ARCHITECTURE
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
ARC3002	Architectural Design IV	Spring	2	6	5	10

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Must Course
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Assoc. Prof. SALİH CEYLAN
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi YİĞİT YILMAZ Instructor EDA ERKAN Assoc. Prof. SALİH CEYLAN Instructor SITKI AHMET ERGELEN Instructor ERTUĞRUL MORÇÖL Instructor BOĞAÇHAN DÜNDARALP Assoc. Prof. EMİNE ÜMRAN TOPÇU Assoc. Prof. AYŞE İREM KIRIŞ Assoc. Prof. MELTEM VATAN
Recommended Optional Program Components:	site visits lectures by experts
Course Objectives:	The objective of the course is to equip students with the skills to handle design problems of increased conceptual and compositional complexity. This is achieved by processing and reordering relations between the urban tissue and the building, between urban and architectural scale and between public and private realms. The course also aims to identify the qualities of an urban environment to activate its full potential through an in-depth understanding of the complexity of urban space. Accordingly, architectural design as an emerging form of collective memory and a method of resolving contemporary needs of the society is examined through a complex problem within the scope of the course.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who have succeeded in this course will have;

- Ability to raise clear and precise questions, use abstract ideas to interpret information, consider diverse points of view, reach well-reasoned conclusions and test alternative outcomes
- Understanding the diverse needs, values, behavioral norms, physical abilities, and social and spatial patterns that characterize different cultures and individuals
- Ability to prepare a comprehensive program for an architectural project, such as preparing an assessment of client and user needs, an inventory of space and equipment requirements, an analysis of site conditions (including existing buildings), a review of the relevant laws and standards and assessment of their implications for the project, and a definition of site selection and design assessment criteria.
- Understanding of the diverse needs, values, behavioural norms, physical abilities, and social and spatial patterns that characterize different cultures and individuals and the implication of this diversity on the societal roles and responsibilities of architects. Ability to raise clear and precise questions, use abstract ideas to interpret information, consider diverse points of view, reach well-reasoned conclusions, and test alternative outcomes against relevant criteria and standards.
- Ability to design projects that optimize, conserve, or reuse natural and built resources, provide healthful environments for occupants/users, and reduce the environmental impacts of building construction and operations on future generations through means such as carbon-neutral design, bio-climatic design, and energy efficiency.
- Understanding of the architect’s responsibility to work in the public interest, to respect historic resources, and to improve the quality of life for local and global neighbours.
- Understanding of the basic principles of structural behaviour in withstanding gravity and lateral forces and the evolution, range, and appropriate application of contemporary structural systems.

Course Content

The development of the city in the course of time, based on the historical evolution, and its major interruptions of continuity draw the conceptual frame of the 3002 studio. It examines the role of public buildings in collective social life, through its multifaceted perspective in a complex urban and historical environment. The studio examines a complex architectural problem in an area within undefined or problematic spaces in the historic center of the city, which includes the adaptive reuse of a group of inactive buildings.
The studio focuses on issues related to intervening in historical contexts as approached by the contemporary architectural culture. Students are asked to design open spaces and buildings that constitute educational facilities for vocational and/or customized training. The design consists of open spaces and buildings, dealing with problems related to the continuity of urban spaces, the relation of new uses to existing functions in the area, and the relation of new design to the development of the city. The use of materials, structural integrity, sustainability, efficient use of energy, and every aspect of the question of contemporary architectural design in a historic context.
The studio addresses the complexity of the discipline through its various issues, such as site conditions, accessibility, environmental- social- and economic sustainability, structural integrity, construction technologies, the use of materials, legal codes & standards, and architectural representation, integrating these issues in the design process.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to the studio Discussion on architectural design terminology Definiton of the design problem Site Visit
2)	Description of the architectural program analysis of the project site
3)	Finalization of site analysis Preparation to design: development of the conceptual framework of the design representation through sketches and 3d models
4)	Development of the conceptual framework of the design representation through sketches and 3d models
5)	Desk critiques and studio works
6)	Desk critiques and studio works
7)	Phase I/ First Interim Jury
8)	Desk critiques and studio works
9)	Desk critiques and studio works
10)	Desk critiques and studio works
11)	Desk critiques and studio works
12)	Second Interim Jury
13)	Development of the design under the influence of jury comments and critiques Advanced design process: details on structure
14)	Advanced design process: Structural system and other system details
15)	Representation and Pre Final

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Course lecture notes will be given when necessary.
References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	12	% 20
Preliminary Jury	2	% 40
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	2	24
Application	11	6	66
Study Hours Out of Class	10	12	120
Jury	4	8	32
Final	1	8	8
Total Workload			250

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)	Using the theoretical/conceptual and practical knowledge acquired for architectural design, design activities and research.	5
2)	Identifying, defining and effectively discussing aesthetic, functional and structural requirements for solving design problems using critical thinking methods.	5
3)	Being aware of the diversity of social patterns and user needs, values and behavioral norms, which are important inputs in the formation of the built environment, at local, regional, national and international scales.	3
4)	Gaining knowledge and skills about architectural design methods that are focused on people and society, sensitive to natural and built environment in the field of architecture.	3
5)	Gaining skills to understand the relationship between architecture and other disciplines, to be able to cooperate, to develop comprehensive projects; to take responsibility in independent studies and group work.	5
6)	Giving importance to the protection of natural and cultural values in the design of the built environment by being aware of the responsibilities in terms of human rights and social interests.	5
7)	Giving importance to sustainability in the solution of design problems and the use of natural and artificial resources by considering the social, cultural and environmental issues of architecture.	5
8)	Being able to convey and communicate all kinds of conceptual and practical thoughts related to the field of architecture by using written, verbal and visual media and information technologies.	3
9)	Gaining the ability to understand and use technical information about building technology such as structural systems, building materials, building service systems, construction systems, life safety.	3
10)	Being aware of legal and ethical responsibilities in design and application processes.	3