The program explores the relationships between architectural concepts in the design process. The title provides a useful framework for discussing the spatial, formal, functional and symbolic aspects of the architect. The relationship between design concepts and concepts, more general concepts and specific buildings will be elaborated in detail through case-studies. The process ends with a debate about the role of contemporary conceptual design.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
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Instructor(s)
Professor Ayhan USTA
Course Assistant(s)
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Schedule
The course is not offered this semester.
Office Hour(s)
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Teaching Methods and Techniques
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Principle Sources
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Other Sources
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Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
INTRODUCTION - GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Le Corbusier, St Pierre Church, Firminy, France, 1962-2008 / Steven Holl, MIT Student Residence, Cambridge, USA, 2001 / Zaha Hadid, parking & bus station, Stransbourg, France, 2003 /
Theoric Lecture
2. Week
ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPTUAL AND DESIGN PROCESSES
narration / presentation / discussion
3. Week
ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPTUAL AND DESIGN PROCESSES Le Corbusier, St Pierre Church, Firminy, Frans, 1962-2008 / Steven Holl, MIT Student Residence, Cambridge, USA, 2001 / Zaha Hadid,
TECTONIC CONCEPTS: COMBINING ELEMENTS Joseph Paxton, Crystal Palace, 1851 / Norman Foster. 1964 / Aladio Dieste, Madre del Rosario Church, San Pedro, Uruguay, 1969 / F. L. Wright, Falling Water, Bear Run, Pennsylvania
narration / presentation / discussion
8. Week
TECTONIC CONCEPTS: COMBINING ELEMENTS Joseph Paxton, Crystal Palace, 1851 / Norman Foster. 1964 / Aladio Dieste, Madre del Rosario Church, San Pedro, Uruguay, 1969 / F. L. Wright, Falling Water, Bear Run, Pennsylvania
narration / presentation / discussion
9. Week
URBAN CONCEPTUALS: INTEGRATING THE ENVIRONMENT Alvar Aalto, Enzo Gutzeit, Helsinki, Finlandia, 1962 / Mimar Sinan, Suleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul, 1550-57 / Peter Eisenman, Wexner Center, Columbus, Ohio, 1984
narration / presentation / discussion
10. Week
FUNCTIONAL CONCEPTS: UTILIZATION OF THE SPACE: Louis Sullivan, Guaranty Building, Buffalo, NY, 1891 / Louis Kahn, Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, 1970 / Le Corbusier, La Tourette, Lyon, France, 1953-7
narration / presentation / discussion
11. Week
SIMPLE CONCEPTUALS: STORY AND SIMILATION Mies van der Rohe, Garage House, 1934 / Michaelangelo, Laurentian Kutuphanesi, Florence, 1524 / Kucuk Effendi Mosque, Istanbul, 1825
narration / presentation / discussion
12. Week
SIMPLE CONCEPTUALS: STORY AND SIMILATION Mies van der Rohe, Garage House, 1934 / Michaelangelo, Laurentian Kutuphanesi, Florence, 1524 / Kucuk Effendi Mosque, Istanbul, 1825
narration / presentation / discussion
13. Week
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
narration / presentation / discussion
14. Week
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
narration / presentation / discussion
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
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50
Attendance
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25
Final Exam
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25
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Critical Thinking: Ability to inquire, use abstract ideas to interpret information, consider diverse points of view, reach well-reasoned conclusions.
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Communication: Ability to use appropriate representational media to transmit essential formal elements at design process.
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Investigation: Ability to gather, record, apply, and comparatively evaluate relevant information within design processes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Environmental Systems: Understanding the principles of physical environmental systems’ design such as lighting, acoustics, climatization and the use of appropriate performance assessment tools.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Project Management: Understanding of the methods for competing for commissions, selecting consultants and assembling teams, and recommending project delivery methods.
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Practice Management: Understanding the basic principles in the architectural practice processes like financial management, business planning, quality management, risk management, discussion and reconciliation.
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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.
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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.
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Professional Practice: Understanding and fulfillment of employer and intern rights and responsibilities for development of profession.
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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
Effective reading, writing, listening and speaking
LO-2
Developing clear and clear questions, using abstract thoughts for expression, evaluating opposing views, achieving well-queried results and testing them with similar criteria and standards
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To be able to express each step of the programming and design process with various techniques used in hand drawings and computer technologies to make appropriate presentations
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To be able to obtain, evaluate, record and apply related information in architectural processes
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Understanding the formation, development and applications of visual perception and editing systems in two and three dimensional design, architectural composition and urban design
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Be able to apply basic architectural principles at the level of building, interior and layout design
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To understand the rules of western architecture in architecture, landscape and urban design and the climatic, technological, socio-economic and other cultural factors that shape and sustain them.
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To understand the laws of western architecture in architecture, landscaping and urban design outside of western architecture and the climatic, technological, socio-economic and other cultural factors that shape and sustain them
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Understand the effects of national traditions and historical heritage in national and regional architecture, landscape and urban design, including regional architecture
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To be able to create appropriate and formally appropriate examples for the design and development of architectural and urban design projects
LO-11
Understanding the interaction between physical environment and human
LO-12
Be able to understand the difference in need, behavior patterns, social and spatial patterns that characterize different cultures
