To give basic information about the binding and guiding concepts, procedures and organs that will be encountered while performing the architectural profession, within the framework of legal rights and responsibilities, professional ethics and public interest.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
-
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 Evrim TÖRE
Course Assistant(s)
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Schedule
Monday 13:00-15:00 B-15
Office Hour(s)
FRIDAY 2C05 11:00-12:00
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Oral and written presentation, practical work.
Principle Sources
- Constitution of the Republic of Turkey.
- Case Law of Turkish Constitutional Court, Council of State and European Court of Human Rights.
INTRODUCTION: Course content and method The main functions and organs of the state. Administrative structure of the TR (central administration organization and local administration organization), Legal order pyramid, judicial and administrative judiciary
presentation
2. Week
Plan, plan stratification, planning authorities
presentation
3. Week
Development Plans (principles, construction, approval, implementation processes, Types of Development Plans, legal obligations)
presentation
4. Week
Zoning Plans and Implementation Plans (explanations and cases), IP construction information (coefficients, hmax…)
presentation
5. Week
Means of planning (parcellation, allotment, amalgamation), Cut for Regulations, expropriation
presentation
6. Week
Actors involved in the architectural construction process
presentation
7. Week
Architectural practive process: procedure to be followed before, during and after construction
presentation
8. Week
MIDTERM EXAM
MIDTERM EXAM
9. Week
Seminar No.1
SEMINAR
10. Week
Seminar No.2
SEMINAR
11. Week
Case studies
student presentations
12. Week
Case studies
student presentations
13. Week
Case studies
student presentations
14. Week
Case studies
student presentations
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
30
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
40
Final Exam
1
30
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
Understanding the relationship between planning and public interest (KNOWLEDGE)
LO-2
To understand the responsibilities of the architect within the framework of the process and obligations before, during and after the construction process in the architectural project process (KNOWLEDGE).
LO-3
Obtaining information about the legislation and administrative structure (KNOWLEDGE).
LO-4
To be able to practice within the selected sample over the construction data provided by the Development Plan (SKILL).
LO-5
Comprehending information about plan types, planning process and relevant authorities within the framework of professional ethics (KNOWLEDGE).