MATHEMATICS (TURKISH, PHD)
PhD TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 QF-EHEA: Third Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 8

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
HTC6403 Research on Design Technologies Fall 3 0 3 12
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester

Basic information

Language of instruction: En
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi DURNEV ATILGAN YAĞAN
Course Objectives: Architectural design being a mediated activity carried on with design tools and technologies, identity and practice of the architect changes along with the changes in the domain and structure of available information and “possibilities and new dimensions” revealed through new technologies. The aim of this course is to research into questions of how and what might be the effects of design tools and technologies on the domain of architecture and architectural design product.

Learning Outputs

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. To relate changes in technology to changes in culture and architecture.
2. To debate the effects of technologies on architectural design product.
3. To consider and reorganise the architectural design technology literature through recurrent themes.
4. To evaluate theoretical and practical implications of tools and technologies in the culture of architecture.

Course Content

This course structures the basic issues and discussions on the architectural design tools and technologies throughly along with selected readings. The course is taught in a lecture and discussion format. The assigned reader list for the week is expected to be read before the class and all class members are expected to attend and take part in the discussion sessions. The research topic to be selected by the student and the instructor is to be presented in the class hour in any chosen medium and to be submitted in a structured academic research paper at the end of the semester to fulfill the requirements of the class.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction of the structure of the course and the related literature
2) Introduction to Architectural design tools and technologies: Science, technology and tools The assigned reading list is to be studied
3) Question Concerning Technology The assigned reading list is to be studied
4) Tools and production of tools in the culture and practice of architecture The assigned reading list is to be studied
5) Effects of architectural design tools and techologies on architectural design product: The history The assigned reading list is to be studied
6) Architectural design tools and technologies in design process. The assigned reading list is to be studied Research topics are to be chosen
7) On Tool - Designer relations The assigned reading list is to be studied
8) On Tool - Designer relations: Experience and Role of senses The assigned reading list is to be studied
9) Metaphorical structures of Design Technologies The assigned reading list is to be studied
10) Tools and spatial experience in the design process The assigned reading list is to be studied
11) Mediation and experience in the design and production relations The assigned reading list is to be studied
12) Space, form, representation and geometry in relation to design tools and technologies. The assigned reading list is to be studied
13) Presentation of research topics
14) Presentation of research topics
15) Study for term paper
16) Submission of term paper

Sources

Course Notes: McLuhan, M.(1964). Understanding media: The extensions of man. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
References: Pérez-Gómez, A. (1983). Architecture and the crisis of modern science, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. Pérez-Gómez, A. ve Pelletier, L. (1997). Architectural representation and the perspectival hinge. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Braham, William W. , Jonathan A.Hale and John Stanislav Sadar (ed.) (2007)Rethinking Technology. A Reader in Architectural Theory. Routledge, NY. Lister, Martin and Jon Dovey, Seth Giddings, Iain Grant, Kieran Kelly. (2009, 2ed. (2003))New Media: a critical introduction. Routledge, NY. Lakoff, George and Mark Johnson.(1999) Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and Its Challenge to Western Thought. Basic Books. Lawson, Bryan.(2004). What designers know. Elsevier. Zellner, P. (Ed.). (1999). Hybrid space, new forms in digital architecture. London: Thames & Hudson. Heidegger, Martin (1977). The question concerning technology, and other essays.Garland Publishing, NY. Coyne, R. Park, H. ve Wiszniewski, D. (2000). Design devices: What they reveal and conceal, Kritische Berichte: Zeitschrift f¨r Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften, 3, 55-69. Do, E. Y. (1996). The right tool at the right time: Drawing as an interface to knowledge based design aids. F. Ozel ve P. McIntosh, (Ed), Proceedings, 1996 National Conference, Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture 1996 (ACADIA 96) içinde, (191-199). Tucson: University of Arizona. Hanna, R. ve Barber, T. (2001). An inquiry into computers in design: Attitudes before attitudes after. Design Studies, 22, May 3, 283-295. Heylighen. (2001). End, means and method, Three roles of designing technology in design research. Digital Creativity, 12 (2). 103-105. Luescher, A. (2002). The physical trace. Digital Creativity, 13 (2), 99–108.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 20
Laboratory % 0
Application % 0
Field Work % 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) % 0
Quizzes % 0
Homework Assignments 1 % 50
Presentation 1 % 30
Project % 0
Seminar % 0
Midterms % 0
Preliminary Jury % 0
Final % 0
Paper Submission % 0
Jury % 0
Bütünleme % 0
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 100
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 0
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 15 43
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship (Work Placement)
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 12 111
Presentations / Seminar 6 44
Project
Homework Assignments 1 40
Quizzes
Preliminary Jury
Midterms
Paper Submission
Jury
Final
Total Workload 238

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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