MIM5503 Architectural SurfacesBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs ARCHITECTURE (TURKISH, NON-THESIS)General Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
ARCHITECTURE (TURKISH, NON-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
MIM5503 Architectural Surfaces Fall 0 3 3 12
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: Turkish
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Assoc. Prof. MELTEM VATAN
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: This course aims at familiarizing the students with the idea of building 'facade' changing under the different circumstances as technological and ideological developments and its representational and productional peculiarities throughout architectural history, therefore preparing a background for future designs.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. Evaluate the meaning and importance of the idea of 'building envelope' which changed in architectural history.
II. Identify the relation between 'envelope' and ' content'
III. Analyse the effects of the changes in building envelope as 'free facade' on design through case studies,
IV. Differenciate the effects of using different materials in the production of facades on representation.

Course Content

Building Envelope; Free Facade ; Enclosure and Content; Production and representation of 'facade'; Materials and the Methods in Construction of the Facade; Tectonic Qalities in the Construction of Facade; Building Skin and Transparency; Digital Design Approaches to Design of Skins.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to the idea of 'Building Envelope'
2) Building, Buiding Facade and Representation
3) Building Envelope and the Structural System
4) Building,Building Facade and interior /exterior relations
5) Wall/Window versus openings
6) Stone walls as Building Envelope
7) Textiles as Building Envelope
8) Glass as Building envelope
9) Presentations
10) Presentations
11) Contemporary Materials and Building Envelope
12) Digitally Produced Building Envelopes
13) Interactive Surfaces
14) Review and Evaluation

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: I. David Leatherbarrow and Mohsen Mostafavi (2002) Surface Architecture, MIT, Cambridge,
II. José Luis Sert (1967) “On Windows and Walls,” in José Luis Sert: Architecture, City Planning, Urban Design, ed. Knud Bastlund New York,
III. Reyner Banham, The New Brutalism: Ethic or Aesthetic (London, 1966), 41.
IV. Hannes Meyer (1970) “Building,” in Ulrich Conrads, ed., Programmes and Manifestoes on 20th Century Architecture, London, 117–120.
References: Will be given when necessary.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 10 % 10
Homework Assignments 4 % 40
Presentation 1 % 10
Final 1 % 40
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 12 3 36
Study Hours Out of Class 12 8 96
Presentations / Seminar 1 1 1
Homework Assignments 4 4 16
Final 1 2 2
Total Workload 151

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
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8) 8
9) 9