The aims of this course are to create environmental consciousness with green building principles and energy-efficient buildings in architectural design and to develop design strategies for sustainable development and reducing carbon footprint.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
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Instructor(s)
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Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
The course is not offered this semester.
Office Hour(s)
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Teaching Methods and Techniques
Theoretical lectures, lectures with invited speakers, field trips, homeworks, final project and following up weekly projects.
Principle Sources
McDonough,W & Braungart, M (2003)Towards a sustaining architecture for the 21st century: the promise of cradle-to-cradle design. In: Industry and Environment, Volume 26 No 2–3 2003, UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)
Sinclair, C (2006) Design Like You Give a Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises. Metropolis Books, New York
Stohr, K (2012) Design Like You Give a Damn [2]: Building Change from the Ground Up. Abrams, New York
Kellog, S & Pettigrew, S (2014) Şehirdekiler için Sürdürülebilir Yaşam Rehberi. Sinek Sekiz Yayınları
Kelso, İ (2014) Ekofobiyi Aşmak. Yeni İnsan Yayınevi, İstanbul
Holmberg, J (1998) Backcasting: A Natural Step in Operationalizing Sustainable Development.
Millenium Ecosystem Assessment (2005) Living Beyond Our Means. Natural Assets and Human Well-being.
Wheeler, Stephen M. (2004) Planning for Sustainability. Creating Livable, Equitable and Ecological Communities. Routledge
Wheeler, S M & Beatley, T(2004) The Sustainable Urban Development Reader. Routledge.
Shiva, V (2000) Poverty and Globalisation. BBC Reith Lecture Series 14 may 2000
Castells, M (2005) Global Governance and Global politics. In: PS Political Science and politics; Jan 2005, 38, 1, Academic Research Library
UNESCO (2007) “Foreword” and “5. Historic cities and settlements”, page 64-77.
In: Case studies on Climate Change and World Heritage.
McDonough, W (2005) Cradle to Cradle Design. Talk in February 2005 (video 20 min).
On: TED Ideas worth spreading
Other Sources
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Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction, short movie screening: The Man (USA, 5 min)
Oral Presentation
2. Week
Outlining the green building principles in six major topics, followed by Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) guideline: 1. Sustainable Sites (SS)
2. Water Efficiency (WE)
3. Energy and Atmosphere (EA)
4. Materials and Resources (MR)
5. Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)
6. Location and Transportation (LT)
Mini workshop
Oral Presentation
3. Week
Site selection. Detailed explanation of Sustainable Sites (SS).
Oral Presentation
4. Week
Preserving Natural Resources 1. Detailed explanation of Water Efficiency (WU). (Task 1 assignment) Documentary screening: Story of Stuff (USA, 2007, 20 min)
Oral Presentation
5. Week
Low-energy building. Detailed explanation of Energy&Atmoshphere (EA). (Task 1 deadline)
Oral Presentation
6. Week
Low-energy building. Detailed explanation of Energy&Atmoshphere (EA). Passive house exercise learning outcome. Invited lecturer.
Oral Presentation
7. Week
Preserving Natural Resources 2. Detailed explanation of Materials and Resources (MR) (Task 2 assignment)
Principles 1. Detailed explanation of Passive Systems- Active Systems. (Task 3 deadline)
Oral Presentation
12. Week
Introduction to Final Project: Green Building Design
Oral Presentation
13. Week
Developing Final project: Green building design (Task 4 deadline)
Oral Presentation
14. Week
Developing Final project: Green building design (final course)
Oral Presentation
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
4
50
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
Sustainable building design in the context of energy and water efficiency, materials and resources, indoor air quality; and also getting basic knowledge of global warming, carbon emissions and sustainable design (INFORMATION / KNOWLEDGE)
LO-2
Calculating the water efficiency of the building according to number of FTE users and building function (SKILL)
LO-3
Calculating the heat gain on buildings by U-values of building layers (SKILL)
LO-4
Having knowledge about the use of materials and resources efficiently (INFORMATION / KNOWLEDGE)
LO-5
Having knowledge about the factors affecting air quality of the indoor spaces (INFORMATION / KNOWLEDGE)
LO-6
Being able to use the sustainable design principals and decisions learned during the course through a design project (COMPETENCY)