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YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE

2016-2017 FALL SEMESTER

MİM1051-BUILDING THEORY AND DESIGN 1

GROUP 3-B202-WEDNESDAY 9.00-11.00/GROUP 2-405-WEDNESDAY 11.00-13.00

ASSOC. PROF. DR. AYŞEN CİRAVOĞLU

WEEK	DATE	SUBJECT
1	21.09.2016	INTRODUCTION, INFORMATION ON COURSE CONTENT
2	28.09.2016	FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE: Placing Architecture course book,  pp.0-33.
3	05.10.2016	FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE:Placing Architecture (Continued)
4	12.10.2016	FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE: Placing Architecture (Continued)
5	19.10.2016	FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE: Placing Architecture (Continued)
6	26.10.2016	STUDENT PRESENTATION OF EXCURSIONS
7	02.11.2016	discussion on the selected book from reading list
8	09.11.2015	EXAM 1
9	16.11.2015	DESIGN ASPECTS OF ARCHITECTURE: User Needs
10	23.11.2016	DESIGN ASPECTS OF ARCHITECTURE: Function
11	30.11.2016	DESIGN ASPECTS OF ARCHITECTURE: Program and Planning Process
12	07.12.2016	EXAM 2
13	14.12.2016	FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE: Contemporary Ideas course book, pp.124-145.
14	21.12.2016	FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE: Contemporary Ideas (Continued)
15	28.12.2016	MAKEUP EXAM
16	to be announced	FINAL EXAM

COURSE BOOK:

The Fundamentals of Architecture, L. Farrelly, AVA Publishing, Switzerland, 2007.
READING LIST:

Experiencing Architecture, S. E. Rasmussen, MIT Press, Cambridge, 1962.

The Architecture of Happiness, A. D. Botton, Pantheon Books, NewYork, 2006.

The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses, J. Pallasmaa, John Wiley & Sons, 2005.

A Place of My Own, The Architecture of Daydreams, M. Pollan, Penguin Books, USA, 2008.