SPECIAL TOPICS IN ARCHITECTURE II

MİM532

Course Code: MİM532
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor Elif Cemre Çelikcan Yozçu

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Discuss the concepts of circular economy and the waste hierarchy in an architectural context; and identify approaches to extending the life cycle of materials and buildings (reuse, repair, adaptation, recycling, etc.).
Understand that circularity can be addressed through architecture's different fields of knowledge (material/tectonics, space/built environment, theory/discourse, representation), and justify the disciplinary grounding of their own work.
Formulate a research question appropriate to their chosen field of knowledge, design a method to address it, and write it as a research proposal
Develop an output specific to their research design (for example, a prototype, a map, a theoretical text, or a digital model).
Communicate their work in visual, written, and oral forms, in accordance with academic standards of presentation and documentation.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

This course investigates, both theoretically and through practice, how the principles of the circular economy translate within the discipline of architecture. Against the limits of the linear take-make-waste model, it places at the center of inquiry those approaches that aim to extend the life cycle of materials and buildings, retain their value, and reassess resources. Within the course, circularity is treated as a multidimensional field of research that opens up the ways architectural knowledge is produced, evaluated, and transmitted to reconsideration: it is studied across a spectrum ranging from the physical properties and tectonic possibilities of materials, to the spatial organization of the built environment and of resource flows, from the aesthetic, ethical, and cultural discourses of circularity, to the forms of digital representation, documentation, and traceability of this knowledge. Combining a shared theoretical foundation with the methods of critical reading, field research, material investigation, and research-through-design, the course enables participants to transform a shared question into original research according to their own interests and areas of expertise.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to the course structure and the axis catalogue
2^nd Week	Theoretical framework + Research Orientation Workshop I: Circular design, industrial symbiosis, life-cycle concepts
3^rd Week	Theoretical framework + Research Orientation Workshop II: The material/tectonic, spatial, theoretical, and representational dimensions of circularity
4^th Week	Materials, waste streams, and characterisation
5^th Week	Fieldwork, mapping, and ethics: Inventory and mapping methods
6^th Week	Research-through-design and measurement ? Submission: Individual research proposal
7^th Week	Axis-based fieldwork / data collection
8^th Week	Interim presentation: presentation of preliminary findings
9^th Week	Plenary session / Research method I
10^th Week	Plenary session / Research method II
11^th Week	Production/development I (studio)
12^th Week	Production/development II + cross-critique
13^th Week	Integration and symposium preparation
14^th Week	Final: joint symposium + exhibition

Recommended or Required Reading

Addis, B. (2006). Building with Reclaimed Components and Materials: A Design Handbook for Reuse and Recycling. Londra: Earthscan.
Hebel, D. E., Heisel, F. & Wisniewska, M. H. (2014). Building from Waste: Recovered Materials in Architecture and Construction. Basel: Birkhauser.
Baker-Brown, D. (2017). The Re-Use Atlas: A Designer?s Guide Towards a Circular Economy. Londra: RIBA Publishing.
BAMB ? Buildings as Material Banks (2015?2019). Avrupa Birliği Horizon 2020, hibe no. 642384.
Brunner, P. H. & Rechberger, H. (2004). Practical Handbook of Material Flow Analysis. Boca Raton: Lewis Publishers/CRC Press. (2. baskı: Handbook of Material Flow Analysis, CRC Press, 2016.)
Ellen MacArthur Foundation & Granta Design (2015). Circularity Indicators: An Approach to Measuring Circularity ? Material Circularity Indicator (MCI).
Frampton, K. (1995). Studies in Tectonic Culture: The Poetics of Construction. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Gorgolewski, M. (2018), Resource Salvation: The Architecture of Reuse, Wiley.
Guy, S. & Farmer, G. (2001). Reinterpreting Sustainable Architecture: The Place of Technology. Journal of Architectural Education, 54(3), 140?148.
Kirchherr, J., Reike, D. & Hekkert, M. (2017). Conceptualizing the Circular Economy: An Analysis of 114 Definitions. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 127, 221?232.
Mostafavi, M. & Leatherbarrow, D. (1993). On Weathering: The Life of Buildings in Time. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Potting, J., Hekkert, M., Worrell, E. & Hanemaaijer, A. (2017). Circular Economy: Measuring Innovation in the Product Chain. Lahey: PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.
van Hinte, E., Peeren, C. & Jongert, J. (2007). Superuse: Constructing New Architecture by Shortcutting Material Flows. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Problem Solving
Discussion
Report Preparation
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	20
Practice	1	20
Presentation of Case Study	1	20
Other	1	10
Total(%)		70
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		70
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		30
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	3	3
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	12	9	108
Preparation for Final exam	1	30	30
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	20	20
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	3	3
Homework	2	6	12
Presentation (including preperation)	1	23	23
Workshop	4	3	12
Term Project Research	1	50	50
Article
Total Work Load			303
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.1
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5
K1			X	X	X
K2			X	X
K3	X
K4				X
K5
K6
K7
K8	X	X
K9	X	X
K10				X	X