ARCHITECTURE (ENGLISH, THESIS)
Master	TR-NQF-HE: Level 7	QF-EHEA: Second Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 7

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
ARC5502	Digital Design in Architecture	Fall Spring	3	0	3	12

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Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Assist. Prof. BELİNDA TORUS
Course Lecturer(s):	Assoc. Prof. SUZAN GİRGİNKAYA AKDAĞ
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	The experience of digital technologies in architecture introduced and required a variety of digital skills as a new type of architectural knowledge. This course aims to inform these digital skills and knowledge with a theoretical framework. Computability concepts and techniques are to be evaluated as a possibility to open up channels in translating ideas and transferring concepts from other disciplines to develop architectural interpretations. Through theory, critical study and research, contemporary digital design methods are to be understood in a relationship beyond techniques only.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. To construe different concepts in computing terms theoretically.
2. To make use of basic techniques to transfer concepts in computing terms.
3. To evaluate the theoretical framework for digital techniques.
4. To write an academic paper.

Course Content

The course is taught in a lecture and seminar format and requires attendance at workshops. Along with the study of weekly reading lists and seminar sessions in the class, a concept outside of the field of architecture is proposed by the student at the beginning of the course to be studied for and during the workshops. As for the completion of the requirements of the class, workshop studies are to be presented in an academic research paper proposing the architectural implications and possibilities,and relevance of techniques used within a theoretical framework.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to Digital Design in Architecture	-
2)	Development of Computational Concepts in Architecture	The assigned reading list is to be studied
3)	Hybridization of Architectural Design.	The assigned reading list is to be studied. Project Proposal is to be prepared.
4)	Parametric Design	The assigned reading list is to be studied.
5)	Algorithmic Design	The assigned reading list is to be studied.
6)	Pre-Workshop study and presentations: Structuring concepts for computing	Project proposal is to be studied
7)	Workshop 1: Parametric Application	Project proposal is to be studied
8)	Workshop 1 Evaluation	Workshop 1 Products to be revised and presented in a portfolio
9)	Generative Systems in Design	The assigned reading list is to be studied.
10)	Shape Grammer Applications in Design	The assigned reading list is to be studied.
11)	Fractal Geometry Studies in Design	The assigned reading list is to be studied.
12)	Workshop 2: Fractal Geometry and Algorithmic Application	Project proposal is to be studied.
13)	Workshop 2 Evaluation	Workshop 2 Products to be revised and presented in a portfolio
14)	Final paper reviews	Final Paper to be drafted.
15)	-	-
16)	Submission of term paper

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Picon, Antoine. (2010). Digital culture in architecture: an introduction for the design professions. Birkhauser, Basel.
Martin Lister, Jon Dovey, Seth Giddings, Iain Grant, Kieran Kelly. (2009,2nd ed, 2003). New Media: a critical introduction. Routledge, London.
William W.Braham and Jonathan A.Hale, John Stanislav Sadar (eds) (2007). Rethinking Technology: A Reader In Architectural Theory. Routledge, NewYork.
Terzidis, K., (2006), Algorithmic Architecture, MA: Architectural Press/Elsevier.
Neil Leach, David Turnbull, Chris Williams (eds) (2004). Digital Tectonics. Wiley, London.
Picon, A. and Ponte, A., eds. (2003) Architecture and the Sciences: Exchanging Metaphors, Princeton Architectural Press, New York.
Kalay,Y. E.(2004) Architecture’s New Media: Principles,Theories, and Methods of Computer-aided Design. MIT Press, Cambridge.
Oxman, R., (2006) Theory and design in the first digital age. Design Studies, 2006, 27(3), p.229-265.
Oxman, R., Digital architecture as a challenge for design pedagogy: theory, knowledge, models and medium, Design Studies,2008, 29(2), p.99-120
Lynn, G.(1999). Animate Form. Princeton University Press, Princeton.
Gallagher, S. (2006). How the Body Shapes the Mind, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Mitchell,W. J. (1990). The Logic of Architecture: Design, Computation, and Cognition, MIT Press, Cambridge.
Kolarevic, B. (ed) (2003). Architecture in the digital age: design and manufacturing. Spoon Press, New York.
Terzidis, K. (2003) Expressive Form: A conceptual approach to computational design. Spoon Press, New York.
Saunder, A.(2009) Baroque Parameters. in Puglisi, L. P. (ed)Theoretical Meltdown, Wiley & Sons, Oxford.

References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Project	2	% 40
Final	1	% 60
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 0
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 100
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	14	42
Application	14	70
Study Hours Out of Class	13	78
Project	4	80
Homework Assignments	1	30
Final	1	1
Total Workload		301

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Develop and deepen knowledge in the same or in a different field to the proficiency level based on Bachelor level qualifications.
2)	Be able to conduct research at the proficiency level in Architecture or related disciplines individually, as well as to lead, participate in, or take responsibility for group projects
3)	Demostrate an ability to develop new approaches and produce knowledge at proficiency level researches both in architecture and related disciplines.
4)	Make decisions and produce comprehensive solutions to poorly defined, complex design problems at different scales related to the field by using critical thinking methods.
5)	Evaluate the phenomena in architectural history and assess contemporary developments by analyzing their historical, cultural, social, and political backgrounds.
6)	Be able to conduct independent qualitative and quantitative research requiring expertise in the field of architecture and contribute to professional knowledge and practice.
7)	Be able to present and publish the results of the research or design proposal related to the field in academic dialogue, in national and international forums, using written, oral, or other information and communication technologies, at the B2 General Level of the European Language Portfolio in English.
8)	Develops the lifelong learning abilities.
9)	Engage with the social responsibilities, legal, ethical, and aesthetic values of the architecture discipline.