| Academic Unit: |
Interior Architecture and Environmental Design |
| Mode of Delivery: |
Face to face |
| Prerequisites: |
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| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Course Unit: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
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| Course Objectives: |
The aim of the course is to acknowledge students about the general characteristics of materials, their behaviour types and the places and conditions of their use, to convey the logic of the use of material in regard to the relation between building skin, construction and principles of sustainability by establishing the connection between material and the student. |
| Course Contents: |
By starting with the role that materials play in formation of the shell that surrounds space, the course gives theoretical and practical information regarding the types and processes of production. The presentations starting from the processes of the formation of raw materials in nature, and continuing with critical examination of the principles of classifications, the course continues with daily exercises whereby students discover materials, and proceeds by visits to sites that different materials are produced, processed and applied in a a way to provide students` one-to-one contact with them. The students are also encouraged to understand the basic principles behind sustainable materials. Besides, the course is supported with seminars and workshops in which the officials of the firms visit our school and inform students about the materials. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO): |
- 1- To be able to comprehend the principles of classification of materials
- 2- To gain the skills of identifying the materials and expressing through different media such as visual, written and verbal.
- 3- To gain the skills of identifying the problems in regard to the material transitions and material finishing to find necessary information, to produce solutions and expressing through different media such as visual, written and verbal.
- 4- To have an insight into the new methods of sustainable practices and technologies in building practice.
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: |
Lecturing, visual presentations, discussions, group works, homeworks (presentation and written), technical excursions and seminars by visiting officials. |
| Week | Subjects | Related Preperation |
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Course Introduction and overview The concept of materials, its relation with building systems and building skins |
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Project 1-The nature of materials and their behaviours |
Analysis & Research |
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Project 1-The types and principles of the classification of materials. |
Analysis & research development |
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Project 1-Physical and chemical properties of materials. |
Study on Design Ideas and representation |
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Project 1- Material hunting: presentation & discussion |
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Project 2- Building materials and their properties Stone, brick and adobe |
Analysis & Research |
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Project 2- Building materials and their properties Concrete and steel |
Analysis & research development |
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Project 2- Trip to workshops |
Study on Design Ideas and representation |
| 9 |
Project 2- presentation & discussion |
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Project 3-Sustainable Materials Principles of recycle, re-use, reduce and recover |
Analysis & Research |
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Project 3-Sustainable materials selection and calculation of green score for a given building |
Analysis & research development |
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Project 3- Trip to workshops |
Study on Design Ideas and representation |
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Project 3- presentation & discussion |
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| 14 |
Review and Discussions |
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At Kadir Has University, a Semester is 14 weeks; The weeks 15 and 16 are reserved for final exams.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)
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Contribution: 1 Low, 2 Average, 3 High
