ECTS - Building Elements and Systems I

Building Elements and Systems I (MMR253) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Building Elements and Systems I MMR253 2 2 0 3 4
Pre-requisite Course(s)
MMR 104 Architectural CommTech II
Course Language Turkish
Course Type N/A
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Drill and Practice.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Instructor Mediha Gültek
  • Instructor Hatice Özer
Course Assistants
Course Objectives Main aim of the course is to transfer knowledge about building, architectural technology, building technology and the characteristics, use functions and roles of systematic building and basic building elements in spatial design.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Students learn to generate options to solve and develop technological problems (subsystems and components, construction methods) of the building.
  • The application of the information that have been learned and interpreted from researches will be investigated through the given problems.
Course Content Building systems, soil-structure interaction, interactions of structure-environmental factors, load-carrying systems building components ; research and application of design and feasibility at different scales.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction to the course, Course Descrription, Content of the Course and Management of the course. Building Systems, Infrastructure Systems, Subsystems, Technological Issues,Interactions between structure and environment LECTURE
2 Building versus soil relationship, Load Carrying Systems, Masonry and Wood Masonry Structures, Advanced construction methods, Foundations (Single, Continuous, Radye Generic Foundations) LECTURE
3 EXERCISE.1 HOMEWORK.1
4 Walls ( Masonry Stone Walls – Brick Walls, Reinforced concrete walls) LECTURE
5 EXERCISE.2 HOMEWORK.2
6 Walls (Woooden, Masonry, Panel Walls) LECTURE
7 EXERCISE.3 HOMEWORK.3
8 Slabs (Reinforced concrete, Wooden beamed slabs) LECTURE
9 EXERCISE.4 HOMEWORK.4
10 Dropped Ceilings (wood, aliminium, plaster dropped ceilings) LECTURE
11 EXERCISE.5 HOMEWORK.5
12 Stairs and Ramps (Concrete Stairs) LECTURE
13 EXERCISE.6 HOMEWORK.6
14 Staircases (wooden and steel stairs) – (spiral stairs and balanced staircases) LECTURE

Sources

Other Sources 1. ERTEN, Erkin, Yapı-Yapım, Birsen Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2012
2. FOSTER,Jack Stroud, Mitchell’s Building Series: Structure and Fabric Part I. Pearson Education Ltd. Harlow,England, 1997. ISBN 0-582-40447-9
3. FOSTER,Jack Stroud, HARİNGTON, Raymond, Mitchell’s Building Series: Structure and Fabric Part 2. Pearson Education Ltd. Harlow,England 1997. ISBN 0-582-40520-3
4. CHİNG, Francis D.K., ADAMS, Cassandra Building Construction Illustrated, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1991. ISBN 0-471-35898-3
5. CHİNG, Francis D.K., WİNKEL,Steven R. Building Codes Illustrated, John Willey &Sons,Inc, 2003. ISBN 0-471-09980-5

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application 7 60
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 7 20
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 20
Toplam 15 100
Percentage of Semester Work 80
Percentage of Final Work 20
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
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4
5
6
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9
10
11
12
13 X
14 X
15 X
16 X
17 X
18 X
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25

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 14 2 28
Laboratory
Application 14 2 28
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 7 4 28
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 12 12
Total Workload 96