The program's goal is to equip its graduates with both the fundamental scientific principles and the Interior Architectural skills that enable those principles to be applied in practice. The Undergraduate Program consists of eight semesters where theory of design, conceptual approaches, constructional knowledge and environmental control classes come together at the studio based interior architecture projects. The first two years’ students are armed with the knowledge on art education, technical drawing, history of art and architecture, human factors in interiors, introduction to interior architecture, aesthetics and construction of interior structures. The studio is seen as a melting pot of all these courses where the students are oriented to critical thinking on design and propose ideas for projects at different scales. Last two semesters, courses are more for the realization of the projects like; furniture design and production, detailing, cost estimation, product detailing, ergonomics, refunctioning historical buildings, professional practice and computer aided design. The studio based projects at this level are mostly multi-functional interior spaces where system details are seen as must to do technical drawings. The students have to complete three internships during their four-year education where they have the chance to transform their theoretical knowledge to practice and bring the awareness or real-life projects to the studio. The students who have successfully completed the programme should be able to be science-based, skilled and competent interior architects prepared to meet the challenges of practicing interior architecture in the twenty-first century, and researchers who are prepared to conduct design and interior architecture research focused on advancing the fundamental understanding of sustainable spatial design and interior architecture.
Upon graduation, students should be equipped to pursue a career as architecture professionals or, if they so wish, to pursue further academic studies. The graduates will be professionals who can be flexible and integrate in a relatively short time into a wide-range of different sectors of the industry.
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COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | CR | ECTS | COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | CR | ECTS | STATUS | ||
IAR 101 | Basics of Interior Design I | 6 | 9 | Compulsory | IAR 102 | Basics of Interior Design II | 6 | 9 | Compulsory | |
IAR 103 | Color Theory And Presentation | 3 | 4 | Compulsory | IAR 104 | Space Planning | 3 | 4 | Compulsory | |
IAR 105 | Visual Communication-Technical Drawing | 3 | 5 | Compulsory | IAR 106 | Descriptive Geometry | 3 | 6 | Compulsory | |
IAR 107 | Freehand Drawing | 3 | 4 | Compulsory | IAR 108 | Humanities | 3 | 3 | Compulsory | |
IAR 109 | Introduction to Concepts of Interior Architecture | 3 | 3 | Compulsory | ENG-102 | English II | 3 | 3 | Compulsory | |
ENG 101 | English I | 3 | 3 | Compulsory | TUR 102/
YÄ°T 102 |
Turkish II | 2 | 2 | Compulsory | |
TUR 101/
YÄ°T 101 |
Turkish I | 2 | 2 | Compulsory | IAR 100 | Summer Training I-Construction | NC | 3 | Compulsory | |
TOTAL | 23 | 30 | TOTAL | 20 | 30 | |||||
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COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | CR | ECTS | STATUS | COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | CR | ECTS | STATUS | |
IAR 201 | Interior Design Studio I | 6 | 10 | Compulsory | IAR 202 | Interior Design Studio II | 6 | 10 | Compulsory | |
IAR 203 | Digital Presentation Tecniques I | 3 | 3 | Compulsory | IAR 204 | Digital Presentation Tecniques II | 3 | 3 | Compulsory | |
IAR 205 | Environmental Design | 3 | 3 | Compulsory | IAR 206 | Computer Aided Drawing I | 3 | 3 | Compulsory | |
IAR 207 | Construction And Materials I | 3 | 4 | Compulsory | IAR 208 | Construction And Materials II | 3 | 4 | Compulsory | |
IAR 209 | History of Interior Architecture and Furniture | 3 | 3 | Compulsory | IAR 212 | Restoration | 3 | 4 | Compulsory | |
IAR 211 | Preservation of Historic Interiors: History And Theory | 3 | 4 | Compulsory | IAR 214 | History of Contemporary Interior Arch. and Furniture | 3 | 3 | Compulsory | |
IAR 213 | Human Factors and Ergonomics in Interior Design | 3 | 3 | Compulsory | IAR 200 | Summer Training II-Atelier | NC | 3 | Compulsory | |
24 | 30 | TOTAL | 21 | 30 | ||||||
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COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | CR | ECTS | STATUS | COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | CR | ECTS | STATUS | |
IAR 301 | Interior Design Studio III | 6 | 10 | Compulsory | IAR 302 | Interior Design Studio IV | 6 | 10 | Compulsory | |
IAR 303 | Advanced Digital Presentation | 3 | 4 | Compulsory | IAR 304 | Furniture Design | 3 | 5 | Compulsory | |
IAR 305 | Environmental Control-Mechanical Equipment | 3 | 4 | Compulsory | IAR 306 | Universal Design: Special Use And Users | 3 | 4 | Compulsory | |
IAR 307 | Detailing Studio-Product Detailing | 3 | 4 | Compulsory | ELECTIVE | Departmental Elective | 3 | 3 | ||
IAR 309 | Environmental Control | 3 | 3 | Compulsory | ELECTIVE | Faculty Elective | 3 | 3 | ||
ELECTIVE | Departmental Elective | 3 | 3 | AÄ°T 102/
AÄ°T 104 |
Ataturk’s Principles and the History of Turkish Revolution II | 2 | 2 | Compulsory | ||
AÄ°T 101/
AÄ°T 103 |
Ataturk’s Principles and the History of Turkish Revolution I | 2 | 2 | Compulsory | IAR 300 | Summer Training III-Office | NC | 3 | Compulsory | |
TOTAL | 23 | 30 | 20 | 30 | ||||||
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COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | CR | ECTS | STATUS | COURSE CODE | COURSE NAME | CR | ECTS | STATUS | |
IAR 401 | Interior Design Studio V | 6 | 12 | Compulsory | IAR 402 | Graduation Project | 6 | 15 | Compulsory | |
IAR 403 | Theory of Interior Architecture | 3 | 5 | Compulsory | IAR 404 | Interior Design Professional Practice | 3 | 5 | Compulsory | |
IAR 405 | Building Economics in Interior Architecture | 3 | 4 | Compulsory | IAR 406
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Portfolio Design | 3 | 4 | Compulsory | |
ELECTIVE | Departmental Elective | 3 | 3 | ELECTIVE | Departmental Elective | 3 | 3 | |||
ELECTIVE | Faculty Elective | 3 | 3 | ELECTIVE | University Elective | 3 | 3 | |||
ELECTIVE | University Elective | 3 | 3 | TOTAL | 18 | 30 | ||||
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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS COURSE OBJECTIVES AND CONTENTS
YEAR 1-SEMESTER 1
IAR 101 Basics of Interior Design I (Compulsory 6 Credits – 9 ECTS)
Course Objectives: The aim of this course is to develop mental and manual artistic skills and to establish a design language.
Course Content: The course introduces the basic concepts and principles of design enabling the new comers establish the basic relations between the elements of a composition by doing. Within this context related topics are worked out every week. Topics covered are: Design Concept, Composition in Design, Design Principles, Design Elements, Dimensional Relations in Design, Gestalt Principles.
IAR 103 Colour Theory And Presentation (Compulsory 3 Credits – 4 ECTS)
Course Objectives: This course introduces the student to colour principles, theories and systems related to the design of interior environments. Light and colour interrelationships and their effects on human social and psychological behaviour are explored. The physics and language of colour are studied as applied to interior design.
Course Content: : The practical application of the color theories, focusing on the interaction and relativity of color. Students will develop a working color vocabulary through a series of projects illustrating the seven color contrasts.
IAR 105 Visual Communication Technical Drawing (Compulsory 3 Credits – 5 ECTS)
Course Objectives: This course aims toimprove the technical drawing skills used in architectural drawing by teaching the usage of instruments, principles of technical drawing and dimensioning.
Course Content: Instruments used in technical drawing, preparation for drawing, types of lines, lettering, geometric drawings, architectural drawings, scaled plans, sections, elevations in different scales.
IAR107 Freehand Drawing (Compulsory 3 Credits–4 ECTS)
Course Objectives: The course of Freehand Drawing aims to develop the visual perception of the students and to use the basic principles and elements of free drawing (line, light, shade, proportions, the object volume, the ratio of different objects)
Course Content: The aim of the course is to provide students ability of three dimensional thinking and analyzing the different forms and objects and presenting the ideas in two dimensional formation. The aims of course also to develop a general vision and perspective on the aesthetics and arts of the student. The theoretical and practical investigation of various forms,objects and geometric dimensions with freehand drawing techniques.
IAR 109 Introduction To Concepts of Interior Architecture (Compulsory 3 Credits–3 ECTS)
Course Objectives: This course includes factors that affecting an individual's behavior within a group or organization, diversity in organizations, motivation, leadership, performance, team-work.
Course Content: Discussing the basic human needs, user needs, the subjects of human-environment behaviour interaction, human psychology, social psychology, environmental psychology and psychology of perception, design, form, function and construction will be included in the course. To introduce students the basics and terminology of, design and design elements in interior architecture.
ENG 101 English I (Compulsory 3 Credits-3 ECTS)
Course Objectives: To develop students’ language skills and capacity to conduct writing task through the vocabulary, listening and speaking skills. To develop their level of knowledge, communicative capacity, and ability to analyze and reflect on the language. To give learners the language they need for real-life, hands-on task like explaining a process or analysing risk and to put into practice the academic skills that they will need to use during their educations.
Course Content: This course offers intermediate levels include wide range of grammatical structures and vocabulary of English in order to built onto the foundation established at the Preparatory School. This course aims to bring the students to a level that will enable them fulfill the requirements of main courses of their departments. Students will be encouraged to read a variety of texts as well as chapters from textbooks so that they can pursue their undergraduate studies at the university without major difficulty. ENG 101 is designed to improve the students’ presentation ability. Students are expected to do an oral presentation. At the end of the course they submitted their written projects.
YIT 101 Turkish Language For Foreign Students I (Compulsory 2 Credits-2 ECTS)
Course Objective: This course aims at enabling students to understand and to express themselves in Turkish.
Course Content: What is language? The place and the importance of the language in the life of a nation as a social institution, the relationship between language and culture, the place of Turkish language among the world’s languages, the development and historical periods of Turkish language, today’s situation and expansion of Turkish language, the sounds and classification of sounds in Turkish language, the sound characteristic of Turkish, the usage syllables, emphasis, writing rules punctations, constructive suffixes, adverbs, particles.
YEAR 1-SEMESTER 2
IAR 102: Basics of Interior Design II (Compulsory 6 Credits - 9 ETCS)
Course Objectives: The aim of the course is to gain the ability of three-dimensional thinking and to apply design criteria on the project. In addition to this, the subject of the project is to be shaped according to a specific theme and to design it in relation to the subject.
Course Content: Exercises aiming at the development of mental or practical skills related to the problems of interior design and industrial design.
IAR 104 Space Planning (Compulsory 3 Credits - 4 ETCS)
Course Objectives: Learning about the human dimensions, learning the planning and designing processes, analyzing the physical elements affecting the design of the house and analyzing the spaces in the house depending on the functions of the house. (scale and dimension).
Course Content: The importance of space and human scale in architecture. Explanation of architectural planning and design process. Investigation of the physical factors that affect architectural planning. Giving information about house designing. Making scaled drawings. (Entrance hall, Living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, master bedroom, children bedroom).
IAR 106 Descriptive Geometry (Compulsory 3 Credits- 6 ECTS)
Course Objectives: Full space perspectıves, sıngle and multıple point perspectıve drawıng tecnıques, and dıfferent presentatıon skılls. How and when to use the dıfferent drawıngs e.g. spaces drawn ın perspectıve and objects drawn ın axonımetrıc. All of the above bought together and presented as a whole an fınıshed project, that ıs self explanıtary.
Course Content: Specıfıcly teachıng perspectıve drawıngs and present acordıng each ındervıdual project, also drawıng of object (product desıgn) object are taugh ın axonımetrıc drawıngs as well as sketches and sıde notes.
IAR 108 Humanities (Compulsory 3 Credits- 3 ECTS)
Course Objectives: This course is designed to provide students an understanding of architecture, culture, art, philosophy, environment and so on. The course aims to explain the issues and their effects on the shaping of today's world by utilizing different disciplines (philosophy, art, literature, etc.) in parallel with political, social, cultural and economic developments.
Course Concent: Culture, Art and Aesthetics, Environmentalism, Pop Art and Mass Art, Narrative: The Power of Visual Storytelling, Culture, Climate and Shelter, Cultural Heritage, Museums and Collecting
ENG 102 English II (Compulsory 3 Credits-3 ECTS)
Course Objectives: To develop the students’ capacity to conduct writing task through the vocabulary, listening and speaking skills 19. To reinforce and consolidate the language and skills that the students have learned from earlier courses. To develop their level of knowledge, communicative capacity, and ability to analyze and reflect on the language. To developstudents’ languageskills. To prepare them for their future professional life.
Course Content: This course offers the students a wide range of grammatical structures and key language and vocabulary of English in the technical, industrial, and scientific sectors at intermediate level for every day communication at work. This course aims to bring the students to a level that will enable them to fulfill the requirements of the main courses of their departments. The ability to evaluate, analyze and synthesize information in written discourse will be highlighted. Documentation in writing will be introduced at the beginning of the course, in order to solidly establish the skill by the end. Students will learn the discourse patterns and structures to be used in different essay types that they need for real life, hands-on tasks like explaining process, organizing schedules, reporting or progress, or analyzing risk.
YIT 102 Turkish Language For Foreign Students II(Compulsory 2 Credits-2 ECTS)
Course Objective: This course aims at enabling students to understand and to express themselves in Turkish.
Course Content: Sentences, the analyse of sentences, the oral and written experrion, the problems in expression, the rules that must be obexed during the preparation of scientifik writings (report, article, announcement… etc.) by being supported by the example texts which have been chosen from Turkish and world’s literature, the development of the student correctly and well speaking and the ability of his writing skills and the rhetoric practice about this.
IAR 100 Summer Training I (Compulsory NC – 3 ECTS)
Course Objective: The aim of this course is to introduce students with practical problems of interior architecture on site.
Course Content: Daily explanation of the works. Photos of site works and their explanation. Projects of the building under construction. Brochures, samples, and description of the materials used at the construction site during the summer practice period. Brochures and samples which are related to the construction site should be included the files.
YEAR 2-SEMESTER 1
IAR 201 Interior Architecture Studio I (Compulsory 6 Credits- 10 ECTS)
Course Objectives: This course offers the ability for creating a concept and design an architectural structure. The aim is to design an individual house, a kiosk or a single unit as a result of experimenting the design process by the help of distinctive thinking and creativity.
Course content: The contents of this course are: Analytic research process (site, programme, sample projects), spatial organization, design methods, design principles, conceptual and contextual sketches.
IAR 203 Digital Presentation Techniques (Compulsory 3 Credits – 3ECTS)
Course Objectives: The aim of this course is to provide students to create interior spaces using computers as a drawing tool. The basic knowledge and skills are not provided only to make interior drawings by computer by the help of AUTOCAD program, but also to make presentations (coloring, rendering by using photoshop) of these drawings and to print them in any scale.
Course content: The course includes such topics as: principles and basic concepts of CAD/CAM programs, presentation by using photoshop.
IAR 205 Environmental Design (Compulsory 3 Credits - 3 ECTS)
Objective: Understanding of human-environment interaction in the formation of habitable environment, establishing the relationship between interior and exterior, revealing the importance of natural and cultural landscape elements in design, reinforcing the knowledge with a small scale application.
Course Content: The course focuses on architectural buildings able to meet human needs while preserving environmental resources. The course teaches a comprehensive design approach concerning decision-making process delivered, alternative solutions and acquire shareable awareness on effects.
IAR 207 Constructıon And Materials I (Compulsory 3 credits – 4 ECTS)
Course Objectives:The aim of this course is to develop the understanding of the student how to deal with structure regarding to the architectural constructions.
Course content: In this course theoretical and implementation aspects of the constructional requirements with specific emphasis on basic construction elements and components are covered.
IAR 209 History of Interior Architecture and Furniture (Compulsory 3 Credit - 3 ECTS)
Course Objectives: The course will focus on how historical and cultural factors along with technological changes and innovation influenced the development of interiors and furniture.
Course Content: This course deal with historical styles of interior architecture and furniture within a chronological framework from first examples to 1900. It put emphasis on the principles of Interior Architecture and Furniture in the periods and styles of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo, 18th and 19th centuries.
IAR 211: Preservation Of Historical Interior. History And Theory (Compulsory 3 Credit - 4 ETCS)
Course Objectives: To teach approaches to design before starting to design a historic interior. To give an education about the extent to which an interior architect should be able to intervene without losing his / her identity according to the physical conditions that the building has. To aim at giving a different vision to the students in terms of conservation, by discussing contemporary architectural applications with modern technology, Cyprus and world examples. To interpret a contemporary architecture in the design of historic buildings according to the details of the space function, user profile and interior space.
Course Content: Historic buildings and their interiors from part of national heritage of every country and culture. These buildings and their interiors usually consist of multiple facets and material often altering dramatically throughout their life spans due change imposed by society, their environment and use. It is through the conservation and restoration of these buildings and the collections therein that the cultural identity of the past can be preserved and transferred to the future. Keywords such as holistic, multidisciplinary, collaborative, communication are predominant in the terminology of current conservation policy. The aim of this course is to draw attention to these keywords and concepts.
IAR 213 Human Factors And Ergonomics in Interior Design (Compulsory 3 Credit - 3 ETCS)
Course Objectives: The objective of the lesson is to learn human dimensions that are important for designing places and establishing the relationship between human and furniture and human-ergonomics.
Course Content: The relationship between human and the environment will be followed by the physical environment and human relationships, human and human dimensions, ergonomics and application areas, the parts of the house and examining places according to their parts.
YEAR 2-SEMESTER 2
IAR 202 Interior Design Studio II (Compulsory 6 credit – 10 ECTS)
Course Objectives: This course aims to provide students with the ability of creating themes and designing interior spaces by using design methods, principles and spatial organization techniques. The focus is on reading the design problem and designing the interior space considering program requirements and structural qualities of the building.
Course content: The studio based project with one to one critics covers issues: Design methods, strategies and principles, Conceptual sketches, Spatial organizations, Light, color and texture, Anthropometric data, Furnishing and human dimensions
IAR 204 Digital Design Technologies (Compulsory 3 credit – 3 ECTS)
Course Objective:The aim of this course is to provide students to transform the 2 dimensional drawings of their projects to 3 dimensional drawings by using ArchiCad program.
Course Content: Transform the existing 2D drawing to 3D using ArchiCad commands.
IAR 206 Computer Aided Drawing I (Compulsory 3 credit – 3 ECTS)
Course Objective: The aim of this course is to provide students to create interior spaces using computers as a drawing tool. The basic knowledge and skills are not provided only to make interior designs with computer by the help of Autocad program, but also to make presentations of these drawings and to print them in any scale.
Course Content: The course includes such topics as: principles and basic concepts of CAD/CAM programs, Drawing and dimensioning a project in Autocad program using appropriate commands.
IAR 208 Construction And Materials II (Compulsory 3 credit – 4 ECTS)
Course Objectives: The aim of the course is to introduce the complicated structural systems which are related with wide spanned indoor spaces.
Course content: The course covers: Concepts of Building Constructions, Walls, Classification of walls, Wall Openings, Doors, Windows.
IAR 212 Restoration (Compulsory 3 Credit – 4 ECTS)
Course Objectives: This course aims to prepare students for design tasks that require work with historical buildings and sites. A sound comprehension of contemporary approaches to conservation must be attained during the course. The students must also develop the necessary responsibility, sensitivity and appreciation to work in the field of conservation of cultural heritage. Theory regarding restoration criteria, damage assessment and restoration techniques is discussed in class and observed in field trips.eg.
Course Content: The course thematically covers: Birth and Development of Theory of Conservation, Factors Causing Deterioration in Monuments, Organizations for Restoration and Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Studies Done Before Restoration, Restoration Techniques, Field Trip and Restoration Project.
IAR 214 History of Contemporary Interior Architecture and Furniture (Compulsory 3 Credits - 3 ECTS)
Course Objectives: The aim of this course is to introduce key conceptual issues in interior treatments, furnishings, and decorative arts.
Course Content: This course will examine interior treatments, furnishings, and decorative arts. Includes cultural aspects and characteristics of early twentieth century, Modernism Period, Revolution and the Avant-Garde, Contemporary designs, and issues and trends.
IAR 200 Summer Training II-Atelier (Compulsory NC – 3 ECTS)
Course Objective: The aim of this course is to introduce students with practical problems of interior architecture, to observe the formation stage of construction and installation of furniture, delivery is 21 business days to file the form with the daily reports on site.
Course Content: Daily explanation of the works. Photos of works showing stages from design to production and their explanation. Drawings (sketches, plans, sections, perspectives), photos, brochures and samples of materials which are related to the design and production phases should be included in the files.
YEAR 3-SEMESTER 1
IAR 301 Interior Architecture Studio I (Compulsory 6 Credits - 10 ECTS)
Course Objectives: This course intends to introduce students the required knowledge and technical information about contemporary interior design problems by designing multi purpose spaces.
Course content: Conceptual sketches, Structural systems, mechanical systems, to accent the relations of visible and invisible elements, flexibility in the space design.
IAR 303 Advanced Digital Presentation (Compulsory 3 Credits – 4 ECTS)
Course Objective: This course provides 3d and technical drawings to be prepared using various software applications to produce successful visual presentations.
Course Content: The course includes topics such as: Visual analyses of 3D space and teaching required tools and commands.
IAR 305 Environmental Control: Mechanical Equipment (Compulsory 3 Credits – 4 ECTS)
Course Objectives: This course aims to offer basic knowledge on services for interiors like heating, cooling and lighting systems etc. within the framework of sustainable design.
Course Content: The course provides the information necessary to make building spaces comfortable by considering environmental factors and ecological values.
IAR 307 Detailing Studio Product Detailing (Compulsory 3 Credits – 4 ECTS)
Course Objectives: The main aim of this course is to provide an overall assessment of the knowledge of building construction and material science is sought with emphasis on conceptual and detail drawings related to interior architecture problems. Course content: The topics include: Details; Materials; Processing machines; Manufacture systems.
Course Objectives: This course attempts to provide an analysis of the detailing of variety of movable and non-movable furnitures, searchingfor solutions during production by working on problems that might be caused by the quality of materials. Course content: The course covers topics: Materials used; Space/furniture solutions; Ergonomics; Details; Processing machines; 1/10, 1/2, 1/1 drawings, detailed solutions to the given problem; furniture of finishing.
IAR 309 Environmental Control (Compulsory 3 Credits – 3 ECTS)
Course Objectives: The course aims to provide the student with the understanding of the interaction between people and their physical environments.
Course Content: The course covers issues like environmental conditions and the position in which they found the interior space with the effect of design and space to examine the context. The topics are: Definition of terminology related with environmental control, Sustainability and Interior Spaces, Climate, Temperature, Light, Orientation.
AIT 103 Principles of AtatĂĽrk I (Compulsory 2 Credits-2 ECTS)
Course Objectives: This course is designed exclusively for Turkish national and Turkish Cypriot students. The aim is to provide the principles of AtatĂĽrk analytically and historically in both semesters.
Course Content: This course covers the period of the process of Turkish independence war and the period of the establishment of Turkish national state, and modernization process.
YEAR 3-SEMESTER 2
IAR 302: Interior Design Studio IV (Compulsory 6 Credits - 10 ETCS)
Course Objectives: The aim of this course is to provide the students with the ability to collect multiple functions in a single space and to design their designs according to the corporate identity of the brands.
Course Content: It is designed to create a design by using appropriate architectural criteria by analyzing a complex problem given to students, environmental conditions, user profile and needs program.
IAR 304 Furniture Design (Compulsory 3 Credit - 5 ETCS)
Course Objectives: The aim of this course is to generate the students’ knowledge of how to design a furniture at design and production levels. They are going to solve the details and problem severy step of the design.
Course content: This course covers topics: Researching the materials used in furniture, assessing and analyzing contemporary design.
IAR 306 Building Performance: Special Use and Users (Compulsory 3 Credits-4 ECTS)
Course Objectives: The course aims to offer an overview on a different aspects of interior design where precautions are taken for the accidents in the buildings.
Course Content: This course focuses on the determination the required dimensions for the special user groups; old peoples, children and handicap persons, discussion to fire protection and hygiene.
AIT 104 Principles of AtatĂĽrk II (Compulsory 2 Credits-2 ECTS)
Course Objectives: This course is designed exclusively for Turkish national and Turkish Cypriot students. The aim is to provide the principles of AtatĂĽrk analytically and historically in both semesters.
Course Content: This course covers the period of the process of Turkish independence war and the period of the establishment of Turkish national state, and modernization process.
IAR 300 Summer Training III –Office (Compulsory NC – 3 ECTS)
Course Objective: The aim of this course is to introduce students with practical problems of interior architecture by practicing profession in an architectural and or interior architectural office.
Course Content: Daily explanation of the drawings. Photos of works showing stages from design to production and their explanation. Drawings (conceptual sketches, plans, sections, perspectives), photos, brochures and samples of materials which are related to the design
YEAR IV-SEMESTER 1
IAR 401 Interior Design Studio V ( Compulsory 6 Credits-12 ECTS)
Course Objectives: The aim of this course is to provide the required knowledge and guidance to design complex buildings’ interiors and environment. Mostly the problem of re-functioning of an existing historical building using contemporary interior design standards will be given to the students.
Course Content: The course covers: Research of the given design problem, Analysis of the examplary space, Functional requirements’ analysis, Conceptual Sketches, Spatial relations and organizations including horizontal and vertical, Interior and environmental design.
IAR 403 Theory Of Interior Architecture (Compulsory 3 Credit - 5 ETCS)
Course Objectives: The objectice of course, explain that all applications made during the internal design are in fact part of a design rule of all and to specify these rules specifically and inform interior spaces concepts considering environmental, spatial and cultural problems. Understanding contemporary interior architecture practices in historical and theoretical context. To discuss the basic aspects of design theory and to critically evaluate it in an industrial context. And also,understand the internal concepts of contemporary interior architecture theories and the application of the human form in design and research projects. Finally show the relationship between theory, research and design project results.
Course Content: Architectural theory courses to students accepted theories of the people and authorities for the relationship between the physical environment, but also to complement the interior design studio-based project, students will introduce important technical concepts. Research to understand the key issues in critical analysis and design skills in solving design problems and the development of the discipline in this process and aims to provide a broader vision of the students in the design process. The aim is providing how to apply design elements and principles of the interior architecture structure and codes of practice will give students to be considered in the process
IAR 405 Building Economics in Interior Architecture (Compulsory 3 Credit - 4 ETCS)
Course Objectives: This course aims to provide student the cost
calculation methods through analysis of materials and structural
systems.
Course Content: The course covers: Scope of economic theory, the price
system, theory of consumer behaviour, theory of production and cost.
The scope of measurement techniques, conciousness on price system,
cost and design analisis, calculation and preparation of cost
estimates.
YEAR IV-SEMESTER 2
IAR 402 Graduation Project (Compulsory 6 Credits-15 ECTS)
Course Objectives: This course aims to provide students with the knowledge and ability to creatively think, create and present a project. Starting with the research on site, functional necessities and the contextual data, firstly conceptual sketches are made and accordingly required technical drawings are prepared at different scales. Visual presentation techniques and 3D programs are used as a tool while transforming the ideas to the design outputs.
Course Content: The course covers: Analysis of the existing site / building, Analysing the functional necessities, defining the programme, Conceptual sketches, Preparing 2D and 3D drawings and system details, Designing the project within a given context.
IAR 404 Interior Design Professional Practice (Compulsory 3 credits – 5 ECTS)
Course Objectives: This course aims to provide studio work aimed to professional works including inner space design and construction details on architectural projects. Offers an understanding of contemporary implementation processes in interior architecture projects.
Course content: The course covers topics: Contemporary implementation methods through design and construction processes, Relationship between investment, design and construction / employer, interior architect, contractor and other disciplines of profession like engineers and architects, Presentation for application, Using new materials and technologies for detailing the interior architectural project, Preparing required drawing files and contracts used in interior architecture profession.
IAR 406 Portfolio Design (Compulsory 3 credit-4 ECTS)
Course Objectives: The aim of the course is to teach how to organize and present their best pieces of design works, so they can prepare a portfolio with which they can have a chance to take an important role in professional practice.
Course Content: In this course, the students are going to use web technologies and digital communication techniques to present their design ideas and projects made before in studios. The final project requires that each student will have a self composed web site, a PDF portfolio and a printed portfolio.
TECHNICAL ELECTIVE COURSES
IAR 223 Presentation Techniques (Elective 3 Credits – 3 ECTS)
Course Objectives: This course to introduce the artistic techniques of architectural rendering and visual presentations for the interior design profession. Course work emphasizes advanced freehand sketching and perspective skills, rendered drawings to address lighting, coloring, material textures.
Course Content: The aim of the course is to provide students ability of three dimensional thinking and analyzing the existing spatial compositions and presenting the ideas in two and three dimensional formation. This course covers ıs architectural representations according to the scales, figure - ground relations in representations, foreground - background relations, use of perspective and color in spatial language.
IAR 309 Color in Interior Space (Elective 3 Credits – 3 ECTS)
Course Objective: In this course students learn the basis of color in interior design using color tools, and by creating color board where students experiment with primary, secondary, thretary colors using different color tools to design a color palette for the space.
Course Content: The course covers topics: What is the color? Review of principles of color in interior design, Principles of using the color wheel. Color wheel exercise, Creating designer color board, Designing color palette for established furnished space, rendering this space in colors choosen by students from established color palette.
IAR 358 Arts and Crafts (Elective 3 Credits – 3 ECTS)
Course Objective: This course offers an overview of the history, culture, applications and impact of arts and crafts in interior architecture. Examining the crafts and their implications into arts and design will be discussed too.
Course Content: The use of Arts and Crafts from early periods till contemporary interior designs. Arts an crafts is one of the more expressive courses that the student is given the knowledge to be able to work individually under supervision.
IAR 427 Freehand Drawing (Elective 3 Credits – 3 ECTS)
Course Objective: The aim of this course is to help students develop effective drawing techniques as a specialized form of visual communication. Life drawing, still life drawing and sketching techniques are utilized.
Course Content: The topics include: One point perspective: work from still life of cubes, spheres, cones, Still life with complex objects, Stance in Human Body, Proportion in Human Body and Space, Foreshortening.
IAR 429 Concept of Color in Architecture (Elective 3 Credits – 3 ECTS)
Course Objective: In this course students learn the importance of color in architectural and interior space in different cultures and periods of time.
Course Content: The course covers topics: The importance of colour. Changes in the color concept in Architecture throughout the History, Comparing use of color in Architecture in different periods of time, Review of use of colour in different geographical areas and cultures, Review of different visual sources to find and examples of use of colour in Architectural textures. Discussion, Finding a visual example and analyzing through rendering tecniques.
IAR 432 Advanced Presentation Techniques (Elective 3 Credit – 3 ECTS)
Course Objectives: This course will teach various sketching and rendering techniques for interior design visual presentation. Techniques and step-by- step exercises help students to create developed sketching and rendering. Rapid visualization and perspective techniques will be introduced and investigated in timed drawing exercises and sketchbook studies.The development of a personal style encouraged.
Course Content: This course to introduce the artistic techniques of architectural rendering and visual presentations for the interior design profession. Course work emphasizes advanced freehand sketching and perspective skills, rendered drawings to address lighting, coloring, material textures. The course explores dry and wet markers,colored pencils techniques to delinate forms and texture in interior sketching and finished employed in the presentasion of design projects.
IAR 440 Culture and Space (Elective 3 Credit – 3 ECTS)
Course Objective: The course is designed to introduce students the relation between architectural and interior space and culture explaining the reciprocal factors affecting space and culture with examples.
Course Content: The course covers titles: Introduction to cultural issues related with space, Resaerch on examples where culture affected the formation of space and where communal and private space affected culture, Discussion on cases.
IAR 453 Ergonomics (Elective 3 Credit – 3 ECTS)
Course Objective: The aim of this course is to provide an overview of possible problems when anthropometry, required dimension and human factors are not taken into consideration in the design process. It emphasizes applications to both product design and spatial organisations to prevent injuries and discomfort.
Course Content: The course covers topics: What ergonomics is; what ergonomics does; why and how to do ergonomics; ergonomic models, methods and measurements; enhancing perfprmance, anthropometry.
IAR 478 Illustration (Elective 3 Credit – 3 ECTS)
Course Objectives: Creating illustration by giving information about basic theory,plastic,esthetic and techniques wich uses language of art. Creating illustration by giving information about basic theory,plastic,esthetic and techniques wich uses language of art.
Course Content: Drawings of human, animal figures, plants, elements of nature, variety objects and buildings using different techniques.Topics include units of drawing from life and foto reference materials,basic composition and color separation theory. Creating their own pattern composition and applying it to interior design. Students are taught to become creative problem solvers, visual narrators, exploring ideas from research through sketches to finished artwork, which may be drawn, painted, or created on a computer.
NOTE: Students can take six departmental and two university electives (two of the departmental electives can be taken as faculty electives).