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Master's of Architecture with Thesis

MİM507

SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IN ARCHITECTURE

Course Code
MİM507
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
10
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelMaster's Degree With Thesis
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS10
Name of Lecturer(s) -
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Comprehend the social dimension in relation with the other components of the concept of sustainability.
  2. Comprehend the social responsibility of architecture.
  3. Be able to discuss the interaction of architectural space and its subjects.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components-
Course DescriptionThis course aims to provide insight sensibility and creative approach towards the social dimension of sustainability in architecture. The expected learning outcomes are skills to integrate social and economic planning strategies to building scale; and experiences in researching spatial configurations that would support and increase communal action and activity together with the problem of social sustainability of architecture, researching and questioning creative and inspiring architectural examples of sustaining sociability, analyzing daily lives and existing architectural space opportunities and needs of the inhabitants in a specified settlement, providing alternative solution ideas for stable or enlarging communities with existing and new inhabitants in transforming environments.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to the concept of sustainability in architecture, its development and prospects.
2nd Week Discussions on the readings on the meanings of place, meaning in architecture and its relation to the concept of sustainability.
3rd Week Discussions on the relationship between meaning and social sustainability, introducing the components of social sustainability.
4th Week Discussions on the permissiveness of spaces, questioning the public private boundaries.
5th Week Introduction to the concept of urban sustainability, with its economic, cultural and social dimensions for its impacts on architectural design.
6th Week Decisions on the case areas to be studied individually or in group work, depicting a renovation area and explaining the social sustainability handicaps.
7th Week Presenting the present and potential modes of connecting people through spatial structures
8th Week Presenting the examinations on the work-leisure habits of the inhabitants of the neighborhoods under study.
9th Week Idea proposals for the selected neighborhoods.
10th Week Researching for close or potential solutions for the depicted problems on social sustainability.
11th Week Presenting scenarios for the future handicaps of the so assumed sustained neighborhoods.
12th Week Defining a code of architectural design strategies to achieve sustainability in social interaction, health, and recreation.
13th Week Identifying the spatial characteristics for a potential architectural design study on the selected environment.
14th Week Final paper presentations.
Recommended or Required Reading-
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Case Study
  • Problem Solving
  • Report Preparation
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Assignment 2 45
Attendance 14 10
Presentation of Article 1 15
Presentation of Case Study 2 30
Total(%) 100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 0
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 4 56
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework 2 80 160
Article Presentation 1 45 45
Total Work Load303
Total Work Load / 30 (h)10.1
ECTS Credit of the Course10
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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K2 X
K3 X
K4 X
K5 X X X
K6 X X X
K7 X
K8 X
K9 X
K10 X