BS532 GEOMETRICAL&MORPHOLOGICAL ANAYLSIS OF SPATIAL STRUC.
| Course Code: | 8540532 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Building Science |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. ALİ İHSAN ÜNAY |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Through the entire span of architecture, the design and integration of creative innovative and feasible structural systems for architectural built forms has always been an essential issue. Due to the accelerated developments in computer aided design technology, architectural search for new free forms and spatial organization stimulated the structural system design. Thus, as an introduction to these new concepts of bridging geometric morphology of new forms and architecture, this course intends to focus on the innovative quests for architectural and structural forms. Besides focusing on the present morphological studies and classifications, the geometric orders, material composition and spatial organization will be explored to understand the vast array of possible configurations that address structural requirements.
Course Content
Classification of large scale structural forms and their development through the ages. Descriptive aspects of the study of form and shape. Morphological analysis of basic forms in architecture. Concepts and models bridging geometric morphology and architecture. Hierarchies of dimensional spaces. Planar and spatial orders. The interaction between the geometric morphological characteristics of selected structures and their physical-structural characteristics: spatial truss structures, membrane and shell structures, folding plate structures, etc.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of course the students is expected to acquire the following knowledge:
To create an understanding of integrated structural design to new forms of architecture
To investigate about the influential factors on the altering structural morphological concepts
To encourage architects to search for innovative structural systems incorporating the new architectural forms.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | To be able to implement the knowledge attained throughout the undergraduate education in building science related areas of education, practice, research-development-innovation and to be able to contribute to the developments in these areas | ✔ | |||
| 2 | To be able to define the technical topics and problems, analyze and bring proposals of solution regarding building materials, building physics, construction, construction management, conservation processes and the relationships of the environment and the nature | ✔ | |||
| 3 | To be able to gather and accumulate local and global professional knowledge (theoretical, technical and practical) on building related (building physics, materials, construction, construction details) topics | ✔ | |||
| 4 | To be able to interpret and analyze the information coming from different disciplines regarding buildings, and create new knowledge from them | ✔ | |||
| 5 | To be able to analyze, evaluate and provide solutions to a problem within an ethical framework and with scientific approach | ✔ | |||
| 6 | To be able to propose a research topic or study within an ethical framework, using scientific methods, and with a inter-disciplinary approach/point of view, and develop, evaluate, and run as a research proposal | ✔ | |||
| 7 | To be able to publish the developments and results regarding a research topic in national and international scientific media | ✔ | |||
| 8 | To be able to follow and grasp the new and contemporary technologies / advances in the field of building science | ✔ | |||
| 9 | To be able to follow and interpret the new and current technologies/developments regarding the field of building science | ✔ | |||
| 10 | To be able to have the consciousness of ethical liability in building related professions | ✔ | |||
| 11 | To be able to use the information and communication technologies in an advanced way in the processes of building construction, facilities management, and conservation processes; to be able to use, manage and share the attained knowledge by using these technologies | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution