22 Eylül 2021 Çarşamba

YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE 

2021-2022 FALL SEMESTER MİM1051-BUILDING THEORY AND DESIGN 1

GROUP 4-THURSDAY 9.00-11.00 PROF. DR. AYŞEN CİRAVOĞLU

WEEK
DATE
SUBJECT
1
07.10.21
INTRODUCTION, INFORMATION ON COURSE CONTENT
2
14.10.21
What is architecture? How architects create? How to create architectural ideas? What are architectural design processes? What is architectural concept?
link to course material:
read: Course book,  pp.0-11
watch: TED2016 Michael Murphy, Architecture that's built to heal, https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_murphy_architecture_that_s_built_to_heal
Jewish Museum, Berlin, D.Liebeskind, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ThUWEhpNzo
recommended to watch: My Architect: A Son's Journey, 2003.
3
21.10.21
What is context in architecture?
link to course material:
watch: Fallingwater House, F.L.Wright, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuZ0x5Qkgzg
Farnsworth House, M.van der Rohe, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwzWOfG14ww
Seul University, D. Perrault, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAO7F4YZGn0&list=PLIAeAeZi1_39A8eg78M8NtBwh8-R6D0iE&index=37
Igualada Cemetry, E. Mirrales, C. Pinos, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk82OJvY0ww&list=PLIAeAeZi1_39A8eg78M8NtBwh8-R6D0iE&index=40
4
28.10.21
What is site? How can we understand, analyze the site?
link to course material:
read: course book,  pp.12-20.
watch: Pompidou Center, R.Rogers, R.Piano, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgHjHWbx7pw
Kolumba Museum, P. Zumthor, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WArjmfxC6k4&t=254s
Porto Architecture School, A. Siza, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0iEq8kNCEc
5
04.11.21
How climate, orientation, materials effect architecture? What is locality?
read: course book,  pp.21-27. 
watch: Therme am Vals, P.Zumthor, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjX_eB_xnBY&t=209s
6
11.11.21
What is place? What is space? How can architecture create and sustain memory?
link to course material:
read: course book,  pp.28-33.
watch:Castelveccio, C. Scarpa, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDniq_cljbk
7
18.11.21

How can we define user in architecture?  What are the needs of the user?
link to course material:
8
25.11.21
MID TERM EXAM 1
9
02.12.21
What is function in architecture?
link to course material:
watch: German Pavillion, M.van der Rohe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTAikqe0wPI&list=PLIAeAeZi1_39A8eg78M8NtBwh8-R6D0iE&index=36
Sendai Mediateque, T.Ito https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCjbTQaMogQ&list=PLIAeAeZi1_39A8eg78M8NtBwh8-R6D0iE&index=22
Rolex Center, SANAA, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpNJPhpQ3-c&list=PLIAeAeZi1_39A8eg78M8NtBwh8-R6D0iE&index=47
10
09.12.21
What are the planning processes in architecture? What is an architectural program?
link to course material:
11
16.12.21
What is computation in architecture? How can we use computation in architectural processes?
link to course material:
FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE: Contemporary Ideas: Architecture and Computation
12
23.12.21
What are universal ideas in architecture? What is architecture for all? how can we achieve inclusive design in buildings?
watch: Radical Accesibility: Making Buildings Work for Everyone, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD-U3Pflo9I&feature=emb_logo
Building accesibility, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1xgTs28vXw&feature=emb_logo 
read: course book, pp.124-145.
13
30.12.21
What is sustainability? How can we achieve sustainability in buildings? 
14
06.01.21
MAKEUP EXAM
15
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.
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.
What is Architecture? And 100 Other Questions, R. Waern, G. Windgardh, Laurence King Publishing, Lomdon, 2015.