COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: BUILDING SYSTEMS

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ARCH 331	B	6	3	0	0	3	4

Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Compulsory
Classroom and Meeting Time:	TBD
Course Description:	The "building" keyword is used in its verbal meaning, implying for the processes of the activity of building an architectural artifact. The main objective is to analyze the factors affecting building production process by system approach, establishing the relationship of building system/building production system concepts in practical and conceptual dimensions, teaching basic building and building production systems along with their product and process characteristics.
Course Objectives:	The "building" keyword is used in its verbal meaning, implying for the processes of the activity of building an architectural artifact. The main objective is to analyze the factors affecting building production process by system approach, establishing the relationship of building system/building production system concepts in practical and conceptual dimensions, teaching basic building and building production systems along with their product and process characteristics.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction to building production systems; Syllabus, aim and content of the course, assignments,
2	Basic concepts: Production, System, Development of production and production patterns, Individual production, Batch production, Mass production, Produce to stock, Custom-made production,
3	Industrial production and principals: Division of work, repetition, specialization, standardization, mechanization, scientific management, Festival break
4	Basic concepts: Building system, building production system, development of building production systems, patterns of building production systems: conventional, traditional, rationalized, industrialized building production systems
5	Phases of building production process, participants, their roles and relationships; Factors affecting the develoment of building production systems and their progress,
6	Construction technologies as one of the basic components of building production systems, Calssification of construction technologies: Conventional, traditional, rationalized, industrialized building construction systems
7	Rationalized construction technologies: modular formwork systems, adjustable, moving, traveling, climbing, sliding, etc., and permanent formwork systems, problems, advantages, limitations and their effects on design and construction process,
8	Midterm Exam I
9	Rationalized construction technologies: Tunnel moulding system, problems, advantages, limitations and their effects on design and construction process, its place and importance in industrial building production system
10	Construction Equipments related to construction technology;
11	Industrialized construction technologies: Prefabricated panel systems, problems, advantages, limitations and their effects on design and construction process, its place and importance in industrial building production system
12	Industrialized construction technologies: Skeleton systems, problems, advantages, limitations and their effects on design and construction process, its place and importance in industrial building production system
13	Industrialized construction technologies: Cellular systems, problems, advantages, limitations and their effects on design and construction process, its place and importance in industrial building production system
14	Criteria and techniques of selecting appropriate construction technology

Prerequisite(s):	Na
Textbook:	Harber, D.R., Building The Process and The Product, The Construction Press, London, 1987
Other References:	Ataev, D. (ed.), Construction Technology, MIR Publishing, Moscow, 1985
Laboratory Work:	No
Computer Usage:	No
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	To Analyze the factors affecting building production process by system approach
2	To establish the relationship of building system/building production system concepts in practical and conceptual dimensions
3	To understand basic building and building production systems along with their product and process characteristics
4	Understanding the architectural artifact as an assembly of many sub-elements and sub-systems

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
Midterm Exam(s)	1	40
Presentation	1	10
Final Exam	1	50
	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	1	16
Mid-terms	1	10	10
Assignments	1	1	1
Final examination	1	25	25
Other			0
Total Work Load:			100
Total Work Load/25(h):			4
ECTS Credit of the Course:			4