COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BUILDING PHYSICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 2619 BUILDING PHYSICS COMPULSORY 2 1 0 4

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MÜJDE ALTIN

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

To introduce how to make the buildings and structures resistance against the physical environmental conditions, in the name of getting precautions for thermal effect, sound effect, water effect, vapour effect, humidity effect and fire effect through the features of the construction materials and their construction details, and also how to arrange the comfort level of a human's living conditions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognizing the physical environmental effect
2   Recognizing the insulation materials to regulate the physical environmental effect
3   Recognizing the construction principles of the insulation materials to regulate the environmental effect
4   Determining the features of the insulation materials to design an architectural space at the level of comfort
5   Recognizing the use of insulation materials in architecture and their use in construction through the built examples

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Thermal insulation I Explanation of Project Subject
3 Thermal insulation II Class application
4 Class application
5 Water insulation, Vapour insulation, Humidity insulation I Class application
6 Water insulation, Vapour insulation, Humidity insulation II Class application
7 Class application
8 Mid-term exam
9 Sound insulation I Class application
10 Sound insulation II Class application
11 Class application
12 Fire insulation Class application
13 Space Comfort Conditions I Lighting Class application
14 Space Comfort Conditions II Solar Control Class application
15 Submission of the project

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
- Sezer, Göksel, Yapıda Su Rutubet Yalıtımı ve Malzemeleri I, DEÜ, 1988, Izmir
- Özgüven, H. Nevzat, Gürültü Kontrolü: Endüstriyel ve Çevresel Gürültü, Türk Akustik Derneği
- Durmaz, Serhat, Temel Bina Akustiği, Cinius Yayınevi, 2020
- Binalarda Su Yalıtımı Yönetmeliği
- Binalarda Isı Yalıtım Yönetmeliği
- Çevresel Gürültü Kontrol Yönetmeliği
- Binaların Gürültüye Karşı Korunması Yönetmeliği
- Binaların Yangından Korunması Hakkında Yönetmelik
Supplementary Book(s):
- Dizayn Konstrüksiyon Dergisi
- Yapı Dergisi
- Detail Dergisi
- Architectural Review Dergisi
- Yapı Kataloğu
- Yapı ve Yapım ile ilgili kitaplar
- Yapı Malzemeleri ile ilgili kitaplar
- Yapı Izolasyonu ile ilgili kitaplar
- Yapı Izolasyon Malzemesi üreten firmaların broşürleri
- Türk Standartları Enstitüsü Yapı malzemesi katalogları
References: -
Materials: they will be announced by the instructors.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, presentation, and to make students construct a building at the level of comfort with insulation materials, including the construction details.

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Mid-term Exam (%25) (LO1, LO2, LO3)
Assignments (%25) (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
Final (%50) (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term Exam (%25) (LO1, LO2, LO3)
Assignments (%25) (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
Final (%50) (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students are expected to attend a minimum of 70% of the class.
2. Late submissions will be subject to different evaluation.
3. All kinds of plagiarism will result in a disciplinary action.
4. Instructor might do quiz or exercises in the term. Their marks will be considered in the assignment notes.

to give lectures for 12 weeks, to make researches about the defined subjects, to make quizes, to prepare the mid-term project about a proposal building design with the thermal calculations according to comfort living conditions, in a characteristic urban texture, including construction details.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mujde.altin@deu.edu.tr, 0090 232 301 84 92

Office Hours

to be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 14 1 14
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

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.14555
LO.24555
LO.34555
LO.44555
LO.54555