Undergraduate
Architecture Faculty
Architecture (English)
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NETWORK-ARCHITECTURE-CITY

Course CodeSemester Course Name LE/RC/LA Course Type Language of Instruction ECTS
ARC0127 NETWORK-ARCHITECTURE-CITY 3/0/0 DE English 4
Course Goals
  The NAC course focuses on the human sciences in order to improve urban life by removing the existing forms of life in the context of repetitive actions in a certain place. It is expected that students will learn to understand an environment by observation, recording information and creatively presenting it. Since the method of teaching is based on participation, it is very important for the success of the course in the context of the students' personal participation in the class, worldviews, tendencies and personalities. This is a design workshop where participants share their own exploration and mapping potentials to explore urban dynamics to open up new dimensions for conceptual approaches.
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Schedule The course is not offered this semester.
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Teaching Methods and Techniques The semester starts with the seminars and the theoretical discussions on mapping and spatial reading. A specific place is read spatially and existing networks are discovered. A language for sharing the collected data is being developed by the student as a final presentation of the information belonging to the place. The course is built upon the studio works. Trips in or out of Istanbul or out of Turkey may be organized. Evaluation will be done over the workshops and the final product. Individual and team work will be experienced.
Principle Sources

Burdett, R., & Sudjic, D.

2011

Living in the Endless City

Ph

idon

de Certeau, M., & Rendall, S.

2011

The Practice of Everyday Life

University of California Press

Derviş, P., & Öner, M.

2009

Mapping Istanbul

Garanti Galeri

Foucault, M.

2012

The Order of Things

Taylor & Francis

Hensel, M., Hensel, D. S., & Ertas, H.

2011

Turkey At the Threshold: Architectural Design

Wiley

Other Sources

Lefebvre, H.

2002

A Critique of Everyday Life

Verso Books

Course Schedules
Week Contents Learning Methods
1. Week Course description Seminar and discussion
2. Week Social aspects of architecture Seminar and discussion
3. Week Spatial reading techniques/network search Seminar and discussion
4. Week Mapping/presentation techniques Seminar and discussion
5. Week Experiencing networks at a definite environment Site survey
6. Week Presentation and discussion Presentation and discussion
7. Week Project: Designing a definite case Presentation and discussion
8. Week Project submission Presentation and discussion
9. Week Project submission Presentation and discussion
10. Week Project submission Presentation and discussion
11. Week Project submission Presentation and discussion
12. Week Project submission Presentation and discussion
13. Week Project submission Presentation and discussion
14. Week Project submission Presentation and discussion
15. Week Project submission Final presentation and discussion
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools Quantity Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations 6 60
Final Exam 1 40


Program Outcomes
PO-1Critical Thinking: Ability to inquire, use abstract ideas to interpret information, consider diverse points of view, reach well-reasoned conclusions.
PO-2Communication: Ability to use appropriate representational media to transmit essential formal elements at design process.
PO-3Investigation: Ability to gather, record, apply, and comparatively evaluate relevant information within design processes.
PO-4Design: 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-5World Architecture: Understanding world architecture in terms of their historical, geographical and global factors.
PO-6Local 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-7Cultural Heritage and Conservation: Understanding of conservation discourses and methods, and the subjects of cultural heritage, conservation awareness, environmental concerns and ethical responsibility.
PO-8Sustainability: 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-9Social 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-10Nature and Human: Understanding of the relationship between human, the natural environment and the design of the built environment.
PO-11Geographical 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-12Life 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-13Structural 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-14Environmental Systems: Understanding the principles of physical environmental systems’ design such as lighting, acoustics, climatization and the use of appropriate performance assessment tools.
PO-15Building Envelope Systems: Understanding of the basic principles involved in the appropriate application of building envelope systems and associated assemblies.
PO-16Building Service Systems: Understanding of the basic design principles of building service systems such as plumbing, electrical, vertical transportation, security, and fire protection systems.
PO-17Building 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-18Integration 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-19Programming 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-20Comprehensive Project Development: Ability to produce a comprehensive architectural project that demonstrates to make design decisions across various scales.
PO-21Considering Building Costs: Understanding the fundamentals of building construction and use costs.
PO-22Architect-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-23Collaboration: Ability to work in collaboration with others and in multidisciplinary teams to successfully complete design projects.
PO-24Project Management: Understanding of the methods for competing for commissions, selecting consultants and assembling teams, and recommending project delivery methods.
PO-25Practice Management: Understanding the basic principles in the architectural practice processes like financial management, business planning, quality management, risk management, discussion and reconciliation.
PO-26Leadership: 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-27Legal 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-28Professional Practice: Understanding and fulfillment of employer and intern rights and responsibilities for development of profession.
PO-29Ethics of Profession: Understanding of the ethical issues involved in profession regarding social, political and cultural issues in architectural design and practice.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1The ability to analyze and synthesize urban life by using different methods
LO-2The ability to comparatively evaluate, document and adapt the information obtained on urban life and inter-individual relations to design.
LO-3Ability to reach new and original results in the context of universal design principles such as sustainability and accessibility.
LO-4Understanding the role of the architect in improving the quality of life through urban design.
LO-5Ability to realize teamwork and collaboration skills.
Course Assessment Matrix:
Program Outcomes - Learning Outcomes Matrix
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