| ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN (ENGLISH, PHD) | |||||
| PhD | TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 | QF-EHEA: Third Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 8 | ||
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| ARC5502 | Digital Design in Architecture | Fall Spring |
3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Assoc. Prof. SUZAN GİRGİNKAYA AKDAĞ |
| 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. |
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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 to computing terms. 3. To evaluate theoretical framework for digital techniques. 4. To write an academic paper. |
| The course is taught in a lecture and seminar format and requires attendance to workshops. Along with the study of weekly reading lists and seminar sesssions in the class, a concept outside of the field of architecture is proposed by the student in 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
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| 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 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
| Application | 2 | 4 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 13 | 68 |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 30 |
| Final | 1 | 1 |
| Total Workload | 145 | |
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Develop and deepen the current and advanced knowledge in the field with original thought and/or research and come up with innovative definitions based on Master's degree qualifications. | |
| 2) | Conceive the interdisciplinary interaction which the field is related with ; come up with original solutions by using knowledge requiring proficiency on analysis, synthesis and assessment of new and complex ideas. | |
| 3) | Evaluate and use new information within the field in a systematic approach. | |
| 4) | Develop an innovative knowledge, method, design and/or practice or adapt an already known knowledge, method, design and/or practice to another field; research, conceive, design, adapt and implement an original subject. | |
| 5) | Critical analysis, synthesis and evaluation of new and complex ideas. | |
| 6) | Gain advanced level skills in the use of research methods in the field of study. | |
| 7) | Contribute the progression in the field by producing an innovative idea, skill, design and/or practice or by adapting an already known idea, skill, design, and/or practice to a different field independently. | |
| 8) | Broaden the borders of the knowledge in the field by producing or interpreting an original work or publishing at least one scientific paper in the field in national and/or international refereed journals. | |
| 9) | Demonstrate leadership in contexts requiring innovative and interdisciplinary problem solving. | |
| 10) | Develop new ideas and methods in the field by using high level mental processes such as creative and critical thinking, problem solving and decision making. | |
| 11) | Investigate and improve social connections and their conducting norms and manage the actions to change them when necessary. | |
| 12) | Defend original views when exchanging ideas in the field with professionals and communicate effectively by showing competence in the field. | |
| 13) | Ability to communicate and discuss orally, in written and visually with peers by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio C1 General Level. | |
| 14) | Contribute to the transition of the community to an information society and its sustainability process by introducing scientific, technological, social or cultural improvements. | |
| 15) | Demonstrate functional interaction by using strategic decision making processes in solving problems encountered in the field. | |
| 16) | Contribute to the solution finding process regarding social, scientific, cultural and ethical problems in the field and support the development of these values. |