ARCHITECTURE (TURKISH, NONTHESIS) | |||||
Master | TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 | QF-EHEA: Second Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 7 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
MIM5503 | Architectural Surfaces | Fall Spring |
0 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester |
Language of instruction: | Tr |
Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Assoc. Prof. MELTEM VATAN |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 |
Course Notes: | 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. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 10 | % 10 |
Laboratory | 0 | % 0 |
Application | 0 | % 0 |
Field Work | 0 | % 0 |
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | 0 | % 0 |
Quizzes | 0 | % 0 |
Homework Assignments | 4 | % 40 |
Presentation | 1 | % 10 |
Project | 0 | % 0 |
Seminar | 0 | % 0 |
Midterms | 0 | % 0 |
Preliminary Jury | 0 | % 0 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Paper Submission | 0 | % 0 |
Jury | 0 | % 0 |
Bütünleme | % 0 | |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 12 | 3 | 36 |
Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Field Work | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 12 | 8 | 96 |
Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Homework Assignments | 4 | 4 | 16 |
Quizzes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Preliminary Jury | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Midterms | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper Submission | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jury | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Total Workload | 151 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | gaining the implementation ability of the theory and practice knowledge | |
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