The purpose of this course is to understand the design as not only the production of spaces but also an "action format" (modus operandi) by reviewing the various meanings of perception, intuition, thinking, the desiring/dreaming, process and learning. The course also is targetting to develop the knowledge and capability of thinking of the students by various discussions and some readings.
Seminars, video shows, discussion, interview, evaluation of projects
Principle Sources
Jones, J. C. (1992), Design Methods, The Design Council
Jormacka, K. (2008), Basics Design Methods, Birkhauser Verlag
Other Sources
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Intorduction : Subject of the lesson and its purposes
Presentation
2. Week
Nature and Geometry
Presentation and Discussion
3. Week
Music and Mathematic
Presentation and Discussion
4. Week
Happenstance and Subconscious
Presentation and Discussion
5. Week
Rationalist Approaches
Presentation and Discussion
6. Week
Rationalist Approaches
Discussion
7. Week
The things that have similarities
Presentation and Discussion
8. Week
The things that have similarities
Discussion
9. Week
The answers to the phenomena of 'the place'
Discussion
10. Week
productive processes
Presentation and Discussion
11. Week
exam
exam
12. Week
project discussion
Discussion
13. Week
project discussion
Discussion
14. Week
project discussion
Discussion
15. Week
Term Project Presentation
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Quizzes
10
20
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
40
Final Exam
1
30
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Having knowledge to produce critical and original work in the fields of architectural theory, design methods and design philosophy. (KNOWLEDGE)
PO-2
Having knowledge to produce critical and original work in the fields of social and cultural geography and on the concepts of space and time. (KNOWLEDGE)
PO-3
Having knowledge to produce critical and original work in the field of built environment and human/society relationship within the framework of human-environment-behaviour. (KNOWLEDGE)
PO-4
Ability to direct the experience gained from architectural design and other knowledge areas to new fields and generate strategies. (ABILITY)
PO-5
Ability to conduct research, examination, interpretation; to use adequate techniques and produce original results in the field of academic knowledge and design process. (ABILITY)
PO-6
Ability to use the theoretical and practical knowledge of architectural design referring to undergraduate competence. (ABILITY)
PO-7
Competence for analyzing and interpreting architectural products within the framework of architectural concepts. (COMPETENCE)
PO-8
Competence for relating architectural design, architectural theory and building construction with social sciences and humanities such as psychology, philosophy and political economy. (COMPETENCE)
PO-9
Competence for presenting a work - made individually or in a group- systematically, in a foreign language, using the required computer programs, verbal, written and visual. (COMPETENCE)
PO-10
Competence for conducting an original academic/scientific study. (COMPETENCE)
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
How kind of action is the design?
LO-2
What are the sources od the designer during the creation process?
LO-3
Why do we need methods while we are designing?
LO-4
What are the existing methods in Architecture, Design and other creative disciplines?
LO-5
The expectation of the selection of method in design
