GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

DESIGN AND EVALUATION PROBLEMS IN ARCHITECTURE/5341311

Course Title:	DESIGN AND EVALUATION PROBLEMS IN ARCHITECTURE
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

ASSOC.PROF. PINAR DİNÇ KALAYCI

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/pdinc

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

pdinc@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

project assessment practice
building-in-use assessment practice
determining criteria for assessment
reporting assessment results

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

Each student chooses an assessment topic (e.g. project, building, competition, prize ...)and evaluates it in accordance with term plan, presents its r

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

Building Programming Criticism in Architecture

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	Introducing and introduction
2. Week	Concepts: Value, assessment (evaluation), qualitative and quantitative value, criteria, assessment process
3. Week	Choosing a project, building or a topic, gathering general information
4. Week	Defining an assessment model: Objectives, methods, tools, actors and process of assessment
5. Week	Personal study: Literature survey, information gathering
6. Week	Personal study: On-site observations, measurements, recordings, interviews
7. Week	Discussions on personal studies
8. Week	Personal study: Working with the data at hand
9. Week	Oral presentations on personal studies, discussions on preliminary results, delivery of short reports (1st Exam)
10. Week	Oral presentations on personal studies, discussions on preliminary results, delivery of short reports (1st Exam)
11. Week	Deciding on the content and format of the final reports
12. Week	Writing final reports
13. Week	Writing final reports
14. Week	Delivery of final reports and oral presentations (2nd Exam)
15. Week	Critiques and suggestions for development, correction and development
16. Week	Delivery of final reports (a digital copy of oral presentation + printed report) (Final Exam)

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

Dinç, P., 2011, Bir Yarışmayı Değerlendirmek: Akademik ortamda Bir Yeniden-Değerlendirme Denemesi, Mimarlık, 357, s.78-82

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Brain storming, library research, web browsing, on-site observation, taking photographs,, interviewing, short surveys, reporting in forms of oral presentation and written report

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

Not Applicable

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	2	50
Assignment	1	50
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		50

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	3	42
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	5	5	25
Searching in Internet and Library	3	5	15
Designing and Applying Materials	10	6	60
Preparing Reports			0
Preparing Presentation	3	3	9
Presentation	3	3	9
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term			0
Final and Studying for Final	4	6	24
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			184
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.36
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
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4					X
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6					X
7					X
8						X
9					X
10					X
11					X
12					X
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15					X
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