DESIGN AND PRESENTATION STRATEGIES IN ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITIONS
Course Code
Semester
Course Name
LE/RC/LA
Course Type
Language of Instruction
ECTS
ARC0126
DESIGN AND PRESENTATION STRATEGIES IN ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITIONS
3/0/0
DE
English
4
Course Goals
The aim is to enable the students, to develop the understanding of the importance of team work, time management, the structure of designing phenomenon regarding the creative process and presentation techniques as a representation method by evaluating design process and presentation techniques employed in architectural competitions through national and international architectural design competitions and competitors.
Prerequisite(s)
-
Corequisite(s)
%70 attendance
Special Requisite(s)
-
Instructor(s)
Professor Ayhan USTA
Course Assistant(s)
-
Schedule
The course is not offered this semester.
Office Hour(s)
-
Teaching Methods and Techniques
- Lecture, visual evaluation, documentaries, guest lecturers, discussion and demonstration
Arnheim,R.,The Dynamics of Architectural Form,Univercity of California Press,London ,1977
Laseau,P.,Graphic Thinking for Architektts and Designers,Von Nostrond Reinhold,New York,1980
Other Sources
- Current competitions and relevant speakers
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
General Introduction
Lecture
2. Week
Historical approach to architectural design competitions.
lecture / presentation / discussion
3. Week
The methods applied in architectural competitions
lecture / presentation / discussion
4. Week
National / international architectural competitions
lecture / presentation / discussion
5. Week
invited speaker
6. Week
Competitions with different programs: Unique buildings
lecture / presentation / discussion
7. Week
Multi programmed competitions
lecture / presentation / discussion
8. Week
examination
9. Week
Preparing for architectural competitions
lecture / presentation / discussion
10. Week
invited speaker
11. Week
Representation in architectural competitions.
lecture / presentation / discussion
12. Week
Traditional and contemporary representation tools
lecture / presentation / discussion
13. Week
Participation in exhibitions and colloquia
discussion
14. Week
general assessment
discussion
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
30
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
20
Attendance
1
10
Final Exam
1
40
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
-to create awareness about Architectural Design Competitions
LO-2
-to introduce methods of preparation for architectural competitions
LO-3
-to gain practice in different approaches about design and representation
LO-4
-To gain the habit of working with different teams and different disciplines
LO-5
-to gain the ability to follow architectural trends and their impact on the competitions
