Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
2İMÇ102Basic Design Iı2+2+03521.11.2024

 
Course Details
Language of Instruction Turkish
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Interior Architecture and Environmental Design
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course To enable students to understand and apply basic design principles at a more advanced level; to encourage creativity and critical thinking through abstraction; and to provide the ability to develop design processes by drawing inspiration from the natural world and abstracting from literary works.
Course Content It includes naturalist and literary design studies that focus on design principles, forms and spatial concepts, contributing to the development of spatial skills and creativity levels and aiming to move students from passive spectators to active participants.
Course Methods and Techniques Lectures, face-to-face evaluations, presentations of two- and three-dimensional works.
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Asist Prof. Anday TÜRKMEN anday.turkmen@gedik.edu.tr
Name of Lecturers Instructor Reyda ÖR imc.gedik.edu.tr
Asist Prof. Selva BAŞÇI imc@gedik.edu.tr
Asist Prof. Anday TÜRKMEN anday.turkmen@gedik.edu.tr
Assistants Research Assist. Ayşe CANSU ayse.cansu@gedik.edu.tr
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Artun, A. and Aliçavuşoğlu, E. (2009). Bauhaus: The design of modernization; architecture, art, design education and Bauhaus in Turkey. İletişim Publications.
Bayer, H. (1938). Bauhaus 1919-1928. Museum of Modern Art.
Benyus, J. M. (1997). Biomimicry: Innovation inspired by nature. William Morrow.
Calvino, I. (1990). Invisible cities. Yapı Kredi Publications.
Ching, F. D. K. (2014). Architecture: Form, space, and order. John Wiley & Sons.
Çınar, K. (1999). Basic design. Selçuk University Faculty of Architecture, Lecture Notes, Konya.
Denel, B. (1970). An essay on design. Rising Printing.
Denel, B. (1981). Basic design and creativity. METU Faculty of Architecture Printing Workshop.
Dietrich, J. (1947). Basic design. Design, 48(6), 4-6.
Gurer, L. (1970). Visual perception in basic design. ITU Technical School Publications Issue: 81.
Itten, J. (1975). Design and form: The basic course at the Bauhaus and later. John Wiley & Sons.
Moussavi, F. (2011). The function of form. YEM Publishing.
Pallasmaa, J. (2011). The eyes of the skin: Architecture and the senses. (Trans. A. U. Kılıç). YEM Publishing.
Schön, D. A. (1985). The design studio, London: RIBA Publications Limited.
Türkmen, A. (2020). Concept representation and form production in basic design. International Design and Art Journal, 2(2), 228-247.
Wong, W. (1993). Principles of form and design. John Wiley & Sons.

Course Category
Mathematics and Basic Sciences %10
Field %90

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 4 56
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 15 4 60
Mid-terms 1 4 4
Final examination 1 4 4
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 5 124

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Describes basic design principles and advanced editing approaches.
2 Learns to establish a relationship between nature and literature and the production of form.
3 Applies collective monitoring such as brainstorming, peer learning, and group work.
4 Working on design problems, she applies knowledge through her own productions.
5 Analyzes design activities and decision-making processes.
6 Expresses complex concepts through methods such as drawing, collage and modeling.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Nature-Interior Architecture Relationship Biomimicry Abstraction Study A general evaluation of the relationship between interior architecture and biomimicry
2 Choosing an organic reference that can represent the biomimicry discipline at different scales Review of Janine Benyus’ book Biomimicry: Innovation inspired by nature
3 Performing geometric shape analyses of references interpreted as design observations Examining the formal possibilities offered by organic reference with visual inputs
4 Reducing the organic reference whose form analysis is performed to a unit and system Examining the relationship between organic reference and basic geometric forms
5 Reconsidering the organic reference reduced to unit and system on a 1/100 scale Examining the relationship between the selected organic reference and the basic design principles.
6 Focus on composition work and expression of organic reference in two dimensions Making design decisions visible with sketches in a two-dimensional environment
7 Focusing on model work and expressing the organic reference in three dimensions Making design decisions visible in a three-dimensional environment with sketch models
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Literature-Interior Architecture Relationship A Study of Literary Abstraction A general evaluation of the relationship between interior architecture and literature
10 Selecting a reference from among 55 urban narratives in the literary work Invisible Cities Analysis of Italo Calvino's literary work Invisible Cities
11 Reducing the selected urban narrative to five keywords with verbal-linguistic inputs Examining the formal possibilities offered by the urban narrative with linguistic inputs
12 Reducing the urban narrative, which has undergone formal analysis, to a unit and system Examining the relationship between the selected urban narrative and basic geometric forms.
13 Reconsidering the urban narrative reduced to unit and system on a 1/200 scale Examining the relationship between the selected urban narrative and basic design principles
14 Focusing on composition work and expressing the urban narrative in two dimensions Making design decisions visible with sketches in a two-dimensional environment
15 Focusing on model work and expressing the urban narrative in three dimensions Making design decisions visible in a three-dimensional environment with sketch models
16 FINAL EXAM

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12
C1 5 3
C2 4
C3 3
C4 4
C5 4
C6 5

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