COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ARCH 121	A	1	3	0	0	3	4

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Main Course Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Assoc.Prof.Dr. Odeta Manahasa odurmishi@epoka.edu.al , Wednesady(s) 10.30-12.30
Second Course Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Compulsory
Study program: (the study for which this course is offered)	Integrated second cycle study program in Architecture (5 years)
Classroom and Meeting Time:	-
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Code of Ethics:	Code of Ethics of EPOKA University Regulation of EPOKA University "On Student Discipline"
Attendance Requirement:	75%
Course Description:	Architectural culture, presentation techniques, techniques of architectural analysis, observing the environment, practices on gaining the ability to evaluate the environmental values, architectural design process, general knowledge on construction systems.
Course Objectives:	The purpose of the course is to introduce the student to the scope and vocabulary of architecture. The student is expected to develop an understanding of the phenomenon of form in general and to identify the specificities of architectural form and its distinctions from other forms in nature and the human world at different scales and levels of space. These specificities and distinctions include perceptual values related with the corporeal, spatial and surface characteristics and use of principles of visual organization, use of structural principles and systems, and the utilitarian programme of architecture.

BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE COURSE

1	architectural vocabulary
2	architecture culture
3	concepts of design,
4	construction system knowledge
5	scale and proportion

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	“Orientation” : What is Architecture?
2	"Form: Natural Form and Human Artifact" Moneo, R. .On Typology.Oppositions 13 (1978): 22–45.
3	"Human Artifact: Types of Design' and 'Kinds of Purpose'" Le Corbusier. "Regulating Lines." In Towards a New Architecture. Dover Publications, 1985, pp. 65–83.
4	"Perceptual Laws of Visual Organization: Gestalts in Architecture" Snyder, J.C., & Catanese, A.J. (1979). Introduction to architecture.
5	"Scale and Proportion" in Experiencing Architecture. MIT Press, 1964, pp. 127–58/Design Q & A. Directed by Charles, and Ray Eames. Color. 5 min. 1972. The Films of Charles and Ray Eames. Vol.
6	Rasmussen, S. E. "Light and Color." in Experiencing Architecture. MIT Press, 1964
7	Mid_term Exam
8	Kieran, S., and J. Timberlake. "Argument." In Refabricating Architecture: How Manufacturing Methodologies are Poised to Transform Building Construction. McGraw-Hill Professional, 2003, pp. x–xii; Rasmussen, S. E. "Rhythm." in Experiencing Architecture. MIT Press, 1964
9	"Structure in Architecture" Aesthetics and Technology in Building: Charles Eliot Norton Lectures (1961–1962) (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1965)
10	"Programme" and Seating Arrangement Goodman P. (1962). Utopian essays and practical proposals. Vintage House.
11	" Education of an Architect"in Geoffrey Broadbent (1973), Design in Architecture: Architecture and the Human Sciences
12	Busquets, J. "Defining the Urbanistic Project: Ten Contemporary Approaches." In Urban Design. Edited by Alex Krieger and William S. Saunders. University of Minnesota Press, 2009, pp. 131–35/schwarzpictures.com. "DE DRAGER / A Film About Architect John Habraken." March 9, 2013. Vimeo. http://vimeo.com/61410893.
13	Imagination and Design:Cross, N. (2007). Designerly Ways ofKnowing. Berlin: Verlag (p.54-58, The role of sketching in design)
14	Architecture and Interdisciplinary Design; Lawson, B. (1997). How designers think: The design process demystified. Oxford: Architectural Press.

Prerequisite(s):	-
Textbook(s):	weekly readings from different books, present in the table of contents.
Additional Literature:	-
Laboratory Work:	-
Computer Usage:	-
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Competence to continue the studies conducted in parallel courses and in upper grade courses with a cognizance of the wide variety of aspects of architecture (formal, structural, and functional).
2	understanding of the relevant concepts related with the major areas of architectural study
3	to develop an understanding of the phenomenon of form in general and to identify the specificities of architectural form

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Integrated second cycle study program in Architecture (5 years) Program

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Homework	2	5
Midterm Exam(s)	1	30
Project	1	20
Final Exam	1	40
Other	Log-book
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	2	32
Mid-terms	1	5	5
Assignments	3	3	9
Final examination	1	6	6
Other			0
Total Work Load:			100
Total Work Load/25(h):			4
ECTS Credit of the Course:			4

CONCLUDING REMARKS BY THE COURSE LECTURER

Concluding Remarks to be added at the end of the term.