COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: TRANS-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PRACTICES

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ARCH 529	D	3	3	0	0	3	6

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:	Fabio Naselli
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Egin Zeka
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Elective
Classroom and Meeting Time:	Wednesday, 9:30
Course Description:	At a time when disciplinary research and design is seen as insufficient to provide answers to nowadays complex problems, cross-disciplinary studies have become crucial. Multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary efforts are not new anymore. They have been applied for decades now in spatial design and research. In this context, the course tends to challenge beyond the interdisciplinary methods by exploring the potentials of transdisciplinary research methods. The key novelty brought forward by the recent method is the introduction of the non-professional stakeholders in the process of decision making in spatial research and design. The course is structured in brief theoretical introduction and Problem Oriented Research (POR) case studies.
Course Objectives:	Develop models for Rural Communities in in different villages in Albania

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction
2	Case studies on Rural development, Albanian southern villages
3	Presentation on Project brief, Terms of references
4	Site Visit, Obsrevations and analyses to understand the contexts
5	Brainstorming and SWOT analyses on Villages
6	Brainstorming and SWOT analyses on Villages
7	Mapping the analyses, QGIS and AutoCad Map
8	Mapping the analyses, QGIS and AutoCad Map
9	Proposals on developing models for villages, Infrastructure, Agriculture, tourism and other services
10	Proposals on developing models for villages, Infrastructure, Agriculture, tourism and other services
11	Proposals on developing models for villages, Infrastructure, Agriculture, tourism and other services
12	Proposals on developing models for villages, Infrastructure, Agriculture, tourism and other services
13	Proposals on developing models for villages, Infrastructure, Agriculture, tourism and other services
14	Presentation of Proposals

Prerequisite(s):
Textbook:
Other References:
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:	yes
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Holistic Analytical Thinking in design process
2	Analytical skills in urban scale projects
3	Trans disciplinary approach in design process
4	Dealing with social and and environmental design problems
5	Develop physical solutions through spatial interventions to deliver socially, economically and environmentally just places.
6	Producing multi-scale design proposals

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	3	10
Project	1	60
Attendance		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	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	4	64
Mid-terms			0
Assignments	3	8	24
Final examination	1	5	5
Other	1	9	9
Total Work Load:			150
Total Work Load/25(h):			6
ECTS Credit of the Course:			6