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MIM1007Basic Design2+4+0ECTS:7
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Compulsory
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of ARCHITECTURE
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of DeliveryFace to face, Group study, Practical
Contact Hours14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 4 hours of practicals per week
LecturerProf. Dr. Nilgün KULOĞLU
Co-LecturerAssist. Prof. Dr. Asu Beşgen, Assist. Prof. Dr. Demet Yılmaz Yıldırım, Dr. Kıymet Sancar Özyavuz
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
To give the students basic knowledge of design, to teach them design principles, design elements and to make practices to enhance the students.
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : understand the design concept.1,2,3,83,5
LO - 2 : constitute the composition with design elements and design principles.1,2,3,7,83,5
LO - 3 : develop the construction of two and/ or three dimensional compositions.2,3,5,73,5
LO - 4 : gain ability to turn the abstract and concrete concepts into two and/ or three dimensional compositions1,2,3,7,83,5
LO - 5 : have the ability to interpret the design concepts in a spatial context.1,2,3,5,6,83,5
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
The element of design and principles of design, visual communication and perception on visual arts, connection with shape between ground, space, form and geometry, space in architecture, the practices on design element (line, direction, dimension, texture, shape, colur, value) and the practices on design principles (harmony, contrast, hierarchy, unity, domination, balance) , the comprehension of the two and three dimensional organization.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Definitions of the concepts on basic design, design-designing-creativity.
 Week 2Presenting and practising the design elements of dot-line-direction.
 Week 3Presenting and practising the design elements of size-shape/form-proportion-distance.
 Week 4Presenting the design element of texture. Practising a design of a texture.
 Week 5Practices on shape-size-proportion-texture.
 Week 6Presenting and practicing value-color; warm-cool colors, complementary color pairs.
 Week 7Visual communication and visual perception in visual arts, the ways of obtaining certainity in compositions, obtaining certainity by the way of symmetry in compositions. Practice.
 Week 8Expressions of depth; overlapping, transparency, lineation. Practice.
 Week 9Mid-term exam
 Week 10Design principles; presenting the repeatition, harmony, contrast. Practice.
 Week 11Presenting and practicing the design pronciples of hierarchy.
 Week 12Presenting and practising the design principles of unity-balance-domination.
 Week 13Presenting space-form-geometry. Practising three dimentional form examples.
 Week 14Presenting and practising plane-pattern-modulation.
 Week 15Practising three dimentional abstract form examples.
 Week 16End-of-term exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Gürer, L., 1990,Temel Tasarim, ITÜ Matbaasi, Istanbul.
2Gürer, L., 1992,Görsel Sanat Egitimi ve Mekan-Form, ITÜ Baski Atölyesi, Istanbul.
 
Recommended Reading
1Ipsiroglu, N., Ipsiroglu, M., 1970,Sanatta Devrim, Remzi Kitabevi, Istanbul, 1991 Denel, B., Tasarim Üzerine-Bir Deneme, Yükselen Matbaacilik, Istanbul.
2Denel, B., Temel Tasarim ve Yaraticilik, ODTÜ Mimarlik Fak. Basim isbirligi, Ankara, 1981
3Denel, B.,1981, Temel Tasarim ve Yaraticilik, ODTÜ Mimarlik Fak. Basim isbirligi, Ankara.
4Graves, M.,1951, The Art of Color and Design, Mc Graw-Hill Book Company Inc., Newyork.
5Güngör, H., 1987,Temel Tasar (Basic Design), Afa Matbaacilik, Istanbul.
6Divanlioglu, D.,1997, Temel Tasar-Tasar' in Öge ve Ilkeleri, Birsen Yayinevi, Istanbul.
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 20/11/2012 3 20
Practice 2
4
6
9
11
18/09/2012
21/09/2012
25/09/2012
28/09/2012
02/10/2012
2
2
2
2
2
20
Homework/Assignment/Term-paper 3
5
7
10
13
16/10/2012
19/10/2012
23/10/2012
30/10/2012
09/11/2012
2
2
2
2
2
20
End-of-term exam 16 01/06/2013 40
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 6 14 84
Sınıf dışı çalışma 1 9 9
Arasınav için hazırlık 1 1 1
Arasınav 2 1 2
Uygulama 4 5 20
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 3 1 3
Dönem sonu sınavı 1 1 1
Total work load120