COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: ADVANCED DESIGN STUDIO I

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ARCH 401	B	7	4	4	0	6	12

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:	Jurtin Hajro
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:	Development of personalized processes of data collection, analysis and building programming which reflect the nature and interests of designers; development of ability of applying the knowledge about structures, construction and detailing all trough the design process by design problems; control of the ability of developing complicated programs for buildings - building groups in complicated environments and finding relevant design solutions.
Course Objectives:	The aim of the course is to have a broad and holistic discussion in different topics related with cities. The course intents to deal with various approaches in the process of building cities. The course focuses more on recent discourse in the area of Urban Planning and Design

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction – Project Brief : “100+ villages projects"
2	Analyzing the Village, Research based on existing materials about selected Villages (Maps, plans, reports, books etc.)
3	Lecture by Prof Fabio Naselli. Discussion on first research,Site Selection and project themes
4	Site trip, Understanding the context
5	Representing the Idea; First concepts and diagrams. Lecture. Methods of representing the design concept.
6	Fabricating the Idea_ Proposals through drawing and model
7	Designing the Idea_ proposals on Urban and Architectural Design. Lecture: Basic tutorials for using Illustrator and Photoshop.
8	Preliminary Jury I
9	Jury Reflections
10	Designing the Project. Lecture: Graphical representation in Urban and Architectural Projects
11	Designing the Project_Individual critique on Design
12	Designing the Project+Booklet.
13	Preliminary Jury II
14	Project Review

Prerequisite(s):
Textbook:	Aliaj, B., Dhamo, S., Thomai,. Gj., Tirana Qyteti i Munguar. Tirana: Polis Press, 2016. Jacobs, J., The death and life of great American cities. New York: Random House and Vintage Books, 1961. Lynch, K., A theory of good city form. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1981. Alexander, C., Ishikawa, S., and Silverstein, M., A pattern language: towns, buildings, construction. New York: Oxford University Press, 1977. Gehl, J., ‘Cities for People’. London: Island Press, 2010. Lynch, K. (1960) The image of the City, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts Debord, G. (1967) The Society of the Spectacle, New York Conde, Y. (1994) Architecture of the Indeterminacy, Pallasmaa, J. (2005) Eyes Of The Skin, Great Britain Eisenman, P. Diagram_An Original Scene of Writing pp. 83-103.
Other References:	Plani Rregullues i Qytetit Tirane, Tirana 030 Open Data, Bashkia Tirane
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:	yes
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Holistic Analytical Thinking in design process
2	Multidisciplinary design process understanding
3	Producing multi-scale design proposals
4	Dealing with social and and environmental design problems

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

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Master of Science in Architecture Program

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Project	2	20
Final Exam	1	40
Attendance		10
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	8	128
Mid-terms	2	8	16
Assignments
Final examination	1	8	8
Other	1	20	20
Total Work Load:			300
Total Work Load/25(h):			12
ECTS Credit of the Course:			12