ARCH460 APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
| Course Code: | 1200460 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (2.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 4.0 |
| Department: | Architecture |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. SOOFİA TAHİRA ELİAS ÖZKAN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This elective course is offered to Final year Architecture students who would like to design high performance buildings with low environmental impacts. The aim is to use digital tools to aid building design that can:
- Increase human comfort by using appropriate technologies
- Reduce a building's energy load by selecting appropriate building materials.
- Reduce the environmental loads of a building by integrating appropriate energy resources
Course Content
The course objectives are to introduce students to a world-wide range of architectural concepts, focusing on appropriate and affordable solutions, in terms of choice of materials and technologies, to the extensive needs of the underdeveloped, developing and developed world. The relevance of appropriate technology in certain current global issues, such as sustainability and ecological concerns, will be considered.
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
1- Make informed decisions regarding building material selection
2- Evaluate a building's performance with regard to human comfort
3- Simulate the building's energy consumption and generation
4- Calculate the building's carbon foot print
5- Consider environmental factors in building design
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Ability to establish connections between the discipline of architecture and its related areas of competence, with the cultural and social aspects of architectural production. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Gaining, evaluating and applying the technical, aesthetic and ethical dimensions of the knowledge and values of architecture with a scientific and critical approach. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Making analysis and synthesis of data by employing theories, methods and currents of thought that aid in the identification and solution of architectural design problems. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Developing creative and original ideas into the stages of theoretical design, projects, application and evaluation of architectural services and realizing them independently as well as in a team. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Being able to effectively use the traditional and digital communication technologies and visual expression tools. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Providing leadership to achieve synthesis through a productive coordination of the scientists and professionals of different disciplines taking part in the formation of the built environment. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Being open to lifelong education by internalizing world experiences related to architectural thought and applications and following new developments. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Understanding the requirements of environmental, cultural and economic sustainability in both global and local scales and considering them in all professional activities. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Defending the society's rights to shelter, within nature and city applying universal principles and resisting applications that are against professional ethics and laws while creating unique solutions and putting them into practice. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution