In the Graduation Project, the aim is to evaluate the students’ level of knowledge and interpretation skills regarding all disciplines of architecture and to determine if the student can proficiently develop and present projects regarding the main problematic of architecture, i.e. design of space, in ethical, aesthetical, technical, functional, and economic perspective.
Prerequisite(s)
ARC0007
Corequisite(s)
none
Special Requisite(s)
The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
Instructor(s)
Professor Neslihan DOSTOĞLU, Assist. Prof. Dr. M. Emre Arslan, Lecturer Dr. Suzan SANLI, Professor Evren Burak Enginöz, Assoc. Prof. Asiye Akgün, Lecturer Kerem Ganiç
Prof.Dr. Neslihan DOSTOĞLU and Assist. Prof. Dr. Gamze Alptekin can be contacted on the days mentioned above.
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Graduation project process comprises certain phases for the students to integrate multi-disciplinary knowledge and to present a project on their own within a discussion platform directed by the jury members. Students work alone in the process of researching and designing in relation to the project’s place, program and theme. During the semester, students attend three juries for discussing the development of their projects. A final jury meeting is conducted at the end of the term. Students are expected to analyse and synthesize a diverse spectrum of knowledge regarding the city, such as the physical and social environment, transportation, communication, to interpret the program related with the determined site, and to organize it spatially. Students are also expected to define the materials to be used, to determine the structural system, to utilize computer aid in design and to make an advanced presentation.
Principle Sources
Charlesworth, E. (2014). Humanitarian architecture: 15 stories of architects working after disaster. Routledge.
Davis, I., & Alexander, D. (2015). Recovery from disaster. Routledge.
March, A., & Kornakova, M. (Eds.). (2017). Urban planning for disaster recovery. Butterworth-Heinemann.
Martins, A. N., Fayazi, M., Kikano, F., & Hobeica, L. (Eds.). (2020). Enhancing disaster preparedness: From humanitarian architecture to community resilience. Elsevier.
National Research Council, & Geographical Sciences Committee. (2011). Building community disaster resilience through private-public collaboration.National Academies Press.
Potts, L. (2013). Social media in disaster response: How experience architects can build for participation. Routledge.
Sanderson, D., Kayden, J. S., & Leis, J. (Eds.). (2016). Urban disaster resilience: New dimensions from international practice in the built environment. Routledge.
Strick, S. L. (2008). Out of Disaster: The Role of Architecture in Disaster Recovery (Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati).
Tauber, G. (2014). Architects and Post-Disaster Housing. Transcript-Verlag.
Thompson, B. (2019). Designing for disaster: Domestic architecture in the era of climate change. Schiffer Publishing.
Tobriner, S. (2015). Bracing for disaster: Earthquake-resistant architecture and engineering in San Francisco, 1838–1933. Heyday. ORIM.
Trogal, K., Bauman, I., Lawrence, R., & Petrescu, D. (Eds.). (2018). Architecture and resilience: interdisciplinary dialogues. Routledge.
Vale, L. J. (2005). The resilient city: How modern cities recover from disaster. Oxford University Press.
Watson, D., & Adams, M. (2010). Design for flooding: Architecture, landscape, and urban design for resilience to climate change. John Wiley & Sons.
Announcement of the project
subjects & Distribution of the
project files
Site information /
Questions&Answers
2. Week
3. Week
4. Week
1st mid-jury
5. Week
6. Week
7. Week
2nd mid-jury
8. Week
Sketch Exam
9. Week
10. Week
11. Week
3rd mid-jury
12. Week
13. Week
14. Week
15. Week
Final Submission/Final jury
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
10
Project(s)
3
30
Final Exam
1
60
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Critical Thinking: Ability to inquire, use abstract ideas to interpret information, consider diverse points of view, reach well-reasoned conclusions.
PO-2
Communication: Ability to use appropriate representational media to transmit essential formal elements at design process.
PO-3
Investigation: Ability to gather, record, apply, and comparatively evaluate relevant information within design processes.
PO-4
Design: Ability to reproduce the design information in the creative thinking process, to reach new and original results through universal design principles such as sustainability and accessibility.
PO-5
World Architecture: Understanding world architecture in terms of their historical, geographical and global factors.
PO-6
Local Architecture / Cultural Diversity: Understanding the architectural formations and samples of a geography through its historical and cultural context. Understanding the divergent canons of cultural values, behavioral, social and spatial patterns.
PO-7
Cultural Heritage and Conservation: Understanding of conservation discourses and methods, and the subjects of cultural heritage, conservation awareness, environmental concerns and ethical responsibility.
PO-8
Sustainability: Ability to design projects by using the information regarding the natural and built environment to reduce the undesirable environmental impacts on future generations through means.
PO-9
Social Responsibility: Understanding of the architect’s responsibility about protecting the commonweal, having respect for historical/cultural and natural resources and improving the life quality.
PO-10
Nature and Human: Understanding of the relationship between human, the natural environment and the design of the built environment.
PO-11
Geographical Conditions: Understanding the relationships of site selection, settlement and building design by considering the cultural, economical and social properties as well as the natural characteristics such as soil, topography, vegetation and watershed.
PO-12
Life Safety: Understanding the basic principles of security and life-safety systems in the conditions of natural disasters, fire, etc. through building and environment scales.
PO-13
Structural Systems: Understanding of the basic principles of structural behavior in withstanding gravity and lateral forces and the evolution, range, and appropriate application of contemporary structural systems.
PO-14
Environmental Systems: Understanding the principles of physical environmental systems’ design such as lighting, acoustics, climatization and the use of appropriate performance assessment tools.
PO-15
Building Envelope Systems: Understanding of the basic principles involved in the appropriate application of building envelope systems and associated assemblies.
PO-16
Building Service Systems: Understanding of the basic design principles of building service systems such as plumbing, electrical, vertical transportation, security, and fire protection systems.
PO-17
Building Materials and Assemblies: Understanding of the basic principles utilized in the appropriate selection of construction materials, products, components and assemblies, based on their inherent characteristics and performance, including their environmental impact and reuse.
PO-18
Integration of Building Service Systems: The ability of assessing, selecting and integrating the structural, environmental, security, envelope and service systems of the buildings for building design.
PO-19
Programming and Evaluation: Ability to prepare and evaluate an architectural project program by considering the public benefits in regards of client and user needs, appropriate examplers, space and equipment requirements, financial limitations, site conditions, relevant codes, laws and design principles.
PO-20
Comprehensive Project Development: Ability to produce a comprehensive architectural project that demonstrates to make design decisions across various scales.
PO-21
Considering Building Costs: Understanding the fundamentals of building construction and use costs.
PO-22
Architect-Client Relationship: Understanding of the responsibility of the architect to elicit, understand, and reconcile the needs of the client, owner, user groups, and the public and community domains.
PO-23
Collaboration: Ability to work in collaboration with others and in multidisciplinary teams to successfully complete design projects.
PO-24
Project Management: Understanding of the methods for competing for commissions, selecting consultants and assembling teams, and recommending project delivery methods.
PO-25
Practice Management: Understanding the basic principles in the architectural practice processes like financial management, business planning, quality management, risk management, discussion and reconciliation.
PO-26
Leadership: Understanding of the techniques and skills architects use to work collaboratively in the building design and construction process and on environmental, social, and aesthetic issues in their communities.
PO-27
Legal Rights and Responsibilities: Understanding of the architect’s responsibility to the public and the client as determined by regulations and legal considerations involving the practice of architecture.
PO-28
Professional Practice: Understanding and fulfillment of employer and intern rights and responsibilities for development of profession.
PO-29
Ethics of Profession: Understanding of the ethical issues involved in profession regarding social, political and cultural issues in architectural design and practice.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Analysis of physical data such as topography and climate.
LO-2
Analysis of social environment
LO-3
Synthesis and evaluation of analysis
LO-4
Skill of developing concepts
LO-5
Designing the first draft Project with functional, structural, and aesthetic evaluations
