ECTS - Environmental Aesthetics
Environmental Aesthetics (ICM374) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Environmental Aesthetics | ICM374 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| - |
| Course Language | Turkish |
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| 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, Problem Solving, Team/Group, Project Design/Management. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | The objectives of the course are to increase environmental aesthetics to higher level and to create a value system in the field. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Examining artistic approaches with their relationships between the world and human and its society in the framework of architecture ranging from to the natural environment; within Environmental Aesthetics, producing experimental studies on environment perception and the relationship between the stress on the body. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to the course | To gain information about course content from source books |
| 2 | Environment and aesthetics | Case studies |
| 3 | Perception and aesthetics | Homework |
| 4 | Memory and aesthetics | Case studies |
| 5 | Phenomology and environment | Case studies |
| 6 | Nature and space | Case studies |
| 7 | Ecology and environment | Case studies |
| 8 | Mid-term | Mid-term preparation |
| 9 | Urban aesthetic | Case studies |
| 10 | Space and body | Homework |
| 11 | Poetic function | Case studies |
| 12 | Observation, discussion and examples | Case studies |
| 13 | Art and signification | Case studies |
| 14 | Observation, discussion and examples | Case studies |
| 15 | Observation, discussion and examples | Case studies |
| 16 | Final exam | Final exam preparation |
Sources
| Other Sources | 1. Erzen, Jale. (2006) Çevre Estetiği. Ankara: ODTÜ Yayıncılık |
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| 2. Faucault, Michel. (1994) Kelimeler ve Şeyler. İstanbul: İmge Kitabevi. | |
| 3. Lailach, Michael. (2007) Land Art. Lancashire, U.K.: Taschen. | |
| 4. Kagan, Moisei. (1982) Güzellik Bilimi Olarak Estetik ve Sanat. İstanbul: Altın Kitaplar Yayınevi. | |
| 5. Kastner, Jeffrey. (2010) Land and Environmental Art. Phaidon Press. | |
| 6. Marcel, Gabriel. (1971) The Philosophy of Existentialism. New York:Citadel Press Inc. | |
| 7. Tunalı, İsmail. (2010). Estetik Beğeni. İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | 1 | 10 |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | 1 | 20 |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 20 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Toplam | 5 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 60 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 40 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | X |
| 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 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Total Workload | 75 | ||