ECTS - Principles of Landscape Architecture

Principles of Landscape Architecture (ICM355) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Principles of Landscape Architecture ICM355 1 2 0 2 4
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
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, Demonstration, Discussion, Question and Answer, Project Design/Management.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Bölüm Öğretim Elemanı
Course Assistants
Course Objectives To highlight the landscape architecture in architecture and in interior architecture. To design places by using soft and hard landscape elements. To examine physical and psychological effects of landscape architecture on people. To have a general knowledge about endemic plants in Turkey.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Learns the relationship among landscape architecture with other design disciplines.
  • Learns to create place by using soft and hard landscape elements.
  • Learns representation techniques of landscape architecture.
  • Be sensitive to environmental issues.
  • Understands the relationship between landscape architecture and architecture.
Course Content A brief introduction to endemic plants with the design of place using soft and hard landscape; the priciples of landscape design with relation to different scales.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Presentation of the course Related reading
2 Introducing landscape architecture Related reading
3 Examining soft and hard landscape through samples Related reading
4 Examining soft and hard landscape through samples Related reading
5 Basic landscape architecture process + design critique Preparation for design
6 Basic landscape architecture process and relation to the other related design disciplines + design critique Preparation for design
7 Modern landscape architecture samples from world + design critique Preparation for design
8 Modern landscape architecture samples from Turkey + design critique Preparation for design
9 Mid submission Preparation for mid submission
10 Landscape architecture design process and the role of soft landscape elements + design critique Preparation for design critique
11 Landscape architecture design process and the role of soft landscape elements + design critique Preparation for design critique
12 Use of urban furniture in landscape architecture + design critique Preparation for design critique
13 Use of urban furniture in landscape architecture + design critique Preparation for design critique
14 Use of topography in landscape architecture + design critique Preparation for design critique
15 Use of topography in landscape architecture + design critique Preparation for design critique
16 Final submission Preparation for final submission

Sources

Other Sources 1. Korkut, A: B., Şişman, E. Ve Özyavuz M. (2011) Peyzaj Mimarlığı. İstanbul: Verda
2. Özyavuz, M. (Ed.) Advances in Landscape Architecture. Intech.
3. Pamay, B. (1971) Park-Bahçe ve Peyzaj Mimarisi. İstanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi Yayınları.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 10
Laboratory - -
Application 10 50
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 15
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 25
Toplam 13 100
Percentage of Semester Work 75
Percentage of Final Work 25
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
1 Having knowledge and awareness of the design and construction decisions influenced by geographical variations in social, economic, cultural, and physical contexts.
2 Being able to collaborate in a multidisciplinary manner at the national and international levels, independently or jointly planning design projects in interdisciplinary work, and taking on responsibilities to execute/manage them in the field of interior architecture.
3 Having knowledge about the principles, laws, regulations and standards related to the field of interior architecture; being aware of professional ethics, duties and responsibilities.
4 Being able to obtain the necessary data using accurate research methods and techniques, interpreting the results, and transforming the theoretical knowledge acquired by generating counter-arguments/syntheses, evaluating them, and applying them to alternative design solutions in the practical domain in the field of interior architecture.
5 Expressing data, ideas, design solutions and projects accurately and effectively by using oral, written and/or visual communication techniques and technology in the interior architectural design process.
6 Having knowledge of interior space systems in a way that considers the relationship between the base building construction and the interior construction in the interior architectural design process.
7 Providing a holistic design approach by developing details through the appropriate selection of furnishing, product and material in the interior architectural design process.
8 Creating space with the influence of psychology, sociology, philosophy, architecture and art by using scientific and technical knowledge that will respond to aesthetic and functional needs in the field of interior architecture.
9 Developing user-oriented design solutions with human factors, ergonomics, universal and inclusive design principles in the interior architectural design process.
10 Having knowledge within the scope of the historical development of architecture and art in the interior architectural design process, having the competence to make decisions by exhibiting a respectful and sensitive attitude towards cultural heritage and historical/natural environment.
11 Designing to increase spatial comfort and wellbeing with the impact of physical environmental systems such as lighting, color, acoustics, air conditioning, etc. in the interior architectural design process.
12 Having the ability to develop a sustainable design by using natural and built environment information in the interior architectural design process.
13 Keeping up with new developments in the field of interior architecture and design, having a consciousness of lifelong learning, and contributing to the field.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application 10 2 20
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 8 2 16
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 6 6
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 10 10
Total Workload 100