ARCH 301-401 Section 3

AYBU // FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND FINE ARTS// ARCHITECTURE

2022-2023 SPRING // Studio IV-V-VII Group III

ENVIRONMENTAL-BASED SOCIAL HUB FOR YOUTH IN THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Şeyda Emekci Research Assistant: Aslı Zeynep Doğan

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Climate change is one of the most important issues when it comes to the present and future well-being of people. Its effects are visible not only in natural habitats but also in urban environments. The construction industry has an important role to this dynamic. Designing near, net and minus zero-carbon footprint buildings is an essential element to consider when discussing true climate adaptation and mitigation, as it encompasses our everyday surroundings, infrastructures, urban areas, and transportation systems.

In this studio, the emphasis is on the awareness of design problems within the historical context and the natural environment of Safranbolu. Focusing on young users, the social hub will serve as a green artery composed of outdoor spaces connected with internal spaces to create an experience circulation and will also serve as a social artery for raising awareness and finding creative solutions.

For this studio, the students are asked to analyze the context and try to develop a concept and a main goal for an environmentally friendly hub for the young people in the area. There exist dormitories in front of the site and the location of the site itself is quite close to the historical center in Safranbolu. In the design of the hub, being beneficial for the environment and having a near, net and minus zero-carbon footprint approach should be taken as the main objectives. The center should engage young visitors in nature-based leisure activities and also activities that raise awareness in resource management and should welcome socially vulnerable urban youth in need of relaxation and well-being.

Students should be able to find functions according to the various needs of the proposed program, should have creative solutions for the problems and should create spaces considering the human scale and spatial dimensions. Understanding the properties of the location and experimenting with the organization of the program are the main topics within this theme.

The case study analysis will support and is moreover essential for this assignment, as the student will experience researching and documenting (through writing, drawing, sketching, modeling, etc.) an existing example of similar design problems as well as getting familiar with the relevant terms. The course will be supported by various readings and lectures related to the given topic.

METHOD OF LEARNING

ARCH 202, ARCH 301 and Arch 401 are applied courses in the form of a studio. The studio is the essential environment where students come together with the instructors to discuss and develop their term projects by class discourses, panel or table critics, and individual working hours based on learning by doing understanding.

COURSE OUTCOMES

1. The student is able to define a place with the help of tangible and intangible elements and concepts.
2. The student is able to formulate a guiding theme and is aware that this should structure the design activities and the required spaces.

3. The student can integrate information from different scales in the design and offer a holistic approach to an ill-defined design problem.
4. The student can analyze and interpret a given program of requirements, the location, and the surrounding landscape. The student shows awareness of the value of this interpretation for the design and offers unique, flexible solutions that have future potential.

5. The student can document the design process in architectural signatures, sketches, and models. 

* Attendance 8 missing lectures (more than 4 weeks) will be counted as NA.

READING LIST

Bougdah, H. and Sharples, S. (2010) Environment, technology and sustainability. London: Taylor & Francis.

Neufert, E., Neufert, P., Baiche, B., & Walliman, N. (2006). Architects’ data: Neufert. Blackwell Science.

Norberg-Schulz, C. (1996). Genius loci: Towards a phenomenology of Architecture. Rizzoli.

Zumthor, P. (2006). Peter Zumthor - atmospheres architectural environments - surrounding objects. Birkhäuser.