TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Are able to visualize their research and ideas in the architectural design process by using the right methods. 2) Use Adobe supported Photoshop programs to design, draft and prepare presentations. 3) Observe architectural program concepts and relationships and express them with digital presentation techniques. 4) Create architectural diagrams, illustrations and collages using Sketch-Up and Vray programs. 5) Detail three-dimensional architectural visuals using Adobe supported Photoshop programs. 6) Apply the knowledge gained in the course to the projects they work on in the design studio.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	-
COURSE DEFINITION	This course aims to develop students' understanding of architectural representations.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to Architectural Representation. 2nd Week The importance of representation. 3rd Week Origins of Architectural Representation I: Drawing by Numbers. 4th Week Origins of Architectural Representation II. 5th Week Architectural sketch. 6th Week Midterm Exam 1 7th Week Conceptual diagrams in Architecture. 8th Week Photographs, mock-ups and hand drawings. 9th Week Presentation of axonometric projection principles, exploded axonometry, axonometric sections and axonometric illustrations 10th Week Mid-term Exam 2 11th Week Urban Design Representation. 12th Week Architectural Representation Formats. 13th Week Representation of Utopia. 14th Week Getting ready for final submission
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Abrahams, T. (2013). Computers in Theory and Practice. The Architectural Review (http://www.architectural-review.com/essays/computers-in-theory-and-practice/8646960.article) Ackerman, J.S. (1997). Villard de Honnecourt's Drawings of Reims Cathedral: A Study in Architectural Representation. Artibus et Historiae, Vol. 18, No. 35. (1997), pp. 41-49. Bafna, S. (2008) How architectural drawings work - and what that implies for the role of representation in architecture, The Journal of Architecture, 13:5, 535-564. (available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13602360802453327) Cross, N. (2007). Designerly Ways of Knowing. Berlin: Verlag (p.54-58, The role of sketching in design) Dogan, F., & Nersessian, N. J. (2012). Conceptual diagrams in creative architectural practice: the case of Daniel Libeskind's Jewish Museum. Arq: Architectural Research Quarterly, 16(1), 15-27. Evans, R. (1989). Architectural projection. In Architecture and its image. E. Blau and E. Kaufman (eds). Montreal: Canadian Centre for Architecture. Henderson, K. (1999). On line and on paper: Visual representations, visual culture, and computer graphics in design engineering. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. Kellet, R. (1990). Le Corbusier's Design for the Carpenter Center: A documentary analysis of design media in architecture, Design Studies, 11(2),164--180. Olsberg, N. (2013). The Evolving Role of the Drawing. The Architectural Review (http://www.architectural-review.com/essays/the-evolving-role-of-the-drawing/8646928.article) Ousterhout, R. G. (1999). Master builders of Byzantium. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.(Chapter 3, 58-85) Pietroforte, R., Tombesi, P., & Lebiedz, D. D. (2012). Are physical mock-ups still necessary to complement visual models for the realization of design intents? Journal of Architectural Engineering, 18(1), 34-41. Slessor, C. (2013). Editorial View: Architectural Representation. The Architectural Review (http://www.architectural-review.com/view/editorial-view-architectural-representation/8647155.arti cle) Tufte, E.R. (1997). Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative. Graphic Press: Connecticut. (pages 28-31) Yaneva, A. (2009). Made by the office for metropolitan architecture: An ethnography of design. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers. (p. 45-48, 78-85)
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture, Discussion, Questions/Answers, Case Study,Problem Solving
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 2 30 Practice 6 30 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 2 2 4 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 10 3 30 Preparation for Final exam 1 8 8 Course hours 12 3 36 Preparation for Midterm exam 2 4 8 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 3 3 Homework Take-home Exhibition (preparation and installation) Design Project Development Performance Practice 10 2 20 Total Workload 109 Total Workload / 30 3,63 ECTS Credits of the Course 4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No