About the Program
The main goal of the program is to equip students with the creative, technical and analytical skills they need to build a successful career in the professional world of architecture and design.The mission of the program is to train professionals who are learning-oriented, based on value creation, questioning, and interpretation, subjective, creative, sensitive and responsible in social, cultural and environmental contexts, with design, implementation and management skills in a free atmosphere. The vision of the program is to make it a pioneer in thinking, learning and acting architecturally by using the contributions and potentials of different cultural belongings and experiences, as well as the possibilities of its geography, and to serve the local and international community, information and cultural environment with the awareness of its natural, historical and cultural values; being open to change, universal knowledge and developments.
Educational Opportunities
A gap in TRNC higher education will be filled and the range of education fields offered to students will be enriched with this program. Aim of the program is to train architects who have gained business practice in the field of architecture and to provide 5-year architectural education with integrated education after the 4-year education process. It will contribute to the training of architects who dominate the architectural offices and the construction sector, the number of which is increasing in the TRNC, and the management of these institutions based on the principles of more scientific, efficiency and effectiveness by training the architects. Graduates of the program, which is prepared in accordance with the bylaw amendment that KTMMOB Chamber of Architects has prepared, will be able to enroll in the professional chamber without requesting an additional training process. Also, in Nigeria where architectural education is accepted as 5 years, our graduates' diploma equivalence procedures will be solved without any problems.
Career Areas
Graduates of this program can work as freelance architects or paid architects in an architectural office or open their own architectural design office. They may also work in the industrial sector or in the technology-related design process to focus on the development and production of building materials or the urban environment. They also have the opportunity to work in research and education as an academic career. In addition to these, it has been observed that many architects have acquired successful professions in different fields such as literature, media, cinema, music, industry and entrepreneurship with their unique perspectives and creativity that they have developed with architectural education. In this way, responsible professionals in creative, social, cultural and environmental contexts have the ability to design, implement and direct architectural projects.
İletişim
Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture
Education and Humanities Center, EH323
Tel: +90 392 671 1111 Extension: 2101
Faculty E-mail: secretary-ffa@ciu.edu.tr
Acting Head of Department: Asst. Prof. Dr. Sertaç İlter
Head of Department E-mail: silter@ciu.edu.tr
Compulsory Courses
First Semester
BASIC ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-I
Course code
ARCH101Credit
6Theoretical
4Practical
4Ects
9
This course includes a basic Architectural Design-I course focuses on fundamental design elements and principles such as harmony, contrast, balance, unity, dilemma, dominance, repetition, rhythm, analogy, metaphor. It also includes the color theory and its application to design. Students are also introduced to the Euclidean geometry, composition of shapes, forms and shapes with the emphasis on their visual expression such as light, color, texture, gestalt principles of perception, figure-ground relations, orientation, formal transformations, interdependence and relationships; studies on ordering systems; introduction of abstract/real concepts in a design. The aim of the course is to motivate creativity, hand-eye coordination and artistic perception by focusing on the basics of design elements and design principles.
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING-I
Course code
ARCH105Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
4
The course aims to equip students of architecture with basic drafting techniques in various scales. This includes introduction to drawing equipments, lettering, line types, orthographic projections (plans, elevations and sections) of basic geometrical forms, drawing of architectural plans, sections, elevations, details, and their dimensioning. The knowledge gained in this course helps students communicate their design ideas through various drafting techniques and scales such as 1/500 site plan and sections, 1/200 and 1/100 presentation drawings where building elements such as doors, windows, staircase drawings, details of sanitary and kitchen equipment shall be included. The course requires basic manual skills such as drafting and making of models.
STATICS FOR ARCHITECTS
Course code
ARCH107Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
3
The main purpose of this course is to provide the students with a clear and through knowledge of both the theory and the applications of engineering mechanics. General review of vector operations (addition, subtraction, dot and cross product) in two and three dimensions along with the introduction of force, position and moment vectors are given. Force system resultants, types of reactions and finding the equivalent of simply distributed loadings are discussed. Equilibrium of a particle and a rigid body will be investigated within this course, followed by discussions about structural analysis, internal forces, shear force and bending moment diagrams. Friction, center of gravity, centroid and moments of inertia will also be introduced to the students.
READING AND WRITING SKILLS-I
Course code
ENGL141Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
4
This course aims to develop students' listening, speaking, reading - writing and study skills. The course provides students with the opportunity to develop their communication skills through controlled activities and to equip students with the basic study skills necessary to follow the curriculum of English. This course also provides students with the opportunity to process the newly acquired knowledge and to develop their ability to ask questions about how to apply the new knowledge to new situations and ask them to think critically. In addition, this course will enable students to learn about the different strategies required to review the various reading pieces, such as finding the main idea and distinguishing the details from the main idea.
FREEHAND DRAWING
Course code
FADA103Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
3
This course includes developing perception by visual thinking and freehand drawing skills through indoor/outdoor drawing of natural and man-made objects with emphasis on volume, proportion, light, shadow; artistic and figurative expression of patterns and textures, understanding the nature of objects through their structures. The course focuses on the structural properties of objects and geometric forms of different sizes, progressively, with emphasis on strengthening the relationship between eye-brain-hand. This course shows students how to use the basic drawing principles such as drawing line, composition and perspective. Students of architecture will become familiar with a variety of tools and materials that are also introduced along with basic information. It is intended to develop free-hand drawing techniques by using lead pencil.
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS
Course code
ITEC110Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
4
The aim of this course is to give the students an understanding of the fundamentals of computers such as the basic components of the computers, input, output, storage devices and processing as well as application and system software, utility programs and internet basics. At the end of this course students will be familiar with the computer terminology and able to use the word processing and spreadsheet programs as well as efficient internet usage. General presentation of computer technologies, Windows operating system and applications in the Microsoft Office packageWord, Excel, Access and Power Point , softwares used in pharmacies, drawing for academic purposes and web-based method of screening of literature are also covered.
BASIC MATHEMATICS
Course code
MATH107Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
3
This course is designed for students of several faculties such as pharmacy, architecture, applied sciences and communication. The objective of the course is to introduce the students to fundamental principles about basic concepts of mathematics. It gives an introduction to the real number system followed with inequalities, solution of inequalities and its applications, which related to students' departments. Rectangular coordinate systems, Phytagorean Theorem, finding distance between two points, slope and Mid-Point on XY plane are also covered in this course. Functions such as type of functions, domain and range considerations, and graphical representation of the functions are important topics which are also discussed in this course.
Second Semester
BASIC ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-II
Course code
ARCH102Credit
6Theoretical
4Practical
4Ects
9
This course is focuses on the composition of forms/spaces with the emphasis on their visual expression, interdependence and relationships; space defining elements, thresholds; horizontal and vertical circulation in building and city scales with stair and ramp design; Consideration of abstract/real concepts in spatial design process. Effects of climate and topography, urban and landscape design aspects. Introduction to site analysis and functional approach to design. The aim or the course is to connect human to various scales and types of spaces focusing on the basics of space design through Euclidean and post Euclidean geometry, anthropometry, ergonomics, movement, functional and spatial thresholds, spatial organisations and transformations in geometry, interrelation between interior and exterior spaces.
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING-II
Course code
ARCH106Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
3Ects
4
The course aims to equip students with basic drafting techniques in various scales. This includes introduction to drawing equipment, lettering, line types, orthographic projections of basic geometrical forms, drawing of architectural plans, sections, elevations, details, and their dimensioning. The knowledge gained in this course helps students communicate their design ideas through various drafting techniques and scales such as 1/500 site plan and sections, 1/200 , 1/100 - 1/50 floor plans - sections - elevations; 1/20-1/10-1/5 detail drawings. The course requires basic manual skills such as drafting and making of models. Within the context of the course, students will study on classwork and homework to improve their ability.
INTRODUCTION TO CONSTRUCTION
Course code
ARCH108Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
4
The contents of the course cover the load-bearing and nonload-bearing elements of solid load-bearing wall structural system and frame (skeleton) structural system. Therefore the sub-structural elements such as soil types and excavation, trenching and shoring, surface water and drainage, foundations, foundation walls, ground floor construction; and the super structural elements such as walls ( stone and brick masonry walls, reinforced concrete monolithic walls, timber and steel frame walls and sandwich panel walls), floors (reinforced concrete slab, slab and beam, ribbed, waffle and composite floors), columns and beams, stairs and ramps, and chimneys are examined. In this course it is aimed to enable the architectural students to use the constructional knowledge in their architectural design projects.
DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY AND PERSPECTIVE
Course code
ARCH110Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
4
This course is focusing on to give student professional skill in graphical presentation of design ideas and concepts through application of knowledge on descriptive geometry methods, oblique projections, isometric and perspective drawings. The course is designed for interior design students to develop their spatial understanding and way of thinking in the process of design. The students will be able to draw Pictorial views of geometric objects in form of plan oblique, elevation oblique, isometric, one-point and two-point perspective used in presentation of student’s projects. They will have better understanding of relationships between orthographic projections, oblique ones and perspective. This course aims also to improve student’s spatial thinking and skill of sketching. Thus they can develop creative approach to design solutions and presentation of architectural projects.
READING AND WRITING SKILLS-II
Course code
ENGL142Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
4
This course is the continuation of ENG 101. The course aims to improve students' listening, speaking, reading, writing and working skills. In the course, students are guided in writing compare and contrast essays using Venn diagram. In addition, the aim of the course is to learn the necessary conjunctions for composition writing. In addition, the students will be able to write a four-part critical composition by learning the difference between ideas and factual real sentences and how to write the opposing opinion and sentences used to refute it. Thus, the students will be able to distinguish between the compare and contrast essay and discursive essay. Students will also be able to make presentations by using presentation techniques. In addition, this course aims to summarize the reading pieces of the students and to use the strategies of reading and to draw conclusions and meanings using their reading skills.
RENDERING AND PRESENTATION TECHNIQUES
Course code
FADA104Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
3
This course aims to build confidence in the observation, sketching and drawing ability of students through the introduction of various rendering and presentation techniques. In this course students are expected to clearly express their ideas and concept in architecture design project. Within this scope, the students will be introduced to various media such as coloured pencils, markers, watercolour pencils, watercolour etc. and will be encouraged to exercise with different techniques like shading, slinky, smooth/blending and cross-hatching; provide value, tone and contrast, as well as shade and shadow to enhance the geometric form of an object and overall sense or impression of a project. In this course architecture students shall be guided on issues such as effectively rendering different textures.
TURKISH LANGUAGE
Course code
TREG100Credit
0Theoretical
2Practical
0Ects
2
This course examines basic areas of language and expression. In the first half of the course, the theoretical approach to language is formed and the spelling rules of the Turkish language are studied. In the latter part of the course, language and narrative errors are studied together with editing. In the second half of the course, formal writing, curriculum vitae, petition, evaluation of the columns in terms of language and style, types of written expression and practice; Turkish production and application of shooting attachments; Turkish grammar structure; It is aimed to teaching subjects like phonetics of Turkish to students.
TURKISH
Course code
TURK100Credit
0Theoretical
2Practical
0Ects
2
This course provides an orientation to modern Turkish language for foreign students who wish to communicate in this language for their needs. It mainly focuses on the differences between Turkish and English Alphabets, especially the sounds and the letters which are not included in the English alphabet (i.e. Turkish letters ç-ğ-i-ö-ş-ü). In addition, basic grammar and sentence structure forms in Turkish are practised. The required grammar and vocabulary will also be developed through their adaptation to daily situations in contexts such as introducing yourselves, greeting, talking about the things they possess by using possessive adjectives, forming positive, negative and question sentences by using present simple, telling the time, talking about their own timetables, using demonstrative pronouns when describing the place of objects and becoming familiar with vocabulary related to family members.
Third Semester
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-I
Course code
ARCH201Credit
6Theoretical
4Practical
4Ects
9
Focuses on developing design skills by taking the human behaviour as the base. Within the context of basic human functions, the course interrogates the architectural issues such as scale, proportion and rhythm, researching the mass relations, solid-void, balance and contradictions, etc. with regards to human behaviour, environmental, structural and socio-cultural concerns. Forming the desired orders between the inner and outer spaces in small scaled residential buildings and other conceptual spatial formations according to the suggested ideas aiming to improve conventional / manual technical and free hand graphic skills of students whilst developing their original personal styles within the formed 3D relations and the spatial quality are also included in the context of the course.
BUILDING MATERIALS
Course code
ARCH203Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
4
This course covers the factors which affect the building materials specification (user requirements, building design, soil, environmental factors, cost, etc.), the properties, and the basic materials used in building construction. The physical properties of the building materials (density, gravity, porosity, void ratio, conductivity, thermal capacity, fire resistance, etc.); the mechanical properties (loading, hardness, toughness, fatigue); and environmental effects of the building materials (soil, water, air pollution and solid waste) are examined. The environmental effects are considered by Life Cycle Analyses. Natural and artificial timber products, natural stone, bricks, concrete and reinforced concrete, steel and other metals, and glass are covered by the course. The other materials are given as research projects to the students. The subjects are examined according to the architectural design principles.
CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT-I
Course code
ARCH207Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
4
This course contains the analysis, design and constructional principles of the building elements. In this context as a structural element roofs (flat/terrace roofs, hipped and gable roofs, roof elements /post, beam, rafter/, roof trusses, roof finishes, rain gutters and pipes, water and moisture insulation solutions, etc.); as completion elements roof lights, wall openings, stairs, doors and windows, banisters and rails, suspended ceilings, raised floors, etc.; finally as finishes floor, wall, ceiling surface finishes, surface joint finishes, expansion joints finishes, etc. are examined. Following the Introduction to Building Construction course, in Construction and Construction Management course it is aimed to enable the students to gain necessary basic knowledge on designing and constructing the hardware of a building. Subjects are examined in terms of architectural design principles.
BUILDING PHYSICS-I
Course code
ARCH209Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
4
This course aims to analyze climate and climatic elements, climatic comfort, design parameters related to built environment which are effective on climate and energy control (site, orientation, building envelope, building form, building distance, etc.), design of built environment as energy efficient passive climate system. Light, visual comfort, design parameters related to built environment which are effective on light control (windows, room dimensions, reflectivity of internal surfaces, obstructions, artificial light sources, etc.), design of natural lighting system, design of artificial lighting system and installation, integrated lighting system. Sound, human health and noise relation, acoustical comfort, design parameters related to built environment which are effective on noise control (site, building distances and orientation, room form, building envelope, obstructions, etc.), design of built environment as noise control system, acoustical design of halls (for speech and music).
HISTORY OF ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE
Course code
ARCH211Credit
2Theoretical
2Practical
0Ects
2
The course provides a chronological survey of the ancient architecture and interior design of the Mediterranean and Near Eastern civilizations from Prehistory to the early Byzantine period. Individual architectural styles, techniques and building types are analyzed, considering the respective cultural, political and social context. It treats the characteristics of the particular periods that constitute the architectural styles, regarding the exteriors, interiors and plans. It offers basic knowledge of the architects/designers and the monuments/buildings of individual periods. It aims to introduce a broad perspective that affects architectural culture and production by pondering on different agents and actors. The course is thought and designed for architecture students.
AREA ELECTIVE
Course code
ARCHXX1Credit
2Theoretical
2Practical
0Ects
3COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN-I
Course code
FADA205Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
4
The purpose of this course is to provide students the ability to transfer their sketches, design ides and hand drawings on digital drawings (two-dimensional) with the aid of AutoCAD 2008. In this course, students get familiar to learn to logic of software and hardware systems. During the semester theoretical lectures and class exercises will be to introduced to interior design students help them to be able to draw the planer drawings with the requisite commands. Besides it aimed to ability to draw 3-D modelling with the uses of 3-D necessary commands. Students will gain the ability to computerize generation of drafting and design data using CAD, to create two and three-dimensional drawings (plans, elevations, sections, etc.)
Fourth Semester
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-II
Course code
ARCH202Credit
6Theoretical
4Practical
4Ects
9
The course includes analysing human behaviour with regards to the defined functions and the required spatial patterns, advancing spatial awareness. Accordingly, students desgin small scaled buildings such as mix-use residential buildings, kindergartens, small shops and other spatial formations considering the human and immediate environment, vehicle and pedestrian flow. The aim of the course includes identification of social and cultural values, developing the verbal and writing skills through the discussion of the architectural issues, context, character and identity, etc. and the related concepts such as adaptability and sustainability. Further improvement of graphic skills by using conventional manual techniques and beginning to develop original personal styles within the formed 3D relations and the spatial quality are the concerns of this course.
INTRODUCTION TO URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN
Course code
ARCH204Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
4
The course informes the students about the city, urbanisation, institutional structure of planning relations and the impact and role of socio-cultural and environmental processes on formation of urban setup. Witihin the context of city planning and urban design; definition of the city, its development, components, analysis of the city, land-use plan, transportation plan and administrative issues are also included. Probing these learning and the analytical and functional approach principles, norm and standards of planning in relation to space and architecture through various examples; and to acquaint the student with the models that rest on contemporary theories are the objectives of the course. The course employs lectures, field trips, design exercises on city planning and urban design.
CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT-II
Course code
ARCH208Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
4
In this course, a holistic approach is taken to the hardware of a building of which all structural elements are examined individually previously. The two production processes, which are on site and off site productions, in the construction industry are examined. The conventional way of constructing a building, site organization and management, production stages are covered by on site production. Off site production deals with the prefabricated building systems: prefabricated reinforced concrete panels and frame structures, timber panels and frame structures, steel structures. The target of this course is to enable the students to gain knowledge on the modularization and standardization as well as the work flows in the building production processes and mass productions. Subjects are examined in terms of architectural design principles.
BUILDING PHYSICS-II
Course code
ARCH210Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
4
The contents of this course cover the technical services and systems within a building. The principles of those systems and their integration with architectural design are examined. In this context heating systems (individual and central heating), heating-ventilation-air-conditioning (HVAC) systems; clean / tap water and sanitary systems; electricity / power and lighting system; fire systems and design solutions (emergency exits, fire stairs, etc.); communication systems (telephone, internet, and television); security systems (alarms, cameras, recording, remote-control, etc.) are covered by the course. Students are required to examine those systems, to determine the probable problems and produce possible solutions on the architectural project of an existing building.
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE
Course code
ARCH212Credit
2Theoretical
2Practical
0Ects
2
The course provides a chronological survey of the architecture and interior design of European civilizations from the early Medieval to the Baroque period. Individual architectural styles, techniques and building types are analyzed, considering the respective cultural, political and social context. It treats the characteristics of the particular periods that constitute the architectural styles, regarding the exteriors, interiors and plans. It offers basic knowledge of the architects/designers and the monuments/buildings of individual periods. It aims to introduce a broad perspective that affects architectural culture and production by pondering on different agents and actors. The course is thought and designed for architecture students.
AREA ELECTIVE
Course code
ARCHXX2Credit
2Theoretical
2Practical
0Ects
3COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN-II
Course code
FADA206Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
4
This course is focused on 3d modeling of an architectural project and an object. The aim of the course is to help to student to model 3 dimensional object with 3d Max program. The interior design students will be able to draw 3 dimensional drawing and modeling from 2 dimensions and be capable for modeling of anything after completing this course. They also be able to perceive 3 dimensions in computer graphics and to draw and make 3 dimensional model from 2 dimensional CAD drawings and images. 3-dimensional object, which is drawn by with 3D Max program, can reach the real view. Therefore the students will learn the selection of appropriate covering with Material Editor, Diffuse Map and Covering with Bitmap.
Fifth Semester
SUMMER TRAINING-I
Course code
ARCH200Credit
0Theoretical
0Practical
0Ects
5
ARCT 200 Summer Training I, covers the “building construction” stage. The student should participate the constructional work on the site and observe the production stages. Those of production stages include the works from the construction schedule and site preparation to the structural completion of the building. Structural completion covers all sub-structural works such as excavation, foundation, retaining walls, ground floor, and super-structural works such as columns, beams, floors, stairs, walls, and roofs. Final finishing stage of the building production is not covered by the training. The duration of the summer training is 30 working days. The student’s work should be supervised by an architect or a structural engineer, and his/her summer training work log book should be approved and signed by the supervisor.
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-III
Course code
ARCH301Credit
6Theoretical
4Practical
4Ects
9
The aim of this course is helping students in designing buildings and their environments and/or forming spatial patterns considering the urban and environmental context of high rise public buildings such as offices, hospitals, dormitories, mix use buildings and etc.
It also helps students in structuring the necessary orders by researching the properties of the given (virtual and/or natural) topography and the architectural context. Researching to find appropriate construction systems and materials considering the new and advanced technologies of high rise buildings, vertical circulation, accessibility, climate, building physics, urban identity and skyline problems. Understanding different design languages and enhancing design vocabularies by doing research on different applications, Developing self motivation, imagination through generation of ideas and concepts, Exploring advanced representational materials and techniques, modelling, sketching as a way of developing ideas and concepts, computer aided image production, Identification of self mental and manual skills in order to form the individual styles.
BEHAVIOR AND ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES-I
Course code
ARCH303Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
3
The main purpose of this course is to introduce the concepts of statistically determinate forces, types of structures and internal loads. This course also introduces engineering students to the basic techniques required for analysing the majority of the structures and elements which most of structures are composed, including beams, frames, arches, trusses and cables. At the end of the course, students will be familiar with the following terms: fundamental concepts of structural analysis, stability and determinacy of structures, analysis of trusses, beams, frames, arches and cables, analytical expressions and diagrams, work and energy principles and their applications in the deformation analysis of structures, influence lines for statically determinate structures.
RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION-I
Course code
ARCH305Credit
2Theoretical
2Practical
0Ects
2
This course, in which the theoretical basis related to the preservation of historical structures is formed, includes preservation of historical environment, history of contemporary preservation, restoration and refitting techniques, preservation standards, definition of valuable structures, domestic and international regulations and organizations regarding preservation, examples from the world heritage list and exemplary structures that are preserved. The course also includes understanding the deterioration on structures and the underlying reasons and how to make the necessary archive research before starting a restoration project of a historical structure. The aim of the course can be listed as analyzing the current condition of a historical structure and identifying necessary preservation techniques and offering suggestions as to the reuse of the structures.
INTRODUCTION TO LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Course code
ARCH307Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
4
This course introduces the interrelated disciplines of landscape architecture, horticulture, planning, and architecture; constitutes a basis for the organisation and design of the functional uses, aesthetic and enjoyable environments; applies artistic and scientific principles to the research, planning, design of built environment; explores existing and natural site conditions and their impact on influencing and shaping the built environment. Creating various types and levels of exterior spaces such as, plazas, streets, neighbourhoods, parks, gardens, square, etc. is also included in the context of the course. Moreoever, the course gives a brief information about history of landscape architecture, ancient gardens and landscapes, and contemporary landscape architecture. The course includes introduction of the elements of landscape design (land, water, vegetation, atmosphere, buildings, roads, pedestrian ways etc.) Landscape architectural technology; grading and drainage, plant identification, site construction, planting design.
INTRODUCTION TO INTERIORS
Course code
ARCH309Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
5
The course is mainly aimed to give opportunity to architecture students to experience working in a different rather than their own discipline. Accordingly they will have the opportunity to understand how an interior designer works, which will improve their performance within the design team. Students are directed to work on a conceptual interior design project. While designing that interior space, the relation between people and interior space, the effects of interior space on people's physical and functional needs are the main concerns of the course. Accordingly, by the end of the course students are expected to understand the definition of interior space and its interaction with its occupants.
HISTORY OF TURKISH AND CYPRIOT ARCHITECTURE
Course code
ARCH311Credit
2Theoretical
2Practical
0Ects
2
The course provides a chronological survey of the architecture and interior design of 1) the Islamic and especially Turkish civilizations from the Umayyad period to the early Turkish Republic, and 2) of the civilizations on Cyprus. Individual architectural styles, techniques and building types are analyzed, considering the respective cultural, political and social context. It treats the characteristics of the particular periods that constitute the architectural styles, regarding the exteriors, interiors and plans. It offers basic knowledge of the architects/designers and the monuments/buildings of individual periods. It aims to introduce a broad perspective that affects architectural culture and production by pondering on different agents and actors. The course is thought and designed for architecture students.
Sixth Semester
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-IV
Course code
ARCH302Credit
6Theoretical
4Practical
4Ects
9
Designing the required buildings and their environments and/or forming the appropriate spatial patterns considering the given social, urban, environmental and architectural context will be covered in this course. Functional complexity and spatial variety in organizing indoor and outdoor public spaces will also be studied. Researching to find appropriate construction systems and materials considering the new and advanced technologies of wide span buildings such as exhibition halls, concert halls, sports halls, transportation buildings, airport terminals, stations and etc. Spatial and architectural possibilities of landscape materials. Understanding different design languages and enhancing design vocabularies by doing research on different applications. Developing the verbal and writing skills through the discussion of the architectural issues and self generated ideas as well as the related concepts and the keywords. Exploring advanced representational materials and techniques, modelling, sketching as a way of developing ideas and concepts, computer aided image production. Identification of self mental and manual skills in order to form the individual styles.
BEHAVIOR AND ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES-II
Course code
ARCH304Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
3
The main purpose of this course is to introduce the concepts of statistically indeterminate forces, displacement calculation including environmental effects, support movements and temperature effects. This course also introduces architecture students to the basic techniques required for analyzing the majority of the structures and elements, including beams, frames, arches, trusses and cables. Slope deflection and moment distribution theories and influence lines for statically indeterminate structures will also be discussed. At the end of this course, students will be familiar with the following terms: statically indeterminate structures, flexibility and stiffness matrices, virtual work, strain energy, moment areas, column analogy and moment distribution methods, force and displacement method of approach using slope deflection method, force method of approach, matrix method of structural analysis, influence lines.
RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION-II
Course code
ARCH306Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
6
The aim of the course is to teach students how to prepare surveying, restitution and restoration projects and to help them conduct necessary archive research on the preservation of historical structures. During a field survey, the students are told how to measure a historical structure and to analyze the structure by considering its details. Measurements will be made in the field; and technical drawings and transfer of these measurements to the digital environment will be completed throughout the course. This course also includes researching the reasons leading to the deterioration of the structures, determining the appropriate preservation techniques (reinforcement, integration, reconstruction, refurbishment and restoration) that will eliminate any deterioration. The new structural function should be decided by studying the spatial, structural and frontal aspects of the building. In addition, the requirements and needs of the area in which the structure is situated should be investigated. For this reason, the area in which the structure is situated must be analyzed during the re-functioning phase.
CONTEMPORARY STRUCTURES
Course code
ARCH308Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
5
The classification of contemporary structures , Natural structures, Geometric and structural principles of design folded plates, shells, membranes, pneumatic structures and space frames, and their application to architectural design will be analyzed in this course. In this lecture, students are supposed to make researches about important contemporary structures. Contemporary structural systems evaluated with all details at the lecture. Structural model of the selected contemporary structures with drawings will be prepared by the students . All contemporary structural systems discuss at the lecture with selected important examples. Wide span and high-rise structures, in terms of overall structural form and behavior, aesthetic, perceptual, historic, economic and social considerations. It includes a historical survey of high-rise structural systems and details.
PASSIVE SOLAR CONTROL
Course code
ARCH310Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
5
Environmentally-conscious design techniques in the field of architecture. The concepts of sustainability, ecological design, green building design and passive solar building design. Reducing the requirement for active heating and cooling systems. Key passive solar building concepts. The solar path in passive design. Passive solar thermodynamic principles. Passive solar control in the vernacular architecture. Passive Houses in Europe. The course is conducted in two parts. The first, the lecture part, deals with the theories and practical applications of the issues. In the second part the students' work will be evaluated. Students of architecture are expected to set a group and select a building and a research subject. Each group is expected to apply passive solar system solutions on a selected project.
HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
Course code
ARCH312Credit
2Theoretical
2Practical
0Ects
2
The course provides a chronological survey of the modern and contemporary architecture
of the 19th to the 21st centuries from Neoclassicism to Post-Modernism and Deconstructivism. Individual architectural styles, techniques and building types are analysed, considering the respective cultural, political and social context. It treats the characteristics of the particular periods that constitute the architectural styles, regarding the exteriors, interiors and plans. It offers basic knowledge of the architects/designers and the monuments/buildings of individual periods. It aims to introduce a broad perspective that affects architectural culture and production by pondering on different agents and actors. The course is thought and designed for architecture students.
Seventh Semester
SUMMER TRAINING-II
Course code
ARCH300Credit
0Theoretical
0Practical
0Ects
2
Students will work in an interior design or in an architectural office of their choice for a minimum of 30 days Submission of a daily diary and a written report on experience will be required in accordance with the rules and regulations set by the department.
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN-V
Course code
ARCH401Credit
6Theoretical
4Practical
4Ects
9
Designing the complex architectural and urban environment in the context of a historical site. Analysing the social and economic characteristics and cultural transformation processes of the area and are expected to articulate this analysis with their design decisions. Comprehending and discussing the social and cultural values through visual, verbal and written expressions. Researching to find appropriate construction systems and materials considering the new and advanced technologies and theories of conservation, renovation, re-evaluation and re-use. Understanding different design languages and enhancing design vocabularies by doing research on different applications such as hotels, museums, culture centers and such typologies that can present different solutions according to culture and society. Developing the ability to build project programs and to organize fulfilling spatial structures.
INTEGRATED APPLICATION PROJECT
Course code
ARCH403Credit
4Theoretical
2Practical
4Ects
6
This course aims to synthesise the occupational knowledge gained in the theoretical disciplines and the actual application. Students are provided with the awareness and ability of integrating the environmental, spatial, structural, functional and aesthetical decisions that are essential for the construction of a building in a holistic manner. Within this context, it is aimed to encourage students to search and to create their own solutions according to their project proposals. The course deals with the application drawings of the completed architectural project in detail and the expression and presentation techniques and standards that are applied in harmony with the working stages. Within this process, it is also expected to equip students with professional practice.
ARCHITECTURAL GRADUATION PROJECT RESEARCH
Course code
ARCH405Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
4
In the first part of this course students prepare for the design project and become familiar with the concept of research that is used specifically in the design discipline. In the second part, students prepare concept studies and spatial sketches related to the project and in the last part students submit an avant project which will be continued in ARCT402. The primary purpose is to make students to identify a subject, collect information and data systematically, to analyse and prepare a presentation on the findings. The additional aim of this course is to develop an understanding of conducting research and writing a proper academic paper. Another aim of this course is to develop an understanding of theoretical context of related disciplines such as history, environment, etc., and of transformation of these data into architectural knowledge. Case studies will be undertaken and the understanding of architecture through structural and environmental determinants will be developed.
COST ESTIMATION AND SITE MANAGEMENT
Course code
ARCH407Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
4
This course is an introduction to the basic principles of the accounting and to the importance in the construction management. General accounting concepts, balance sheet and income statement, principles of cost and construction accounting , accounting for budget and program. Basic management functions, planning organisation, scheduling and control of construction projects. The role of the architect in the society, codes and basic laws, finance, time value for money, value increase, investment and feasibility, contracts. General management rules: managerial decisions, planning, coordination, control of an organization, accounting. Construction Management: Analyses of a work, programming, and control of performance, site organization, bill of quantities, estimating, and progress payment. Information on the administration of a major design project is given. Client and trade relations are emphasised.
AREA ELECTIVE
Course code
ARCHXX3Credit
2Theoretical
2Practical
0Ects
3UNIVERSITY ELECTIVE
Course code
UNIEXX1Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
4Eighth Semester
ARCHITECTURAL GRADUATION PROJECT
Course code
ARCH402Credit
6Theoretical
4Practical
4Ects
12
In this course the students’ ability of researching, interpretation and solutions to problems that are overlapping the local and regional concerns, from micro to macro scales will be developed. The students are lead to address programs that require relatively complex theoretical and professional issues. They also will have the ability to design the building complex in urban context; to discuss the self-generated ideas, related concepts and the keywords with the jury members. They will improve their design ideas by different design languages and present their designs by using manual and computational techniques in explaining the construction, the structure, form, function, and aesthetical /stylistic relations. This course is a combination of all the architectural education courses in the curriculum.
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN ETHICS AND LEGAL ISSUES
Course code
ARCH404Credit
3Theoretical
2Practical
2Ects
4
This course intends to clarify the following questions: What is a trademark? How and why is it registered? What is an invention? Patents and utility models. What is a design? How is it protected? Intellectual property, artistic property and copyrights. Design law in practice in TRNC, Turkey and EU. Comprehension of ethical issues in design practice, ability to make firm planning and positioning, competence of managing the business’s finances; preparing design contracts and product pricing, proficiency of dealing with human resources; contracts; agreement with clients; marketing and outreach. Protection of trademarks, designs, and inventions by licence. Design piracy prohibition and related acts. Studies on detail processing, specification writing, surveying and building codes, cost analysis. Working out diagrams, charts and matrices.
AREA ELECTIVE
Course code
ARCHXX4Credit
2Theoretical
2Practical
0Ects
3DESIGN CULTURE
Course code
FADA406Credit
2Theoretical
2Practical
0Ects
3
Culture has become a central concern across a wide range of disciplines. This course indicates how and why culture practices and institutions have come to play such an important role in our lives, and introduce some of the central ideas, concepts and methods of analysis involved in conducting cultural studies. Understanding Popular Culture; difference between the high culture, folk culture and popular culture; the influences of relations of production and consumption on design issues. Students will also learn about the competence of understanding today's design world, the ability to correlate the relationship between the designer and the individual, the competence of critical and result-oriented thinking in design in general, the ability to comprehend how the new consumer society effects the design process.
HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION
Course code
HIST100Credit
0Theoretical
2Practical
0Ects
2
The aim of this course is to outline the development of civilizations in the course of history. It firstly focuses on the concepts such as “Civilization”, “Prehistoric”, and “Historic” and on the factors forcing the emergence of the first civilizations. As well as examining the prehistoric periods and their characteristics in the course of human life since the first appearance of human beings on earth, the course mainly focuses on the early civilizations, namely the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Aegean, Classical Greek, Hellenistic, Indian, Chinese and Roman Civilizations. Political, social, economical, cultural, intellectual, philosophical and scientific aspects in these entities are also examined in this course.
MODERN TURKISH HISTORY
Course code
TARH100Credit
0Theoretical
2Practical
0Ects
2
In this course, Ottoman state and society, factors causing the collapse of the state; Ottoman modernization; Tripoli and Balkan Wars, World War I, Mudros Armistice and Sevres Agreement; parties and associations, the national resistance movement led by Mustafa Kemal, the Havza and Amasya Circulars, the Congresses, the National Pact, the Turkish Grand National Assembly; the rebellions, the regular army and the War of Independence; the Mudanya Armistice, the Lausanne Peace Treaty; Revolution in the political field, secularization of the state and society, abolition of the sultanate, declaration of the republic, abolition of the caliphate; 1921 and 1924 constitutions, constitutional changes; Sheikh Said Rebellion; Multi-party experience, secularization and modernization in law, nationalization and secularization in education, Kemalizm and 6 principles, Turkish foreign policy(1923-1938) are covered.
UNIVERSITY ELECTIVE
Course code
UNIEXX2Credit
3Theoretical
3Practical
0Ects
4Elective Courses
SOCIAL & IDEO. ISSUES OF SPACE
Course code
ARCH414Credit
2Theoretical
2Practical
0Ects
3
The course analyses the socio-economic, ideological and cultural background of important works of architecture to induce the student an analytic understanding of particular milieu with particular emphasis upon space creation. It analyses architectural product as a product of thought and ideas. The course will be conducted through lectures aided by visual presentations.
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