COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION
| Course Name | Code | Semester | T+A+L (hour/week) | Type (C / O) | Local Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Analysis and Diagrammatic Methods in Design | IAR 445 | Spring | 03+00+00 | Compulsory | 3 | 5 |
| Academic Unit: | Interior and Environmental Design |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Prerequisites: | None |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Course Unit: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | - - |
| Course Objectives: | The course aims to analyze the environmental data that can affect the design and to express it with diagrammatic methods by developing a response to these analyzes. The main objectives are; - Ability to read and simplify the environmental factors in the creation process of the design, - Assuming that students develop their typology and tectonic approaches with the studio, transforming the environmental data into design, - Ability to explain the design formed by these data with diagrams, - Acquiring basic graphic literacy principles to express analysis and diagrams |
| Course Contents: | The course will be based on three main modules, analysis, design and diagram, while the graphic literacy principles run parallel to them. In the first module, students are expected to make an analysis from the macro scale to the micro scale on the selected land. While learning diagram methods in the second module, a design will be developed in this direction, and in the last module, they will express the developing design through the learned analysis and diagrams. Although it is foreseen that students will produce small-scale design elements in groups in terms of the duration and content of the course, it is aimed to support the process with individual studies in the classroom in order to provide each student with these abilities. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO): |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: | Lectures, group projects, presentations, in-class exercises |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS
| Week | Subjects | Related Preperation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Environmental Analyses and Diagram Metods | |
| 2 | Visualisation Methods and Exercises | Installing Digital Softwares |
| 3 | Physical Environmental Analysis | Group Study |
| 4 | Perceptual Analyses | Group Study |
| 5 | Social / Cultural Analyses | Group Study |
| 6 | Presentations | Submissions |
| 7 | Programmatic Diagrams, Bubble Diagrams | Group Study |
| 8 | Activity Diagrams | Group Study |
| 9 | Mass Diagrams | Group Study |
| 10 | Circulation Diagrams | Submissions |
| 11 | Studio Work | Group Study |
| 12 | Studio Work | Group Study |
| 13 | Studio Work | Group Study |
| 14 | Presentations | Group Study |
At Kadir Has University, a Semester is 14 weeks; The weeks 15 and 16 are reserved for final exams.
REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING
| Sharam, S., 2014, Architectural analysis : a methodology to understand and inform the design of spaces Chaplin, A., The Architecture of Diagrams Garcia, M, Diagrams of Architecture Unwin, S. Analysing Architecture |
OTHER COURSE RESOURCES
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
| Semester Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance / Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Homework Assignments | 10 | 20 |
| Presentation / Jury | 2 | 30 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total: | 14 | 100 |
WORKLOAD
| Events | Count | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload (hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Homework Assigments | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| Preparation for Presentation / Jury | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 33 | 33 |
| Total Workload (hour): | 125 | ||
1 ECTS = 25 Hours Workload
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)
| # | PQ1 | PQ2 | PQ3 | PQ4 | PQ5 | PQ6 | PQ7 | PQ8 | PQ9 | PQ10 | PQ11 | PQ12 | PQ13 |
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Contribution: 1 Low, 2 Average, 3 High