ARCH282 PRINCIPLES OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT
| Course Code: | 1200282 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 4.0 |
| Department: | Architecture |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. AYŞEM BERRİN ÇAKMAKLI |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course provides:
- An understanding of the basic principles and the impact of environmental factors on the built environment.
- An awareness of necessity and how decreasing the energy consumption, ways of predicting humidity and condensation levels and providing thermal comfort within buildings.
- To be able to analyze the thermal characteristics and behavior of building materials to make the students calculate heat loss and gain.
- To comprehend the principles of environmental design embracing ecological and climatic factors.
- To progress the student ability to discuss the characteristics of climatic regions and the impact of climate on traditional architecture.
- An understanding of the importance of fire prevention and safety in architecture.
Course Content
Thermal Performance: Heat transfer, thermal insulation regulations and application in Turkey, thermal properties of building materials and their effects on thermal performance of buildings, humidity and condensation prediction, thermal comfort and its parameters, wind movement in and around buildings;Climate: Climate and climatic elements in different climatic regions as environmental factors influencing architectural design.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course the successful students are expected to:
- Comprehend the thermal characteristics of building materials.
- Calculate the heat loss and gain in the buildings.
- Design the layers of the building envelope in order to decrease the energy consumption.
- Arrange the building envelope and choose the appropriate building materials in order to acquire thermal comfort and prevent condensation.
- Be able to design according to different climatic regions.
- To evaluate geographical, climatic and sensory factors at an early stage in design.
- Be able to design regarding fire safety and take precautions against fire.
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