COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DESIGN OF ARCHITECTURAL ENVIRONMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 3741 DESIGN OF ARCHITECTURAL ENVIRONMENT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR INCI UZUN

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

To gain an analytic conception on architecture and natural & urban environment integrity, to identify architectural environment design principles and elements and to develop an architectural design concept that integrated with environmental design while taking natural and urban environment context into consideration.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the environment in various scales and aspects
2   To explain the architectural environment design elements and principles
3   To relate architectural design vith natural and urban environment context
4   To evaluate architectural and environmental design as a whole

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
2 Natural environment-architecture relationships and environmental analysis
3 Urban environment-architecture relationships and environmental analysis
4 Open and semi-closed spaces in architecture
5 Public space and urban open spaces
6 Environmental design elements: Relating with ground
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Environmental design elements: Horizontal and vertical surfaces
9 Environmental design elements: Planting
10 Environmental design elements: Water
11 Environmental design elements: Urban furnitures
12 Students' assignment presentations
13 Students' assignment presentations (continues)
14 Students' assignment presentations (continues), summary of the course.

Recomended or Required Reading

*Lynch, K. (2011). Kent Imgesi. Iş Bankası Yayınları, Istanbul.
*Lynch, K. (1990). City sense and city design. MIT Pres, Cambridge, Mass.
*Broadbent, G. (1990). Emerging concepts in urban space design/ G. Broadbent. Van Nostrand Reinhold, London.
*Carr, S., ve diğ. (1992). Public space/ S. Carr ve başkaları. Cambridge University, Cambridge.
*Aymonino, A., Mosco, V.P. (2006). Contemporary public space : un-volumetric architecture. Rizzoli International, Milano, Italy; Skira; New York, NY.
*Crysler, C. G. (2003). Writing spaces : discourses of architecture, urbanism and the built environment. Routledge, New York.
*Carlson, A. (2002). Aesthetics and the environment : the appreciation of nature, art, and architecture. Routledge, London.
*Hawkes, D. (1996). The Environmental tradition: Studies in the architecture of environment. E and FN Spon, London.
*Simonds, J. O. (1961). Landscape architecture : The shapping of man's natural environment. Mc Graw-Hill, New York

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

In the first weeks of course, instructors will give lectures enriched by visual presentations on determined issues. In the last weeks of the course, students' homework presentations will be criticized.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.20 + PAR * 0.05 + FINS * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.20 + PAR * 0.05 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm and final exams may be replaced by home assignments in case of institutional obligations.

Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam % 25 (LO1, LO2, LO3)
Assignment % 20 (LO 4)
Participation % 5 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4)
Final exam % 50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Assignments should be submitted on announced time and method. Late / irregular submissions will be subject to a %30 reduced evaluation.
Scientific and professional ethics is essential. Cheatery will be processed through discipline regularities.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

inci.uzun@deu.edu.tr, 232 301 84 89

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 2 20
Tutorials 0 0 0
Student Presentations 3 2 6
Technical trips 0 0 0
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 0 0 0
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 10 10
Preparation for Final Exam 1 15 15
Preparation for Quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing Individual Assignments 0 0 0
Preparing Group Assignments 1 15 15
Preparing Presentations 1 4 4
Other (please indicate) 0 0 0
Final 1 2 2
Mid-term 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 74

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.1225
LO.2325
LO.3354
LO.445