GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
CONSTRUCTION ANALYSIS IN THE WOOD-BASE SEATING FURNITURE/5031338
Course Title: CONSTRUCTION ANALYSIS IN THE WOOD-BASE SEATING FURNITURE
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 2 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Knows the history of furniture, basic concepts of wood furniture, definition and classification, seating action, seating cultures and seating ergonomics.
Understands the engineering criteria of important chair and seat characteristics in furniture history.
Function and functional structuring in seating furniture; know function analysis and measurement variables.
Comprehends the material construction and joining techniques in seating furniture. Knows upholstery materials used in seating furniture.
Upholstery techniques used in seating furniture; have information about stool, chair, armchair and sofa samples.
Knows the load-deformation characteristics of a seat with frame construction.
Comprehend the equilibrium equation of the system with internal reaction forces under the influence of an external service load in a four-member chair side frame.
Knows and applies the lamination technique as the variation and richness of shaping in seating furniture.
Gains knowledge of the functional and constructive aspects of office furniture with plastic frame outside wood.
Knows and applies functional and formal orientations and their constructions with today's living furniture.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  History of furniture, basic concepts, definition and classification of wooden furniture
2. Week  Sitting action, seating cultures and seating ergonomics
3. Week  Examination of important chair and seat characteristics in furniture history in terms of engineering criteria
4. Week  Function and functional structuring in seating furniture; function analysis, measurement variables
5. Week  Material construction and joining techniques in seating furniture
6. Week  Basic constructions in wood based seating furniture; fixed and disassembled joining techniques
7. Week  Upholstery materials for seating furniture
8. Week  Midterm Exams
9. Week  Upholstery techniques used in seating furniture; examinations on stool and chair samples
10. Week  Upholstery techniques used in seating furniture; examinations from sofa and sofa samples
11. Week  Examination of load-deformation characteristics of a frame-frame seat
12. Week  Equilibrium equation of the system with internal reaction forces under the influence of an external service load on a four-member chair side frame
13. Week  Lamination technique as shape variation and richness in seating furniture
14. Week  Functional and constructive examination of non-wooden office furniture with plastic frame
15. Week  Functional and formal orientations in contemporary living furniture and their constructions with related constructions
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
30
 Assignment
1
20
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
50
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
50
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
0
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
2
25
50
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
3
30
90
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
182
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.28
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. H. Hasan EFE)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/hasanefe)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (hasanefe@gazi.edu.tr)