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 | Area Elective | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | Turkish |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Demonstration, Discussion, Question and Answer, Field Trip, Problem Solving, Team/Group, Project Design/Management. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | The aim is to enable individuals to perceive their environment by understanding and interpreting the relationships between urban design, architecture, and the environment. The course focuses on the interaction of the city and architecture with nature, and how these components, along with people, are all interrelated. Environmental Aesthetics aims to analyze the environment as a whole and evaluate its components and communication in terms of aesthetic relationships, with the aim of creating environmental awareness and sensitivity. The course aims to raise students' awareness of the environment and its qualities, encouraging them to critically analyze and evaluate environmental phenomena from an aesthetic perspective. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | The aesthetic values of the urban environment, its relationship with urban texture, silhouette and architecture are assessed. This involves critical thinking and analysis of the relationship and communication among the city, human and aesthetic issues. The aim is to perceive and experience the environment from various perspectives and raise awareness |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to the course, description of the course and process | Introduction to the course, resource suggestions |
| 2 | Integrity of environment and aesthetics, approaches in environmental aesthetics | Case studies |
| 3 | Definition of environment and its components | Case studies |
| 4 | Perception and aesthetics; perception, memory and environment | Case studies |
| 5 | Relationship between environment, structure and design | Case studies |
| 6 | Relationship between space and landscape | Case studies |
| 7 | Environmental awareness | Case studies, information about the midterm evaluation |
| 8 | Midterm Evaluation (submissions and presentations) | Preparation for Midterm Evaluation, presentations |
| 9 | Discussion on examples | Case studies |
| 10 | Environmental aesthetics, historical background to environmental aesthetics | Preparation for homework |
| 11 | Perception of historical environment and urban relationship | Case studies |
| 12 | Student presentations, discussion and examples | Homework presentations |
| 13 | Urban aesthetics | Case studies |
| 14 | Environment and art | Case studies |
| 15 | Discussion on examples | Case studies, preparation for final evaluation presentations, determination of groups and fields |
| 16 | Final Evaluation (submissions and presentations) | Preparation for Final Evaluation, presentations |
Sources
| Other Sources | 1. Aksoy, Y. (Ed.) (2020). Mimarlıkta peyzaj tasarımı. Nobel Yayıncılık. |
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| 2. Cansaran, D. (2019). Sürdürülebilir kentler için çevre bilinci. Gece Kitaplığı. | |
| 3. Erzen, J. (2006) Çevre estetiği. ODTÜ Yayıncılık. | |
| 4. Faucault, M. (1994) Kelimeler ve şeyler. İmge Kitabevi. | |
| 5. Günaydın, İ., & Özsoy T. (Ed.). (2014). Disiplinler arası bakış açısı ile çevre. Hiperlink Yayınları. | |
| 6. Kastner, J. (2010) Land and environmental art. Phaidon Press. | |
| 7. Tekeli, İ. (2017). Sürdürülebilir toplum ve yapılı çevre stratejiler yelpazesi. İstanbul Bilgi Üni. Yay. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 20 |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Toplam | 4 | 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. | X | ||||
| 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. | |||||
| 3 | Having knowledge about the principles, laws, regulations and standards; 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. | |||||
| 5 | Expressing data, ideas, design solutions and projects accurately and effectively by using oral, written and/or visual communication techniques and technology. | X | ||||
| 6 | Having knowledge of interior space systems in a way that considers the relationship between the base building construction and the interior construction. | |||||
| 7 | Providing a holistic design approach by developing details through the appropriate selection of furnishing, product and material. | |||||
| 8 | Developing design ideas/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. | X | ||||
| 9 | Developing user-oriented design solutions with human factors, ergonomics, universal and inclusive design principles. | |||||
| 10 | Having knowledge within the scope of the historical development of interior architecture, architecture and art, having the competence to make decisions by exhibiting a respectful and sensitive attitude towards cultural heritage and historical/natural environment. | X | ||||
| 11 | Designing to increase spatial comfort and wellbeing with the impact of physical environmental systems such as lighting, color, acoustics, air conditioning, etc. | |||||
| 12 | Having the ability to develop a sustainable design by using natural and built environment information. | X | ||||
| 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. | X | ||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 1 | 16 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Total Workload | 100 | ||