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YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE

2017-2018 FALL SEMESTER

MİM1051-BUILDING THEORY AND DESIGN 1

GROUP 3-B202-TUESDAY 9.00-11.00/GROUP 4-B202-TUESDAY 11.00-13.00

ASSOC. PROF. DR. AYŞEN CİRAVOĞLU

WEEK	DATE	SUBJECT
1	19.09.2017	INTRODUCTION, INFORMATION ON COURSE CONTENT
2	26.09.2017	FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE: Introduction course book,  pp.0-11.
3	03.10.2017	FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE:Placing Architecture (Continued)course book,  pp.11-33.
4	10.10.2017	FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE: Placing Architecture (Continued)
5	17.10.2017	FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE: Placing Architecture (Continued)
6	24.10.2017	FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE: Placing Architecture (Continued)
7	31.10.2017	STUDENT PRESENTATION OF EXCURSIONS: instructions...
8	07.11.2017	EXAM 1
9	14.11.2017	DESIGN ASPECTS OF ARCHITECTURE: User Needs
10	21.11.2017	DESIGN ASPECTS OF ARCHITECTURE: Function
11	28.11.2017	DESIGN ASPECTS OF ARCHITECTURE: Program and Planning Process
12	05.12.2017	EXAM 2
13	12.12.2017	FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE: Contemporary Ideas course book, pp.124-145.
14	19.12.2017	FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE: Contemporary Ideas (Continued)
15	26.12.2017	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.