COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course is an introduction to the basic elements, concepts and principles of design. It comprises specific assignments to develop mental and manual skills to deal with the design problems at hand and to form visual and formal values for forming compositional unities in two and three dimensions.

The course objective is to familiarize students with the elements of design; perceptual laws of visual organization (Gestalt Theory); principles of design; and formal and spatial characteristics. Students are expected to develop their ability of making use of the principles of design, to organize design elements consciously so as to form compositional unities in two and three dimensions, and forming orderly systems in which formal and spatial characteristics, such as scale and proportion or solids and voids, are consciously considered.                      

LIST OF BOOKS AND PERIODICALS:

  • Mimarlıkta 10 Kitap, Vitruvius
  • YaÅŸayan Mimari, S. E. Rasmussen
  • Bir Mimarlığa DoÄŸru, Le Corbusier
  • Mekanın Poetikası, G. Bachelard
  • ÖÄŸrencilerle SöyleÅŸiler Dizisi 1, Louis Kahn
  • ÖÄŸrencilerle SöyleÅŸiler Dizisi 2, Rem Koolhaas
  • Tenin Gözleri, J. Pallasmaa
  • Mimarın SoluÄŸu, Ä°. Bilgin
  • SadeleÅŸtirmeler, Z. Tanalı
  • 20.yy Türkiye Mimarlığı, D. Hasol
  • Görme Biçimleri, J. Berger
  • Görünmez Kentler, I. Calvino
  • Dünya Adil DeÄŸil, O. Niemeyer
  • Mimarlığın Öyküsü, L. M. Roth
  • Sanatın Öyküsü, E. M. Gombrich
  • MutluluÄŸun Mimarisi, Alan de Botton
  • Mimarca DeÄŸinmeler, Gürhan Tümer
  • Mimarlık Dergisi
  • Yapı Dergisi
  • XXI
  • Arredamento Mimarlık

LIST OF WEB SITES:

REQUIREMENT LIST       

  • Computer (Desktop Computer -with camera, headphone and microphone for the online distance learning via ZOOM Meetings- or Laptop, capable to run AutoCAD, Sketchbook, Sketch-up and etc., Load ZOOM for online education)
  • Internet Access
  • Camera or Mobile phone with Camera (For taking photos of your drawings and models)
  • Model Materials (Cardboards, Corrugated Cardboards, Wooden Sticks, Balsa Sheets, Strings/Wires, Meshes, Metal Sheets, Papers, Nails, Glass Plates, and other materials according your creative usage proposal)
  • Drawing Materials (Please check the ARCH 131 Course Web Page for detailed list of drawing materials.)
  • Working/Drawing Table (a rectangular table or a smooth surface plate with 90 degree edges.)