Department has started to take part in the structure of Art, Design and Architecture Faculty and also found the opportunity of integrating with a dynamic, young and anxious staff of artists since the beginning of 2016-2017 academic year. Department also consists of architects, who has the experience of architecture in practice and dynamic young academicians, who are equipped with innovative visions in academic field. Especially, university evaluate this diversity of profession as prosperity. Istanbul Okan University benefit from young academician staff in the beginning of the education process of beginners in order to evoke excitement and popularize the phenomenon of design and creation; even in the future, benefit from architects, who are experienced with an artistic manner, to prepare students for the professional area. University's aim is to educate in a kind of idea and production platform that had the ability of enabling to follow current art and architectural discussions and productivity, also with educating intellectual people.
Architecture education of Okan University is not only has the mission of providing to gain profession, but also takes the position of growing creative and matured human beings. Learners practice during a dense 4 year undergraduate program to have the qualification of a professional individual. So, university study for an intellectual environment in which, young architecture candidates will have the responsibility for self-education. Because, education sustains during life time and we can only offer this phenomenon’s basic steps. In this context, each of staff is also a learner and university continue to develop program within this principles. University’s dynamic and open minded approach support development.
FACULTY of ART, DESIGN and ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT of ARCHITECTURE - 2019-20 ACADEMIC YEAR (ENGLISH) CURRICULUM of INTEGRATED EDUCATION and DESIGN MODEL |
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1.YEAR / 1. Semester | |||||||||||
Code | Course Title | T | P | Cr. | ECTS | Status | Pre-requisite | Co-requisite | |||
ARCD-101 | Design - 1 (*) | 2 | 14 | 9 | 14 | Compulsory | ARCD-111 | ||||
ARCD-111 | Design-Communication Techniques-1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Compulsory | |||||
ARCD-121 | Humanities and Social Sciences-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Compulsory | |||||
ARCD-123 | History of Art and Architecture | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Compulsory | |||||
MATH-117 | Mathematics for Architects | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Compulsory | |||||
ATA-111 | History of Turkish Revolution I | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Compulsory | |||||
TRD-101 | Turkish I | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Compulsory | |||||
Total 7 Courses Weekly Hours = 32 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 30 | Total Credits | ||||||
1.YEAR / 2. Semester | |||||||||||
Code | Course Title | T | P | K | ECTS | Status | Pre-requisite | Co-requisite | |||
ARCD-102 | Design - 2 (*) | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | Compulsory | ARCD 101 | ARCD 142 | |||
ARCD-112 | Design-Communication Techniques-2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Compulsory | ARCD 111 | ||||
ARCD-122 | Humanities and Social Sciences-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Compulsory | ARCD 121 | ||||
ARCD-124 | History and Theory of Architecture-1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Compulsory | |||||
ARCD-142 | Building - Technology-1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Compulsory | |||||
ATA-112 | History of Turkish Revolution II | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Compulsory | |||||
TRD-102 | Turkish II | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Compulsory | |||||
KYY-001 | Carreer and Life Planning | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Compulsory | |||||
STJ-001 | INTERNSHIP-1 --- Depart. of Architecture | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Compulsory | |||||
Total 8 Courses Weekly Hours = 34 | 12 | 22 | 23 | 30 | Total Credits | ||||||
2.YEAR / 3. Semester | |||||||||||
Code | Course Title | T | P | K | ECTS | Status | Pre-requisite | Co-requisite | |||
ARCD-201 | Architectural Design - 1 (*) | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | Compulsory | ARCD 101,102, 111,112,117,142 |
ARCD-241 | |||
ARCD-211 | Digital and Visual Communication-1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Compulsory | |||||
ARCD-225 | History and Theory of Architecture-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Compulsory | |||||
ARCD-241 | Building - Technology-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Compulsory | |||||
Elective-1 (***) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Elective | ||||||
Foreign Language Elective I | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Elective | ||||||
Total 6 Courses Weekly Hours = 31 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 30 | Total Credits | ||||||
2.YEAR / 4. Semester | |||||||||||
Code | Course Title | T | P | K | ECTS | Status | Pre-requisite | Co-requisite | |||
ARCD-202 | Architectural Design - 2 (*) | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | Compulsory | ARCD 201 | MİMB-232 | |||
ARCD-212 | Digital and Visual Communication-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Compulsory | ARCD 211 | ||||
ARCD-232 | Urban Environment and Design-1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Compulsory | |||||
ARCD-242 | Building - Technology-3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Compulsory | |||||
Elective-2 (****) (ARCD-226 History & Theory of Architecture-3) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Comp. Elect. | ||||||
Foreign Language Elective II | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Elective | ||||||
STJ-002 | INTERNSHIP-2 --- Construction Site | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Compulsory | |||||
Total 6 Courses Weekly Hours = 31 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 30 | Total Credits | ||||||
3.YEAR / 5. Semester | |||||||||||
Code | Course Title | T | P | K | ECTS | Status | Pre-requisite | Co-requisite | |||
ARCD-301 | Architectural Design - 3 (*) | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | Compulsory | ARCD 202 | ARCD 341 | |||
ARCD-311 | Architectural Reading and Writing | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Compulsory | |||||
ARCD-331 | Urban Environment and Design-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Compulsory | |||||
ARCD-341 | Building - Technology-4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Compulsory | |||||
Elective-3 (****) (ARCD-343 Building - Technology-5) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Comp. Elect. | ||||||
Elective-4 (***) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Elective | ||||||
Total 6 Courses Weekly Hours = 29 | 9 | 20 | 19 | 30 | Total Credits | ||||||
3.YEAR / 6. Semester | |||||||||||
Code | Course Title | T | P | K | ECTS | Status | Pre-requisite | Co-requisite | |||
ARCD-302 | Architectural Design - 4 (*) | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | Compulsory | ARCD 301 | ARCD-342 | |||
ARCD-322 | Conservation Theory of Historical Environments-1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Compulsory | |||||
ARCD-332 | Urban Environment and Design-3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Compulsory | |||||
ARCD-342 | Building - Technology-6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Compulsory | |||||
Elective-5 (***) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Elective | ||||||
STJ-003 | INTERNSHIP-3 --- Architectural Office | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Compulsory | |||||
Total 5 Courses Weekly Hours = 28 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 30 | Total Credits | ||||||
4.YEAR / 7. Semester | |||||||||||
Code | Course Title | T | P | K | ECTS | Status | Pre-requisite | Co-requisite | |||
ARCD-401 | Architectural Design - 5 (*) | 2 | 14 | 9 | 14 | Compulsory | ARCD 302 | ARCD-441 | |||
ARCD-411 | Theory and Application of Computational Design | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Compulsory | |||||
ARCD-421 | Conservation Theory of Historical Environments-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Compulsory | |||||
ARCD-441 | Building - Technology-7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Compulsory | |||||
Elective-6 (****) (ARCD-431 Urban Environment.and Design-4) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Comp. Elect. | ||||||
Elective-7 (***) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Elective | ||||||
ISLT-222 | Entrepreunership | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | Compulsory | |||||
Total 7 Courses Weekly Hours = 31 | 11 | 20 | 21 | 30 | Total Credits | ||||||
4.YEAR / 8. Semester | |||||||||||
Code | Course Title | T | P | K | ECTS | Status | Pre-requisite | Co-requisite | |||
ARCD-402 | DIPLOMA PROJECT and THESIS (**) | 2 | 14 | 9 | 18 | Compulsory | ARCD 401 | ARCD-400 | |||
ARCD-452 | Architectural Practice and Ethics | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Compulsory | |||||
Elective-8 (****) (ARCD-400 Contemporary Design Issues) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Comp. Elect. | ||||||
Elective-9 (***) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Elective | ||||||
University Elective-1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | Elective | ||||||
Total 5 Courses Weekly Hours = 26 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 30 | Total Credits | ||||||
Total 50 Courses in 8 Semesters Total Hours = 242 | 82 | 160 | 162 | 240 | Total Credits | ||||||
T=THEORY, P=PRACTICE, S=SEMINAR, K=UNI.CREDİ, ECTS=EUROPEAN CREDIT TRANSFER SYSTEM | |||||||||||
İNGİLİZCE | ||
Code | Course Name | Course Content |
ARCD 101 | Design 1 | Introduction to vocabulary of design thinking and design concepts in the context of art, architecture and built environment. Introduction to basic design concepts and principles, abstraction and conceptualization, relations and design operations, improving perceptual and hand-working skills in the presentation of design ideas. Introducing the basic concepts and principles of design, development of three dimensional abstract thinking logic for basic design, gaining basic design skills in the formation of two and three dimensional structural compositions, making exercises based on point-line-surface-volume and syntax of space. The course is a studio in which exercises are made and products are produced on the subjects described above. The course will be supported by a seminar module having subjects related to design. Seminars and discussions on the subjects mentioned above will provide information to the studio production which constitutes the main structure of the course. The students conduct a preliminary research on the subject before each seminar and ask the questions to the presenter. |
ARCD 102 | Design 2 | In this course, which aims to improve the design as an interrogation and trial process; many excersises has been practised on gathering information, expressing the compelled knowledge and constructed solutions with architectural communication tools (drawing, collage, physical and digital modeling, mediatools, etc.), conceptualization of the architectural ideas designed for given design problems, as well as improving the ability of problem solving and presentation.In this course, students will learn to design with recursive processes by combining critically observed aspects of built environment. Interrogation / expression tools to be used in design include: place, precedent, human scale,proporsion, structural engineering principles, material, perceptual components (color, sound, odor, texture, etc.), physical data (topography, climate, etc.).Development of abstract thinking, production skills in the form of concrete projects and designs thought with the relationship between form-use and structure. Studies to develop the techniques used in the analysis of the environment: Analysis studies in an existing natural / urban environment. Environmental perception, cognitive mapping, transfer of environmental observations to 2 and 3 dimensional drawing, video, collage, modeling (hard/digital) techniques.The course will be supported by a seminar module |
ARCD 111 | Design Communication Techniques 1 | Learning basic expression techniques and developing 3D thinking skills. Drawing standards and techniques, to develop skills in these subjects, to provide the creation of common assumptions in the architectural expression language of architectural and linguistic techniques of related standards, and to explain two or three dimensions of a designed object in our age where architectural and design products are a cultural communication tool, to gain the habit of comprehension, to find solutions in the design process to help. Basic design, definition of elements: point, line, direction, plane, volume, shape, shape, space, measure, ratio, spacing, texture, color, motion, light, shadow / principles that provide clarity in visual perception: proximity, similarity, distinctive , transparency / form-ground relations, form-floor explanations / introduction of basic design principles: perspective, axis, sovereignty, rhythm and repetition, conformity, contrast, sequence, balance, unity. Visual and graphic expression techniques in different environments. Orthographic drawing, free-hand drawing, architectural photography, communication in digital environments. |
ARCD 112 | Design Communication Techniques 2 | The aim of the course is to develop the ability to understand, to perceive, to explain and to give information about drawing designs. The aim of this course is to enable students to develop their ability and knowledge in graphic expression and spatial design by giving them the ability to explain their designs with perspective drawings in a way that everyone can understand. Visual and presentation techniques in different environments. Expression and communication of design ideas, architectural elements and formal features. Perspective drawing, model making techniques, communication in digital environments. To be able to analyze the environmental data for architectural design, to be able to show the data of the land analysis by using two and three dimensional architectural expression techniques, for this purpose (1/1000 to 1/1 e) two and three dimensional architectural expression techniques (drawing-model) transferring the architectural expression techniques in different scales. Visual and presentation techniques in different environments, design ideas, expression and communication of architectural elements and formal features, perspective drawing, model making techniques, communication in digital media. |
ARCD 121 | Humanities and Social Sciences 1 | Basic information on sociology and philosophy. Theoretical developments in humanities and social sciences. |
ARCD 122 | Humanities and Social Sciences 2 | Historical development of archit+B9:F9ectural psychology. Theoritical development in science of human and society. Theories on human- environment discipline. Research methods for human-environment discipline. Basic concepts such as privacy, personal space, behavior and density, urban life, characteristics of urban life environment and their effects on the space usage. Human behaviour, environment-space interaction, concepts about environment-behaviour relation. The interactions between the human behaviour, human needs, psychology and the surrounding environment. Effects of physical environment on human psychology. Visual organization and human psychology factor in architectural design. Historical development of cultural anthropology. |
ARCD 123 | History of Art and Architecture | The course is not chronologically organized in the sense to offer a timeline of arthistory. The course is ordered as a set of lectures and related discussions around anumber of topics cutting through history and modes of creation. The topics and therelated discussion will cover vast number of cultures, geographies and times. There isa second layer that is about the ‘discovery’ of the concepts and ideas that arediscussed during the lectures in the city we are living in. These discoveries areorganized as field trips in various areas of Istanbul. |
ARCD 124 | History and Theory of Architecture 1 | This course will start from the Prehistoric Architecture to the Middle Age Architecture,and It will focus on Mesopotamian Architecture, Egyptian Architecture, the first settlements in Anatolia and Hittite Architecture, Phrygian, Urartian, Lydian, Lycian Architecture, Minos and Mycenaean Architecture, Ancient Greek Architecture, Persian and Sassanid Architecture, Etruscan and Roman Architecture, Eastern Roman / Byzantine Architecture, and Romanesque and Gothic Architecture. |
ARCD 124 | Building Technology 1 | What's a building? Why do we design and construct a building? The course will constitute from theoretical lectures on the basic approaches and associated terminology used in the analysis of buildings; “building-user- environment” interaction; introduction of construction, construction inputs, construction process and construction methods according to the systems approach; introduction of building as a system with in three subsystems: structural systems (masonry system, frame system, hybrid system), service systems and building elements systems (Wall systems, window-door systems, floor systems, roof systems, internal sub-division systems, vertical circulation systems); performance characteristics expected from building elements and associated building technologies; explanation the general properties and application methods of building materials in all these subsystems; and from studio works on the design of building elements and their integration with each other. |
ARCD 201 | Architectural Design 1 | Architectural design process as complex structuring of spatial experiences in relation to the concept of human scale and the physical properties of the place, focusing on simple spatial relations based on low-level single structure design and desıgning landscape based on the private-public relations and the organization of closed-semi-open-open spaces in the natural / built environment, design up to two floors for single family, functional, spatial analysis of a single house with a garden, sketch and application works parallel to single house Project, two and three dimensional development of the Project,desining project and making model appropriate to scale and techniques, integrating the scope of this project to building-technology-related issues to gain a certain maturity in detail solution. |
ARCD 202 | Architectural Design 2 | Development of design strategies based on fundamental architectural design components such as scenario/program, site and tectonics in a relatively small scale building, To examine the problem of “private living space”, housing design in urban context, to gain awareness about the basic topics such as, private - public relations, individual social and psychological needs, building tectonics - material Practice, understanding the nature of the private area and its relationship to larger contexts (neighborhood, urban area, etc.), to gain the ability to design independent or mass housing environments. |
ARCD 211 | Digital and Visual Communication 1 | Introduction to Autocad program and basic drawing commands, using images as base for drawing, use of surveying technique in autocad environment, drawing of a basic housing plan in an autocad environment, using layers and working with blocks, drwing sections from plan, line thickness and use of scanning techniques, use of dynamic block and block variables, dimensioning and output, preparation of large-sized sheets (layout), land modeling (3d) with sketchup program by using outputs from autocad environment, Introduction to photoshop program and basic presentation techniques, field painting and writing, coloring and changing visual color,prepring Layouts with visuals and scaled output from sketchup, using autocad scaled outputs in photoshop for preparing posters, Professional poster preparation techniques in Photoshop as well as examination of samples. |
ARCD E201 | Digital and Visual Communication 2 | Visualization and representation techniques in different mediums. Expression and communication of desgn ideas, architectural elements and formal attributes. Perspective drawing, modelling techniques, communication with digital mediums such as Autodesk Revit. Applications of BIM system and Fundamentals, Introduction to autodesk revit, start to model a structure, working on building foundation, modeling through floors, production of wall element, working on plan: walls, doors, windows and openings as well as floors. working on plan: structural grids, columns and curtain wall systems. working on plan: roofs and stairs, site plan. concept modeling, labels and dimensioning, camera and material usage, light and printout techniques, printout and preparation of tables, basic metering methods. |
ARCD225 | History and Theory of Architecture 2 | This course focuses on the history of architecture in Muslim-ruled lands from the 7th century to the end of the 18th century. It also explores the architectural developments in Western Europe, which corresponds to the Renaissance and Baroque periods between the 15th and 18th centuries. The course focuses on Islamic Architecture, Seljuk Architecture, Ottoman Architecture, Renaissance Architecture and Baroque Architecture from the Modern Age to the Industrial Revolution. |
ARCD 226 | History and Theory of Architecture 3 | Referring to the economic, political, and cultural changes in Europe during a period between the late 18th to the early 21st century, this course will focus on the 19th century European Architecture Environment (electicism, historicism), the birth of engineering and the industrial city, New building types and modes of production, Industrialism and Arts and Crafts, the Art Nouveau Movement, the Industrial Revolution in America and the Chicago school, De Stilj, Deutsche Werkbund and Bauhaus, International Style and Post Modernism. The course will also refer to the late 19th century architectural developments in Turkey during the late Ottoman period. |
ARCD 232 | Urban, Environment and Design 1 | Relations between ecological problems and architecture. definitions and components of climate and micro-climate. building geometry and climate. orientation, zoning and plan organization. air flows in and around the buildings. relative humidity. victor olgyay’s diagrams, bio-climatic chart.solar geometry and shading. solar radiation control in buildings. shading analysis and devices. energy efficient design. renewable energy use in architecture. wind control and windbreaks. thermal performance of buildings. selection of building materials and properties of building envelope. regulations for building insulation. climatic properties of vernacular architecture. day-lighting. fundamentals and definition of architectural acoustics (basics of sound productions, propagation and reception). geometrical room acoustics, acoustical design criteria, (designing for direct sound, designing of rooms for speech, designing of rooms for music, reverberation time). reflectors absorbers and resonators. computer aided acoustical simulation methods. noise control and sound insulation criteria. |
ARCD 241 | Building Technology 2 | Gaining knowledge on building elements and their materials, becoming aware of building subsystems, and learning to use this knowledge during the architectural design process by the help of studio practices are the main objectives of the course. It is expected to bring the students in order to gain ability of building elements system and constructional design by considering the basic design criterias as well as integration of the technical knowledge. The course will be carried out with architectural design. Building elements systems (wall systems, window-door systems, floor systems, roof systems, internal sub-division systems, vertical circulation systems) will be studied with user requirements, structural design criterias, performance requirements expected from building element, building elements layers and construction process. Structural system and building elements systems will be designed by student. |
ARCD 242 | Building Technology 3 | Principles of statics, rigid bodies: equivalent force systems, parallel forces, concept of moment, moment of a force about a point, supports and reactions, distributed forces: centroids and centers of gravity, distributed loads on beams, analysis of structures, trusses, space trusses, analysis of trusses by method of joints and method of sections, frames, forces in beams and cables, internal forces in members, beams, various types of loading and support, shear and bending moment and diagrams in a beam, friction, distributed forces: moments of inertia, stress concept, internal forces in structural systems, axial force, shear forces, pure bending, bending moment and shear force combined case, bending moment and normal force combined case, torsional moment, buckling. |
ARCD 301 | Architectural Design 3 | Multi-dimensional design problems and spatial solutions in an urban context. Emphasis on the relationship between tectonic, structural and programmatic organization and the urban context.To analyze the concept of built and historical environment and context in a multidimensional way, to analyze a design that is predominantly constructed within a given context. |
ARCD 302 | Architectural Design 4 | Holistic approach to cultural, ecological, and social sustainability. Development of architectural program and integration of advanced structural and technological systems into design process. Universal Design Principles. |
ARCD311 | Architectural Reading and Writing | Introduction To Architectural Criticism. Architecture And Approaching To Architectural Products, Definitions. The Context Of Architecture: The City, The Street, The Block, Neighbouring Architectural Objects, The Urban As Context. Reading The Works Of Architectural Critiques; Reading And Writing Exercises With Focus On Local /National/ İnternational Cases. |
ARCD 322 | Conservation Theory of Historical Environment 1 | The lecture is focust on the protection of cultural assets and for the preservation, restoration and reuse of historical buildings, methods and techniques of architectural surveying. Fundamentals of restoratıon plannıng process, archıtectural surveyıng methods and technıques, fıeld work and evaluatıon of the relatıonshıp between applıcatıon and theory. |
ARCD 331 | Urban, Environment and Design 2 | To equip students with the theories of urban planning as a general system, planning process, planning hierarchy and planning implementation tools. To associate elements of urban planning with architecture: Conducting urban analysis to comprehend urban elements/space to the full extent, systems of urban facilities and their relations, analysing densities of population and housing, discussing the concept of public interest and developing an integrated approach towards urban space. Legal and administrative framework of planning in Turkey. |
ARCD 332 | Urban, Environment and Design 3 | To equip students with the the relationship between the scales in urban space, Evaluation of the elements / components / principles of urban design and the holistic evaluation of the effects of the urban space on all dimensions. Public space concept, building-street relations, human scale, enclosure , permeability concepts and characteristics of urban design. |
ARCD 341 | Building Technology 4 | Introduction, historical background, concrete and reinforced concrete properties, related building codes, basic behavior of reinforced concrete and fundamentals of design, structural safety, safety provision in TS500- 2000, load arrangements and load cases, ultimate strength of members subjected to flexure, design of beams, rectangular beam sections, design of reinforced concrete T sections for beams, reinforcement details, design of columns, shear walls, joints of reinforced concrete structures, design for shear, behavior and strength of beams with shear reinforcement, slab systems, foundation systems, principles of the Turkish Seismic Code. |
ARCD 343 | Building Technology 5 | Giving information about service systems (HVAC, lighting system, water supply system, fire protection system, sanitary drainage system, sewage disposal system), building installation components and air conditioning requirements which are a sub-system of the building. Gaining the ability of understanding, evaluating, selecting and integrating architectural design with building design systems. Within the content of the course, contemporary solutions about service systems are examined through project examples. |
ARCD 342 | Building Technology 6 | Frame systems, shell systems, arch systems, folded plate systems, space frame systems, tent systems, membrane systems, air pressure systems used in long-span construction. Structural system materials: steel, laminated timber, prefabricated concrete etc. Within the content of the course, contemporary solutions about building envelope, structural systems and service systems are examined through examples. The aim of this course is to learn contemporary construction technologies and to help students gain skills in design studio works. |
ARCD 400 | Contemporary Design Issues | Contemporary architectural theories and practices in the world and Turkey. Significant concepts in the discursive formations of contemporary architecture and their reflections to the practice. |
ARCD 401 | Architectural Design 5 | Multi-dimensional architectural and urban design problem/s. Integrative analysis of context, program, and building technologies. Advanced use of modes of representation. Analysis of mixed function and multi- storey buildings complexes in urban context, |
ARCD 402 | Diploma Project and Thesis | The aim of the integrated study which is carried out as both team works and independent works within the disciplines defined in the curriculum consists of analysis of multidimensional architectural and urban design problem, holistic analysis of context, structural system and building technologies with design methods and architectural theories, evaluation of the project subject within close and distant environment in the city, developing third-dimensional values associated with the function, presenting the correct functional and structural solutions in accordance with the concept. At the end the candidate architect who are supervised in 4-year education and trained in the department of architecture in all disciplinary areas will be evaluated by the jury. They will obtain International / National accreditation criteria in the context of the necessary knowledge and skillsAnd are expected to present a work of architecture that indicates reaching the expected professional level. |
ARCD 411 | Theory and Applications of Computational Design | Theoretical and historical research on computational design. New perspectives defined for the architectural practice, a series of projects produced using CAD-CAM technologies. Computational design tools and strategies. An introduction to parametric design. Understanding computer- aided design’s theoretical background through its applicable models. Gaining familiarity to concepts like algorithm, parameter, topology and form. Descriptive exploration of architectural examples through parametric design tools. Generating variations of architectural examples via innovative techniques. |
ARCD 421 | Conservation Theory of Historical Environment 2 | Conservatıon of hıstorıcal monuments, archıtectural and cultural herıtage ın our country and theır conservatıon problems, the necessity of transferring our cultural heritage to future generations. hıstorical evaluatıon and theoretıcal basıs of conservatıon concept, conservatıon crıterıas, classıfıcatıon of archıtectural values, deterıoratıon causes of buıldıngs and hıstorıcal envıronment. Students ınformed about conservatıon concepts ın sıte and urban scale, sıngle buıldıng and buıldıng groups, prıncıples of the new constructıon ın tradıtıonal tıssu. Preparatıon stage of restoratıon projects wıth conservatıon and restoratıon examples ın turkey and the world. |
ARCD 431 | Urban, Environment and Design 4 | Discussion of plural meanings in landscape and city and architecture. Re- definition of basic concepts: reading and discussion on landscape perception in the context of concepts such as architectural space- landscape-design-city-green-built environment- plants - nature. The landscape history, the transformation of landscapes in the ages and its relationship with architecture. Natural components of landscape: topography, climate, soil, hydrology, plants. Reading and analyzing the landscape surrounding the city and architectural space. Utilization of landscape potential in architectural design. Studies on graphic representation of landscape components. |
ARCD 441 | Building Technology 7 | The desıgn and productıon process of the buıldıng, classıfıcatıon and defınıtıon of buıldıng products (material, piece, component, element and unit), Relatıonshıp of buıldıng products, desıgn of buıldıng elements by usıng operatıonal research method, a model for desıgn approach and relatıonshıp, envıronmental factors of buıldıng element (factors related to the user, natural and man-made environment, production resources and obligatıons), requırements related toevıronmental factors, functıons related to requirements and assıgnment of these functıons to buıldıng element’s components, behavıoral qualıfıcatıon of components in order to meet these functıons and problems, desıgn process of buıldıng element, testıng the operability of desıgn model on a buıldıng element. |
ARCD 452 | Architectural Practice and Ethics | Processes for project and construction. Technical, theoretical and ethical considerations in architectural practice. Project and construction management, and cooperation of various parties. Architecture has to re- invent itself in response to new developments in environmental, social and economic realities. These responses redefine the limits of ethical boundaries of the discipline of architecture as conventions at different periods. Both nature and the built environment exist as crucial factors that require consideration in design process. The relationships between a design ideology and the engineered solutions require exploration. Tracing the history of the profession’s response to the ecological imperative can be revealed both in discourse and projects. As well as international contexts, the methods and technologies relevant to sustainable design practice in Turkey will be surveyed. |
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Code | Course Name | Course Content |
ARCD E101 | Housing Culture | This course will aim to familiarize students with architectural culture in its various forms in history and today. Through readings from architectural history and theory, as well as from philosophy and literature, values related to our forms of life and how humanity creates its habitat will be investigated. Besides class discussions, short trips to neighboring towns or settlements, to different environments will cover a portion of semester time. Actıve and creative participation is expected of students; these can take place as photography, drawing, projects, documentary video and writings. Problematics of dwelling. Conceptions related to the environment and the city. How buildings are related to their context. Creatıve/textual capacıtıes of the greater envıronment, socıety, polıGcs and art. |
ARCD E102 | Architecture of the City Form Throughout the History | Introducing the key elements of urban form by focusing on certain historical building typologies. Description and analysis of urban elements such as streets, city squares, gardens and fortifications.Survaying the related building types through history of architecture. |
ARCD E103 | Algorithmic Architecture | A brief history of algotecture, Design strategies: Form-based design, fractal design, structural linguistic, Introduction to the concept of algorithms: repetitive patterns, universal principles, interchangeable modules, and inductive links, Divide-and-conquer paradigm, Scripting algorithms: Sorting algorithms, Searching algorithms, Geometric transformations, Fractals, Cellular automata, Amphiboly, The concept of recursion, Algorithmic complexity in designs. |
ARCD E104 | Shape Grammars | The course aims to make aware the students of design about systematic- algorithmic thinking in design process. It introduces the students with formal language of design utilizing geometri, algebra and relational thinking. The students are introduced with algorithmic thinking by utilizing computational design-method shape grammars. Rule based simple and parametric design generations are generated first manually then by utilizing formal languages in digital environment. |
ARCD E105 | Building Programming | Explaining building programming methods and techniques as well as researching and explaining the studies related to architectural programming. The concept of building programming in architecture, the relationship between planning and programming, the programming process, and programming approaches. Inrelation to building needs: examining organizational systems, actionsystem, capacity and size, program´sstructures and process, spacerequirements, programming of thechanges, programming of differentstages. |
ARCD E106 | Space Participation and Design | Within the scope of the course; discussions will be held on concepts about space production-production relations and design through mainstream and alternative models of contemporary architecture. Taken with other design disciplines, can there be different models in contemporary architectural practices taken more close? İs the main discussion question of the course. |
ARCD E107 | Critical Practices in Space | Students are expected to make qualitative analyses in relation to experience and behaviour in a specific space. There are site visits required. In connection to the analyses, students are asked to suggest design ideas that will transform spatial experience and add meaning to the space by simple interferences. Evaluation of the term is going to include in- class performance and submissions. |
ARCD E108 | Tectonic Visions in Architectural Design | The aim of this course is to discuss how the concept of tectonics in architecture can be observed at different points of the design process through design tools. Its tectonic thinking takes the building as a whole, which is revealed by the structure, material and experience relations and forms the basis of the questions asked during the formation of the space. Preliminary views about the quality of the space are created by the designer interpreting the relations obtained through the objects of representation. Within the scope of the course, it is questioned through the individual productions that this interpretation turns into an awareness and affects the design. The course proceeds in two parts. In the first part, texts that question the historical and current meanings of the tectonic concept are discussed. The reading of these texts is supported by reviews focusing on the design processes of examples selected from practical architecture. In the second part, a structural experiment is conducted in which the structure and form relationships with the material groups determined by the student are analyzed without scale. These essays aim to discuss the spatial effects of structural elements by considering the effect of the material. The outputs of the subsequent productions are spatially questioned on a speculative scale that allows to meet the human dimension. |
ARCD E109 | Introduction to Universal Design | Within the scope of the course, the general 7 principles of the universal design will be described as well as the idea behind describing for accessible design for all will be discussed. Accordingly, students will be expected to conduct a research that will have a critical emphasis on application of universal design principles to a specific space. The aim of this course is to introduce the basic concepts and principles related to universal design |
ARCD E110 | Visual Communication on Visual Perception | The functioning of the communication process, the place of visual communication in this process and the relationship with the design of space, the process of visual perception, the coding of the message in communication, space as the language of communication, semiotic methods in decoding, the role of visual communication and perception in the design of the space It has been prepared to enable them to focus on design by developing perspectives from different disciplines. Visual, audio, interactive methods and techniques are used intensively in the content of the course students' participation in the course and the course is intended to consolidate the subject with experimental productions. |
ARCD E111 | Parametric Design | This course includes the terms, concepts, and principles and the logic of parametric thinking of parametric design which may contribute to architectural design practice. The subjects within the course will be developed through practical projects and will proceed as follows: · Terms: parametric, algorithmic, computational... · Parametric design, design process · Parametric, geometrical and mathematical definitions · Rhino- Grasshopper as a parametric design tool · Interface, parameterization and creating algorithms · Form-finding, add-ons for Grasshopper: Kangaroo, Smartform... · Parameterization of design inputs and other add-ons: Mosquito, Bumblebee, gHowl... |
ARCD E112 | Advanced Surface Modelling in Architecture | To teach students the basics of nurbs modeling and to introduce architectural surface modeling techniques. In this process, it is aimed to teach a current software by using computer. The content of the course consists of curves, surfaces, continuity concept, topology, MEL and Python language support, image enhancement, advanced color verification and composite techniques. |
ARCD E201 | İstanbul | The change of the space and buildings of the city in terms of major historical periods: the prehistoric, colonial cityBizantion, the capital of the Roman empire with Constantinus, capital of the eastern Roman empire in the era of Iustinianos, the medieval Constantinopolis, the latin invasion with the crusades, Byzantine again, the early, the classical, the late classical Ottoman period, from the westernization to Republic period |
ARCD E202 | Modern Architecture in Turkey: Early 20th Century | Beginning and schools of contemporary architectural education, organization of the architectural environment, the first periodicals, from the period architects as government officials to the first architectural offices, I. national architectural style, modernism in Turkey, the adventure of architecture in Turkey in the II. national architectural period and after |
ARCD E203 | Culture, Identity, Authenticity | The aim of this course is to equip the architect candidates who will directly or indirectly interfere with the conservation of architectural heritage with the basic knowledge about urban identity and authenticity. In this context, the definition of culture, parameters of culture, cultural boundaries, cultural means of transmission, the idea of city, urban culture, urban society, historical continuity, new principles of the 18th century urban form, urban identity and urban originality. The course is carried out with discussions. |
ARCD E204 | Contemporary Approaches to Historical Structures and Environments | In order to keep the historical structures and environments that have lost its original function, the approaches to the adaptation to the contemporary life with new functions and the contribution to the conservation issue are discussed with examples from the country and abroad. |
ARCD E205 | Historical Landscape | In this course, historical landscapes, which are one of the important subcategory of landscape architecture discipline, are analysed in point of gardens in Eastern and Western cultures during history. In this context, historical gardens and their related architectural buildings are examined according to their construction time period. In addition, gardens’ changing process and existing situation in our time is put forward for different cultures. Also, "cultural landscapes" in human-nature relationship are studied with regarding conservation of cultural heritages in terms of historical landscapes with developing future projections for their sustainability. Students are expected to gain ability of making interpretation between different cultures and their lifestyle in the context of garden life and its architectural components (historical building in garden and garden elements). With this aim, course process is supported with site trips to historical gardens and student presentations prepared about different garden typologies. |
ARCD E206 | Aesthetics and Criticism | Through readings and discussions of ancient and modern texts on aesthetics and form analyses the course aims to make students conscious of interpretations of art, design and formal qualities. Readings will involve texts from Plato and Aristotle up to modern writers as Heidegger. The discussions and student work will also partly involve critical analyses of art and architectural examples in the light of different interpretations of the readings. |
ARCD E207 | Architectural Photography | It is a learning material that provides information about architectural photography techniques. To ensure that the students who receive architectural education transfer the images of the works correctly by recognizing the structure of both the works and the photographs. |
ARCD E209 | Space and Psychological Issues | Research into different areas within the scope of environmental psychology will be examined in terms of how the influence of physical setting on behavior is bounded up with social aspects of the setting. Moreover, cultural, psychological and functional influences on person- environment relations will be concerned by giving emphasis on related design examples and possible design solutions. |
ARCD E301 | Sustainable Landscapes | In the context of this course, it is aimed to analyse the general concept of ‘urban-rural’ settlement character and to make a comparison between urbanization process and natural environment with the criterias of ‘sustainability’ process. In this course, architecture and landscape design disciplines are taken into account at the same time just to mention the importance of open (green) area design for architectural studies. For the maintenance of existing urban life, it is an urgent requirement to gain the loss of natural areas and control sources. So, as an alternative way ‘sustainable landscape design’ methods are analysed during the course time regarding their strong relation with architecture. The course is divided into two parts as being theoretical and practical process. Firstly, all types of landscape design solutions are explained theoretically then, a sustainable landscape design project study is developed by students on a chosen area. |
ARCD E302 | Lanscape Design and Human Well-being | The aim of the course is; to focus on the effects of urban landscapes on public health through the "landscape design concept" in urban scale. Relation between open areas and human health is analysed with regarding landscape design and human well-being. In this context, production of healthy landscape design studies in the urban scale also related with architecture discipline is regarded with their significant role on urban life. Firstly in the theoretical part, "Health" concept is examined with its related topics. Then, landscape design solutions for a healthy environment is evaluated through "Universal Design" idea and its public awareness identity including both architecture and landscape design examples / criterias. In the continuous part, group analyses and related individual landscape design proposal projects are studied on the selected case study areas in urban settlement. |
ARCD E303 | Urban Open Space and Design | Theories of urban design, streets, buildings and squares as elements of urban space, urban design qualities and their measurement. |
ARCD E304 | Interpretations of City Space | The aim of this course is students to understand how city spaces are produced and work in deeper and more comprehensive ways. Students are supposed to investigate a city space and understands it. They are encouraged to discuss the meanings of city and space, and discuss it by the guidance of literature. As the end of the semester they are asked to represent their individual discussions and interpretations of the city space which they have been working on. |
ARCD E305 | Urban Transformation and Applications | The conceptual infrastructure, development, process and methods of urban transformation. Physical, economical and social dimensions of urban transformation. Legal, managerial structure and actors of urban transformation. Theoretical evaluation of tools, approaches and models of implementation of urban transformation. Evaluation of theoretical knowledge through examples from Turkey and the world. |
ARCD E306 | Design with Plants | The content of this course includes introduction to the basic principles of plants and design within the concept of architectural space and the potentials of plants as an architectural element. The aim of this course is to give information about the usage of plant elements in the most efficient way in spatial arrangements. Course topics are; basic ecological properties of Turkey's plant in the country and geographical distribution of plant species. visual / functional properties of plants. creation of space with plants, basic planting design principles. Drawing planting design project, graphic expression techniques of plants. Application of the learned information with a design project, technical trips and drawing exercises. |
ARCD E307 | Urban Morphology | Examining the conditions of formal and structural elements that form the urban environment, defining the physical texture of cities, the processes and factors causing formation, examining change and transformation in the urban tissue, the change and transformation of urban form with respect to the effect of different dynamics beyond the predictions, the flow of global capital, technological breakthroughs, global ecological threats, economic growth based on construction and economic rent, increase in demand for energy, traces left by the phenomena such as global migration, spatial qualities and sustainability, the physical form and structure of the city as well as the holistic meaning of space in the urban environment, place identity, how this process works in turkey, singular architectural projects carried out under the name of urban renewal, how the transformation process can be completed, examining the interventions and questioning the aspect that the place has been affected by these interventions, Evaluation of place identity and sustainability. |
ARCD E401 | Building Technologies | It is aimed to understand sustainable and innovative technologies related to structural systems, service systems, building elements and materials in building design and construction and also to integrate building technologies in an integrated manner considering the concepts of energy, efficiency and ecology. The subject area of this course is to introduce and discuss “building technology concept” in the context of material, element and overall building including building sub-systems and their integration; to discuss the application issues of the theoretical knowledge of constructional design to practice. Relationship between building sub- systems (structural systems, building elements systems, service systems) and building technologies will be understood and analyzed on architectural project samples. |
ARCD E402 | Steel Structures Design | In the course of how to design a building/ a structure with steel, the gains from the use of steel in the design of every kind of building and structure, will be discussed through the built building and structure examples. After investigating a built building or a structure example, constructed with steel, by herself/himself, every architect candidate designs her/his own steel building or structure through what is learned and in the parallel with what is the design principles of the examined building or structure by her/him are. |
ARCD E403 | Building Construction and Organization | Feasibility studies in building production and organization of building construction, principles of contracting and contracting in building projects, types of contracts, planning / scheduling principles of construction site, planning and programming techniques, planning and organization of building construction techniques |
ARCD E404 | Earthquake Resistant Architectural Design | Lateral load resisting systems, two and three dimensional systems, frames, shear walls, shear walls with openings, frame with shear wall structural elements, tube system frames, shear wall cores, mixed structural systems, irregular form of construction, forms that need to be considered in the general shape of buildings, the issues to be followed in sections, the issues to be considered in the determination of frame with shear wall structural systems on the plan, the issues to be considered in the case of the shear wall cores are the main structural systems, the issues to be considered in the determination of beam-column framings of the structures, continuity of the columns from the foundation to the roof, the issues to be followed in soil-foundation interaction of the structures, short column conditions in the sloping terrain. |
ARCD E406 | Technology Selection in Housing Production | Concepts of technology and construction technology, development of construction technologies; properties of housing production and use of technology in housing production; criteria for the use of technology; traditional housing production technologies and applications; industrialized housing production technologies and applications; technology transfer in construction; technological innovation in housing production; Choice of technology in housing production. |
ARCD E501 | Global Discussions on Architecture | The aim of the course is to develop an understanding about architecture and its global context, to run discussions on contemporary issues and relations of architecture with other disciplines and areas. |
ARCD E502 | Production, Consumption and the Role of Architect | This course aims to run discussions on multidimensional aspects of space production and to embrace the role of the architect as a subject, producing in these aspects. To develop a critical understanding through architecture/architect that will be traced through both alternative and mainstream modes of architecture composes the content of the course. |