GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
SKETCHING IN ARCHITECTURE/M369
Course Title: SKETCHING IN ARCHITECTURE
Credits 2 ECTS 3
Semester 5 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Inst. Dr. Ece Kumkale Açıkgöz
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ecekumkale
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  ecekumkale@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Acquiring the experience of reading, discovering, and reflecting on meaning via the medium of sketching.
Acquiring the experience of employing sketching as a medium for thinking, expression, production, and discussion in addition to verbal expression.
Noticing the need for a theoretical background on developing an argument, and acquiring the experience of feeding the personal production process.






 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Definition of sketching, sketching in architecture
2. Week  Methods, mission, and function of sketching
3. Week  The role of sketching in architectural practice
4. Week  Comparison of traditional sketching and sketching in virtual media, three dimensional sketching
5. Week  Reflecting on sketching as a method of comprehension, discussions of the presented sketch applications
6. Week  Presentation of reproduced sketch works, developing the personal criteria of evaluation (Midterm exam)
7. Week  Presentations of the findings of the literature survey on sketching and discussions on reflection in action (1)
8. Week  Presentations of the findings of the literature survey on sketching and discussions on reflection in action (2)
9. Week  Presentations of the research on the collected architectural sketches and reflections on them (1)
10. Week  Presentations of the research on the collected architectural sketches and reflections on them (2)
11. Week  Presentations of the sketch works as a part of the personal design experience and reflections on them (1)
12. Week  Presentations of the sketch works as a part of the personal design experience and reflections on them (2)
13. Week  Presentations that transmit the experience of the course process together with the sketch works and verbal presentations of the students (1)
14. Week  Presentations that transmit the experience of the course process together with the sketch works and verbal presentations of the students (2) (Submissi
15. Week  Preparation of posters to reflect the individual sketching experiences, including the gainings of the semester.
16. Week  Exhibiting the posters prepared to reflect the individual sketching experiences, including the gainings of the semester.
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  The course does not have a specific textbook, some of the helpful reference works are: • Arnheim, R., 1969, Visual Thinking, Faber & Faber, London. • Cézanne, P., 1985, A Cézanne Sketchbook : Figures, Portraits, Landscapes, and Still Lifes, Dover Publications, New York. • Cross, Nigel,2006, Designerly Ways of Knowing, Springer-Verlag London Limited, London. • Grimshaw, Nicholas, 2009, The Sketchbooks of Nicholas Grimshaw, Royal Academy of Arts, London. • Jeanneret-Gris, Charles Edouard, 1981. Le corbusier Sketchbooks, The Architectural History Foundation, New York. • Laseau, Paul, 1980, Graphic Thinking for Architects and Designers, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  The course is conducted via reciprocal presentation, discussion, production, and evaluation processes parallel with the given readings.
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
20
 Assignment
5
80
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
60
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
1
14
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
14
1
14
 Reading
2
1
2
 Searching in Internet and Library
8
1
8
 Designing and Applying Materials
11
1
11
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
3
4
12
 Presentation
1
2
2
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
2
4
8
 Final and Studying for Final
2
2
4
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
75
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
3
 ECTS: 
3
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Prevails over intellectual, discursive, theoretical, factual, scientific, technological and aesthetic knowledge concerning architectural design within the national and global context, and reflects this knowledge in academic interactions.X
2Develops the necessary human and community-oriented conceptual sensitivities towards natural and built environments an uses this idea to succeed in the design process in discursive, theoretical and practical stages.X
3Prevails over research methods and techniques, and uses these techniques to define the research extent and generate solutions on challenges concerning architectural design, while evaluating problems, values and potentials.X
4Estimates the fact that architectural design process requires critical and dialectical approach. Follows contemporary developments and transformations in structural, architectural and urban environment. Adapts oneself according to the conditions of the present.X
5Conducts an independent design process. Upon synthesizing retrieved data, takes the responsibility of teamwork. Does capable of establishing, coordinating, managing the aforementioned team.X
6Holds the necessary motivation and learning skills to plan the future. Determines the necessary learning requirements, plans and executes accordingly.X
7Holds the necessary multi-dimensional information regarding principles and standards of economical, environmental and social sustainability; diseaster management, institutional and ethical values and cognitions in architectural design practices concerning a sensitivity towards historical, geographical, cultural and social context.X
8Uses the knowledge on architectural design together with structural knowledge. Prevails over the knowledge on construction systems, its constituting elements and materials together with areas of use and property informations. Monitors changes in the transforming and developing techniques and materials while also executing them. Develops appropriate technical and material solutions according to the retrieved data.X
9Organizes projects, collaborations and events with a societal sense of responsibility concerning surrounding social sphere, informs interested agents and institutions in related issues regarding the discipline, is capable of transferring relevant thoughts and proposed solutions verbally, visually and textually, and shares information with both experts and non-experts by supporting the knowledge with quantitative and qualitative data.X
10Holds information and awareness concerning local, regional, national and disciplinary subjects.X
11Respects basic human, social and cultural rights. Shows sensitivity regarding the preservation of natural environment and cultural heritage, while acting on a sense of justice.X
12Recognizes the value of the profession regarding its services towards human rights and societal benefits.X
13Shows sensitivity in the context of social justice, culture of quality, conservation of natural and cultural values, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, disaster safety, rights of disabled, legal frameworks special to providing professional service and ethical principles.X
14Uses the knowledge, understanding and skills for evaluation of the given context, in the definition of problems, for the development of proper solutions requiring alternating architectural design decisions.X
15Has enough basis related with computers, technological innovation, and has capacity for updating this basis. Makes use of possibilities offered by the technology for the collection of the data required for the solution and the presentation of the resulting design.X