COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY DESIGN METHODS IN ARCHITECTURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5234 CONTEMPORARY DESIGN METHODS IN ARCHITECTURE ELECTIVE 2 2 0 9

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DENIZ GÜNER

Offered to

Architectural Design
Architectural Design

Course Objective

Focusing on contemporary design methods in architecture, the course addresses both the social and cultural sources of the phenomenon of design and provides introductory information about the transformations it has undergone with technological developments. In this context, this course aims to focusing on the division between analogue and digital realms revealing the new methods and expression techniques in the field of design, architecture, and visual arts since the early 1990s.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Ability to identify the key concepts in the field of design.
2   2. To determine the concepts and tools of the visual production and presentation techniques used in the contemporary design approaches.
3   3. Ability to sketch with the different design methods and processes.
4   4. To distinguish different design approaches seen in the contemporary architecture.
5   5. Ability to debate the potentials and limitations of analog and digital design approaches.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Explanatory information about the objectives, methods, and the sources of references will be given in the course.
2 Mapping the Concepts and Methods
3 Subject-Object-Tool-Medium: Design Tools
4 Multifarious Design Techniques
5 Contemporary Design Techniques - Analog Realm I
6 Contemporary Design Techniques - Analog Realm II
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Contemporary Design Techniques - Digital Realm I
9 Contemporary Design Techniques - Digital Realm II
10 Contemporary Design Techniques - Digital Realm III
11 Contemporary Design Techniques - Digital Realm IV
12 Student Presentation
13 Student Presentation
14 Student Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

* Aksamija, A. (2017). Integrating Innovation in Architecture: Design, Methods and Technology for Progressive Practice and Research (AD SMART 04), London: Academy Press.
* Balmond, C. (2007). Informal, New York: Prestel USA
* Bernstein, P. (2022). Machine Learning; Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, London: RIBA Publishing.
* Brooks, A. (2003). Innovation in Architecture: A Path to the Future, London: Taylor & Francis.
* Brell-Çokcan, S., Braumann, J. (Eds) (2013). Rob | Arch 2012: Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art, and Design, Vienna: Springer-Verlag
* Bru, E., et.al (2003). Metapolis Dictionary of Advanced Architecture: City, Technology and Society in the Information Age, Barcelona: Actar.
* Bullivant, L. (2007). 4dsocial: Interactive Design Environments (Architectural Design Vol. 77 N°. 4, London: Wiley.
* Burry, M. (2011). Scripting Cultures: Architectural Design and Programming (Architectural Design) London: Wiley.
* Cache, B., et al, (1999). Phylogenesis Foa's Ark: Foreign Office Architects, Barcelona: Actar.
* Canizares, G., Cohen, Z. (Eds) (2024). Homing the Machine in Architecture,London: Routledge.
* Cardoso Llach, D. (2015). Builders of the Vision : Software and the Imagination of Design, London: Routledge.
* Carpo, M. (2012). The Digital Turn in Architecture 1992-2012. London: Wiley.
* Carpo, M. (2017). The Second Digital Turn: Design Beyond Intelligence, Cambridge: The MIT Press.
* Carpo, M. (2023). Beyond Digital: Design and Automation at the End of Modernity, Cambridge: The MIT Press.
* Chris Jones, J., (1992). Design Methods, London: Wiley.
* Cook, P., (2008). Drawing: The Motive Force of Architecture, London: Wiley.
* Corbo, S. (2014). From Formalism to Weak Form: The Architecture and Philosophy of Peter Eisenman, Ashgate Pub Co.
* Corser, R. (2010). Fabricating Architecture: Selected Readings in Digital Design and Manufacturing, New York: Princeton Architectural Press.
* Cruz, M., Pike, S. (2008). Neoplasmatic Design (Architectural Design Vol. 78 N°. 6) London: Wiley.
* Davidson, C. (Ed) (2005). Tracing Eisenman: Peter Eisenman Complete Works, London: Thames & Hudson.
* Del Campo, M. (2016). Evoking Through Design Contemporary Moods in Architecture (Architectural Design Vol. 86 N°. 6), London: Wiley.
* Fernandez-Galiano, L. (Ed.) (2007). Herzog & de Meuron; 1978-2007. Madrid: Arquitectura Viva.
* Ferre, A., Kubo, M., et.al, (1999). Verb Conditioning, Barcelona: ACTAR.
* Ferre, A., Salazar, J., Gausa, M., et.al, (2002). Verb Processing, Barcelona: ACTAR.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Addition to the theoretical lectures, the students will be actively contributed to the lectures through the common discussions in which their personal research assignments and class presentations will be debated.

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Mid-term Exam % 25 (LO1, LO2)
Presentation/Homework Assignment % 25 (LO2, LO3)
Final Exam % 50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term Exam % 25 (LO1, LO2)
Presentation/Homework Assignment % 25 (LO2, LO3)
Final Exam % 50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

* Attendance is required.
* Late submissions will be differently appraised.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

deniz.guner@deu.edu.tr 0090 232 301 84 96

Office Hours

To Be Announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 2 20
Student Presentations 3 2 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 8 80
Preparation for midterm exam 1 9 9
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 6 8 48
Preparing presentations 6 6 36
Final 1 8 8
Midterm 1 8 8
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 225

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.145
LO.25
LO.345
LO.445
LO.554

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