INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS DESIGN
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
ARC2943 Sketching Istanbul Spring 0 4 2 4
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : RA BÜŞRA ATAM
Recommended Optional Program Components: documentary movie
Course Objectives: Drawing should be designated as a modality of thinking other than being encompassed by given talent which is technical or artistic or both. In other words, visual thinking is a specific language that is constituted by mostly lines that can attain different qualities. Hence, the course aims to equipt students commencing their architectural education with skills to develop and use freehand drawing as means to architectural reception and representation. For this purpose, studio sessions will be held for primary information exchange and out-door exercises will be performed on specific urban sites.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. Record the physical environment that is visually received and mentally distinguished in two dimensional media.
II. Record the mentally processed idea in two dimensional media.
III. Develop scale and proportion skills.
IV. Manipulate lines as communicative tools.

Course Content

Developing skills in freehand visualizations of architectural ideas expressed as drawing for mental and manual coordination.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction. Concept of line as thought and sketching activity as a perfomance of visual communication. none
2) Line qualities, hatching. Line weights as line expression. Hatching as surface expression. none
3) Approximating dimensional relations within objects. Notions of dimension, scale and proportion. none
4) Field study 1.
5) Field study 2.
6) Field study 3.
7) Field study 4.
8) Field study 5.
9) Field study 6.
10) Field study 7.
11) Field study 8.
12) Field study 9.
13) Field study 10.
14) Field study 11.
15)
16) Submission of sketchbooks and assessment.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Ders notları stüdyo saatleri sonrasında sisteme yüklenmektedir.
Ayrıca, eskiz teknikleri üzerine yardımcı kitaplara üniversite
kütüphanesinden erişilebilir.

Course notes are uploaded into the system after studio hours.
Moreover, some supplementary materials on sketching are accessible at the university library.
References: Kendra Schank Smith, Architects' Drawings, Architectural Press, 2005.
Kendra Schank Smith, Architects' Sketches, Architectural Press, 2008.
Sue Ferguson Gussow, Architects Draw, Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 2008.
Brian Edwards, Understanding Architecture Through Drawing, Taylor and Francis, New York, 2008.
George Hlavács, The Exceptionally Simple Theory of Sketching, BIS Publishers, Amsterdam, 2014.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 10
Application 14 % 15
Field Work 11 % 25
Final 1 % 50
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 50
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 56
Application 2 4
Field Work 11 44
Study Hours Out of Class 2 4
Total Workload 108

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) Having the theoretical and practical knowledge proficiency in the discipline of industrial product design
2) Applying professional knowledge to the fields of product, service and experience design development
3) Understanding, using, interpreting and evaluating the design concepts, knowledge and language
4) Knowing the research methods in the discipline of industrial product design, collecting information with these methods, interpreting and applying the collected knowledge
5) Identifying the problems of industrial product design, evaluating the conditions and requirements of problems, producing proposals of solutions to them
6) Developing the solutions with the consideration of social, cultural, environmental, economic and humanistic values; being sensitive to personal differences and ability levels
7) Having the ability of communicating the knowledge about design concepts and solutions through written, oral and visual methods
8) To identify and apply the relation among material, form giving, detailing, maintenance and manufacturing methods of design solutions
9) Using the computer aided information and communication technologies for the expression of industrial product design solutions and applications
10) Having the knowledge and methods in disciplines like management, engineering, psychology, ergonomics, visual communication which support the solutions of industrial product design; having the ability of searching, acquiring and using the knowledge that belong these disciplines when necessary.
11) Using a foreign language to command the jargon of industrial product design and communicate with the colleagues from different cultures
12) Following and evaluating the new topics and trends that industrial product design needs to integrate according to technological and scientific developments