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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
MIM 3112	ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO IV	COMPULSORY	4	4	0	9

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DENIZ GÜNER

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to develop a design project on a specific building typology, which is designed to define the built and natural environment in terms of location, context, scale and programme.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To be able to define the concepts of historical environment and context.
2	To be able to identify the spatial correspondences of the historical environment and program requirements.
3	Identify design priorities such as environmental analysis, program formulation and site selection within the given design problem.
4	To be able to focus the design priorities on a distinct architectural concept.
5	To be able to express the architectural concept produced visually, in written and verbally through the relations with the historical environment, space organisation, facade composition and architectural space components.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

MIM 3111 - ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO III

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introductory, Information on the Scope, Content and Method of the Course, Introduction of the Subject, Giving the List of Examples and Sources to the Students.
2	Seminar & Field Trip
3	Presentations on Field and Case Studies
4	Presentations on Field and Case Studies
5	Concept Jury
6	Individual Critiques
7	Individual Critiques
8	Individual Critiques
9	Midterm Jury
10	Individual Critiques
11	Individual Critiques
12	Individual Critiques
13	Individual Critiques
14	Individual Critiques
15	Drawing & Presentation Critiques

Recomended or Required Reading

Essential Readings:
Rossi, A. (1982). Architecture of the City. Massachusetts: MIT Press.
Rowe, C., Koetter, F. (1984). Collage City. Massachusetts: MIT Press.
Kostof, S. (1991). The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History. London: Thames & Hudson.
Cullen, G. (1961). The Concise Townscape. New York: Architectural Press.
Foscari, G. (2014). Elements of Venice. Zürich: Lars Müller Publishers.
Özten, Ü.; Anay, H. (2017). Mimari Bağlamsalcılık, Eskişehir: E. Osmangazi University Publications, 2017

Other Course Materials: Handouts to be given by the lecturers, presentations to be made and Additional Bibliography will be announced later.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) The learning process develops through project/problem-based learning.
2) Students develop answers to the contextual and spatial problems/questions directed to them and progress by receiving critiques/criticisms.
3) In addition to the lectures, individual critiques and design guidance given by the instructor, the types of learning are diversified through `peer learning with student group work and `learning from the place with field trips.
4) The student's learning process is observed and recorded through the work done during the course, the critiques given, the intermediate jury and the final jury.

Assessment Methods

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

100% Final Jury (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5):

Assessment,
1) To be able to analyse and interpret the given context in multiple ways (Group Analysis Exercises);
2) To be able to research an architectural design problem in a multi-faceted manner (Individual Case Studies Presentation);
3) To be able to develop and design a medium complexity architectural programme requirement and its spatial correspondences within the framework of a conceptual framework with original and comprehensive solutions;
4) To be able to provide the conceptual depth, clarity and continuity of the main idea throughout the process (Intermediate Jury);
5) To be able to express the project process in visual, written and verbal media in a qualified manner
(Final Jury) will be made within the framework of the criteria.

Research Assignment (LO1, LO2): Group Analyses and Individual Case Studies
It consists of a presentation, analysis of a given urban context, interpretation of a needs programme to be developed from the context and development of a context-specific conceptual idea, and in-class exercises.

Intermediate Jury (LO1, LO2, LO3): It is a mid-term exam to assess the students' preliminary ideas about the field and the programme and their development over half a semester. Students who do not attend the mid-term jury without a documentable excuse cannot make the final submission.

Final Jury (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5): It is a final exam that covers the evaluation of the whole process of addressing the architectural design problem in a multi-faceted way and developing a research-based architectural design project.

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1) Participating in Group Analysis Studies in the field and presenting Individual Case Analyses will be taken into consideration in the process evaluation.
2) It is a prerequisite for the Final Submission that 4 of the 8 individual critiques to be taken during the semester have been approved by the lecturers against signature. Those who do not fulfil this requirement will not be able to make the Final Submission.
3) Appearing in the Intermediate Jury is compulsory and is a prerequisite for Final Submission.
4) Necessary equipment must be brought to each lesson.
5) Attendance is a must.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Deniz Güner - deniz.guner@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced later

Work Placement(s)