COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: EVALUATION IN ARCHITECTURE

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ARCH 480	D	7	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:	Ina Dervishi
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Elective
Classroom and Meeting Time:
Course Description:	This course will explore how human factors influence the design, construction and occupancy of the spaces we create. More specifically, we will consider the relationships between architecture and our bodies and our senses. We will study how the spaces we occupy affect our perception of ourselves and others. There will be examined how we respond to the provocations of form and spaces with our behavior and our social relationships. This course presents concepts from the body to the urban setting. The class discussions will sensitize you to issues, expand your understanding of the topics, and develop skills that you can implement in your projects. Most importantly, it is hoped that the themes of this course will influence the direction and decisions of your future practice.
Course Objectives:	This course will explore how human factors influence the design, construction and occupancy of the spaces we create. More specifically, we will consider the relationships between architecture and our bodies and our senses. We will study how the spaces we occupy affect our perception of ourselves and others. There will be examined how we respond to the provocations of form and spaces with our behavior and our social relationships. This course presents concepts from the body to the urban setting. The class discussions will sensitize you to issues, expand your understanding of the topics, and develop skills that you can implement in your projects. Most importantly, it is hoped that the themes of this course will influence the direction and decisions of your future practice.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction
2	Overview |Key concepts of Evaluation in Architecture
3	The Nature of the Environment
4	The Built Environment and Human Behavior
5	Anthropometrics and Ergonomics
6	Cognitive Maps and Spatial Behavior
7	Privacy, Territoriality, and Personal Space—Proxemic theory
8	MidTerm Week
9	Social Interaction and the Built Environment
10	Social Organization and the Built Environment
11	Formal Aesthetics
12	Symbolic Aesthetics
13	Discussion
14	Discussion

Prerequisite(s):	None
Textbook:	-Universal Principles of Design. Lidwell | Holder | Butler -Culture, Architecture and Design. Amos Rappoport -Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience. Yi-Fu Tuan -The Poetics of Space. Gaston Bachelard -Inquiry by Design. John Ziesel -The Structure of the Ordinary, N. J. Habraken -A Pattern Language. Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein -Design and Cultural Responsibility. Jack Williamson
Other References:
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Students will be able to identify and experience the physiological relationships between architecture and the human body in such concepts as universal design and sensory experience. Students should comprehend and synthesize the relationship between form and space and human perception
2	Students will be introduced to fundamental concepts of positive theory in environmental design. This will include ways of observing and measuring behavior and the cognitive processes that affect behavior as well as group behavioral theory and social organization in the built environment.
3	Students will explore the relationships between positive theory in environmental design and the formation of values into aesthetic theory.
4	Students will evidence their understanding of these concepts through application in projects and synthesis in their concurrent studio work.

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
Presentation	1	30
Project	1	50
Attendance		20
	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)	14	4	56
Mid-terms	0	0	0
Assignments	1	30	30
Final examination	0	0	0
Other	1	16	16
Total Work Load:			150
Total Work Load/25(h):			6
ECTS Credit of the Course:			6