The aim of this course is to give the student to look their own cognitive process and to realize the effects of space on human.
Prerequisite(s)
none
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 Emel BİRER
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
The course is not offered this semester
Office Hour(s)
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lecture and Discussion
Principle Sources
Açıkgöz, K.Ü.(2003), Etkili Öğrenme ve Öğretme, Eğitim Dünyası Yayınları, 4.Basım, İzmir.
Arık, A. (1995), Öğrenme Psikolojisine Giriş, Der Yayınları, İstanbul.
Baron, J. (1994), Thinking and Deciding, Cambridge Univ.Press, Second Press, Cambridge.
Batırbaygil, H. (1996), Yaratıcılık ve Mimar, Beta Basım Yayım Dağıtım A.Ş, İstanbul, s.74.
Erden, M., Akman, Y. (2001), Gelişim ve Öğrenme, Arkadaş Yayınevi, 9.Baskı, Ankara.
Kahvecioğlu, N.P. (2001), Mimari Tasarım Eğitiminde Bilgi ve Yaratıcılık, Doktora Tezi, İ.T.Ü. Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, İstanbul.
Lawson, Bryan, "Design in Mind", Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd 1994.
Lawson, B., "How Designers Think", London the Architectural Press Ltd. 1980.
Perec, G. (1974). Species of Spaces and Other Pieces, (MEKANfEŞMEKAN) Penguin Classics, UK.
Deleuze, G. (2003). İki Konferans (in Turkish). (U. Baker, trans.). Norgunk Publishing, Istanbul.
Hillier, B. (2007). Space is the Machine: A ConfiguraConal Theory of Architecture, Space Syntax, London.
Lefebvre, H. (1984). Everyday Life in the Modern World, Routledge Press, London.
Lefebvre, H. (1991). The Production of Space, Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, UK.
Rapoport, A. (1976). “Sociocultural Aspects of Man-Environment Studies”. In
A. Rapoport (ed.), The Mutual Interaction of People and Their Built Environment- A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Mouton Publishers, The Hague, Netherlands.
Cognitive processes in design, Gestalt approach, Behaviourist approach and the other theoretical approaches.
Lecture
4. Week
Meanning of space
Lecture
5. Week
The effects of architectural styles
Lecture
6. Week
The architectural design education and the learning theories.
Lecture
7. Week
Perception, cognition and patterns of spatial behaviour.
Lecture
8. Week
Book Club
Lecture
9. Week
Crowd and privacy, Personal space.
Lecture
10. Week
Creating and experiencing space.
Lecture
11. Week
Space and materials.
Lecture
12. Week
Space and colours.
Lecture
13. Week
Digital /virtual space
Lecture
14. Week
Case Study
Lecture
15. Week
Students Presentations
Lesture
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
40
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
1. To aim to gain knowledge about perception, conceptual and spatial behaviour styles of human (KNOWLEDGE).
LO-2
2. Ability to understand and use the interaction between physical environment and human (SKILLS).
LO-3
3. Ability to design problem solutions about the effects of space on human pshchology (COMPETENCY).
LO-4
4. Aim to understand and gain knowledge of needs / behavior patterns on different social patterns (KNOWLEDGE).
LO-5
5. Ability to use the diversities of different spatial patterns on different social patterns (SKILLS).