessment Method
- In the 9 study packages planned during the semester, students will be evaluated with a single grade at the end of four separate stages: TECHNICAL APPLICATION (Application)-RESEARCH (Homework) -CREATIVE PROCESS (Application) and DESIGN (Homework)
- Note weights of 9 work packages will be equal. The arithmetic average of these 9 packages will be taken in determining the grade to be considered as the year grade.
- At the end of the term, a final study has been designed in which students can fully convey their knowledge and experience gained in 9 study packages. The final study, which is planned to last four weeks in total, will be based on both group work and individual performances of the students.
- Final project evaluation will be made in the form of a openned or closed jury that depends on pandemic conditions and with the participation of all executive instructors.
- It's mandatory to submit the projects within the deadlines and attend the juries. Projects of students not attending to the juries and presenting the project will not be evaluated.
- The sum of the 70% of the averages of exercises and assignments and 30% of the final project will be the final grade of the student.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The theoritical presentations of the course will be continued face-to-face in studios and with synchronicity distance education, exercised will be contined in classrooms and studios with face-to-face learning.
Attendance is mandatory and will be evaluated with Regulations and Faculty Instructions. Students must attend to juries and present their projects. Projects of students not attending to the juries and presenting the project will not be evaluated.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hulya.koc@deu.edu.tr, erdal.diktas@deu.edu.tr, ilgi.kaya@deu.edu.tr,
gozde.eksioglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 5-6

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 4 52
Tutorials 11 8 88
Group session 2 8 16
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 2 10
Preparing assignments 44 3 132
Preparation for final jury 1 40 40
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final jury 1 12 12
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 360

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51