COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN STUDIO

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 3001 ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN STUDIO ELECTIVE 4 4 0 12

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DENIZ BALIK

Offered to

Architecture
City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to enable students to define and present a design problem through conceptual, urban, cultural, social, and historical aspects, and to transform their ideas into spatial and formal design within a program.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To comprehend, present, and analyze the design problem within the framework of diverse relationships of ranging from the natural environment to urban, regional, and global scale
2   To transform their inquiries into a design idea with a perspective that carries a critical and responsible attitude towards the city, environment, and society
3   To develop an original concept and produce innovative and creative architectural solutions for a small and simple, medium or large-scale and complex program
4   To elaborate and present architectural proposals by developing them in terms of spatial, structural, and technical equipment
5   To integrate interdisciplinary information into the design process and manage the process autonomously

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course and assignment
2 Field trip
3 Student presentations: Site analysis
4 Student presentations: Program suggestions
5 Concept jury
6 Individual crits
7 Individual crits
8 Preliminary jury
9 Individual crits
10 Individual crits
11 Individual crits
12 Individual crits
13 Individual crits
14 Presentation studies
15 Final jury

Recomended or Required Reading

Periodicals in the field of architecture and city and regional planning.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, student presentation, project crit.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ*1


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Final jury is an exam that covers an assessment of the entire process of developing a research-based architectural design project and handling the design problem in multiple ways.
Evaluations will be made within the frameworks of; 1) The students ability to analyze and interpret the given context in multiple ways, 2) The students ability to investigate the architectural design problem in a versatile way, 3) The students ability to develop and design a small, medium or large-scale architectural program and its spatial counterparts within the framework of a main idea with original and comprehensive solutions, 4) The students ability to provide conceptual depth, clarity, and continuity of the main idea throughout the process, 5) The students ability to express their projects visually, textually, and verbally.

Assessment Criteria

Final project %100 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is imperative to attend classes and participate in discussions, as well as collective and individual crits during the semester. In addition to submitting and presenting the project on concept jury, preliminary jury, and final jury, it is also obligatory to comply with the rules announced by the lecturers at the beginning of the course.
2. All kinds of plagiarism will result in a disciplinary action.
3. Late submissions will be subject to a different evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: deniz.balik@deu.edu.tr
tel: 0 232 301 84 98
e-mail: gozde.eksioglu@@deu.edu.tr
tel: 0 232 301 83 56

Office Hours

Will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 6 66
Tutorials 11 6 66
Case study 3 12 36
Student Presentations 3 12 36
Field Study 2 10 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 3 12 36
Project Final Presentation 2 10 20
Project Assignment 2 6 12
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 292

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.1332
LO.2434
LO.3333
LO.433
LO.54