COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IV

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ARCH 302	B	6	4	4	0	8	10

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Anna Yunitsyna
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Compulsory
Classroom and Meeting Time:
Course Description:	Discussion of buildings-building groups within design processes trough various detailing levels, discussing relationship of buildings whit cities within the understanding of systems; discussion of the contribution - problems of the building to the environment; development of complicated building programs and design solutions; discussion of various structure, construction and production systems and complicated functions; discussion of contemporary architecture and its vision by design problems in the studio.
Course Objectives:	The objective of the course is to propose the residential development of the vacant site located near the historical center of Berat using the combination of two different housing typologies – low income (social) housing and mixed-usel housing. For the project the two types of development should be used – low-rise and middle-rise apartment buildings.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Intro – Housing in Durres
2	Site analysis
3	First sketches
4	Development of the project concept
5	Preparation to the 1st Jury
6	1st Pre-jury = Housing concept + 1/500 Urban Scale Solutions
7	Architectural Design 1/200 plans
8	Architectural Design 1/200 sections/facades
9	Preparation to the 2nd Jury
10	2nd Pre-jury – Architectural 1/500+1/200 proposals
11	Architectural Design 1/100 plans
12	Architectural Design 1/100 sections and facades
13	Architectural Design 1/50 apartments
14	Final solutions

Prerequisite(s):
Textbook:	1) Gunter Pfeifer and Per Brauneck, Row Houses. A Housing Typology. 2008 Birkhauser 2) Gunter Pfeifer and Per Brauneck, Freestanding Houses. A Housing Typology. 2010 Birkhauser 3) Gunter Pfeifer and Per Brauneck, Courtyard Houses. A Housing Typology. 2008 Birkhauser 4)Levitt, D. (2009), The Housing Design Handbook : A Guide to Good Practice by David Levitt, Routlenge, London & New York 5)Broto, C. (2014), Social Housing Architecture and Design, Link Publications
Other References:
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:	Yes
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	To study the two typologies of the residential buildings
2	To design housing with high level of comfort of living for different types of families
3	To propose the siteplan containing different housing typologies
4	To develop the complete project for every dwelling typology
5	To draw detailed plans of apartments for the families with different level of income and different number of people

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	1	15
Presentation	1	20
Project	1	40
Case Study	2	5
Attendance		5
Other	1	10
	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	8	128
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	7	112
Mid-terms	1	3	3
Assignments			0
Final examination	1	4	4
Other	1	3	3
Total Work Load:			250
Total Work Load/25(h):			10
ECTS Credit of the Course:			10