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
INT2943	Sketching Istanbul	Fall 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 :	Assoc. Prof. SEZİN HATİCE TANRIÖVER
Course Lecturer(s):	Instructor OSMAN ÜMİT SİREL Instructor SİNAN POLVAN Assoc. Prof. SEZİN HATİCE TANRIÖVER
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 equip students commencing their architectural education with skills to develop and use freehand drawing as means to interior architectural perception and representation. For this purpose, studio sessions will be held for primary information exchange and outdoor 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 perceived
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)	Traces of Byzance, historical peninsula
5)	City walls of Istanbul
6)	Galata
7)	Beyoğlu I - From Tünel to Galatasaray
8)	Beyoğlu II - From Galatasaray to Taksim
9)	Zeyrek ve Cibali
10)	Süleymaniye
11)	Fener and Balat
12)	Topkapı Palace and Archaeological Museum
13)	Sirkeci and Eminönü
14)	Bosphorus Mansions

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	10	% 10
Field Work	10	% 50
Paper Submission	1	% 40
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		%
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	4	56
Application	2	2	4
Field Work	11	4	44
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			106

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.
2)	Identifying, defining and effectively discussing aesthetic, functional and structural requirements for solving design problems using critical thinking methods.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
10)	Being aware of legal and ethical responsibilities in design and application processes.