COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZGÜL YILMAZ KARAMAN

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

Course Objective: It is possible to call all the materials required in building production building materials. Building materials is today's fastest-developing science, and new products emerge almost daily. In this context, the course aims to introduce building materials' physical, mechanical, and chemical properties, their production methods, and their uses in architecture. The main material groups examined within the scope of the course are natural stones (minerals), terracotta, solid/synthetic wood, aggregates, binders, concrete, artificial stones, metals, plastics and glass, taking into account current developments and sustainability principles and their use in construction from past to present.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The lectures will be intensive in the transfer of theoretical knowledge. However, for students to better understand the relationship between material use and design, they will be required to conduct individual researches that require them to analyse the appropriate use of building materials in architecture and building production through the relevant material brochures and standards (TSE)

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

MIDTERM EXAM 20%(LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4)
QUIZ 10%(LO1, LO2, LO3)
RESEARCH PAPER 20% (LO4, LO5, LO6)
FINAL 50% (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5, LO6)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozgul.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes