YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE

2019-2020 FALL SEMESTER

MİM1051-BUILDING THEORY AND DESIGN 1

GROUP 3-B302-TUESDAY 11.00-13.00/GROUP 4-B303-FRIDAY 14.00-16.00

PROF. DR. AYŞEN CİRAVOĞLU

WEEK	DATE	SUBJECT
1	17.09.19 20.09.19	INTRODUCTION, INFORMATION ON COURSE CONTENT
2	24.09.19 27.09.19	FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE: Introduction course book,  pp.0-11.
3	01.10.19 04.10.19	FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE:Placing Architecture (Continued)course book,  pp.11-33.
4	08.10.19 11.10.19	FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE: Placing Architecture (Continued)
5	15.10.19 18.10.19	FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE: Placing Architecture (Continued)
6	22.10.19 25.10.19	FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE: Placing Architecture (Continued)
7	29.10.19 01.11.19	National holiday FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE: Placing Architecture (Continued)
8	05.11.19 08.11.19	EXAM 1
9	12.11.19 15.11.19	DESIGN ASPECTS OF ARCHITECTURE: User Needs
10	19.11.19 22.11.19	DESIGN ASPECTS OF ARCHITECTURE: Function
11	26.11.19 29.11.19	DESIGN ASPECTS OF ARCHITECTURE: Program and Planning Process
12	03.12.19 06.12.19	STUDENT PRESENTATION OF EXCURSIONS: instructions...
13	10.12.19 13.12.19	FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE: Contemporary Ideas course book, pp.124-145.
14	17.12.19 20.12.19	FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE: Contemporary Ideas (Continued)/MAKEUP EXAM /Submission of research on sustainability
15	to be announced	FINAL EXAM

COURSE BOOK:

The Fundamentals of Architecture, L. Farrelly, AVA Publishing, Switzerland, 2007.
READING LIST: (to be read in order-every book must be read in 4 weeks)

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

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

A Place of My Own, The Architecture of Daydreams, M. Pollan, Penguin Books, USA, 2008.
The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses, J. Pallasmaa, John Wiley & Sons, 2005.