Evler

Arch 104 Graphic Communication is a first year must course in the Department of Architecture in the Middle East Technical University (METU) aimed at equipping students with architectural drawing methods and conventions to be utilized in the representation of architecture. The basic skills and information about the projection methods acquired in the prerequisite course (Arch 103) are expected to be developed throughout the second semester of the first year. Half of the semester is organized as a term project focused on a realized building. As a comprehensible building in terms of size and functional and structural complexity, “house” is the theme of the study, and prominent examples of modern houses in the world and Turkey are assigned to students. They are asked to visit the building, its architect and client to gather information and make a survey in the architectural literature. Then they make orthographic, paraline and perspective drawings of the work and construct its physical and digital model. The process is focused on “understanding” and creative/critical imitation rather than a mechanical/uncritical one. A fundamental awareness to be introduced to the student is the social and technical aspects of the architectural knowledge and the variety of actors involved in the realization of buildings. Besides furnishing the student with technical information in drawing and model making, this course also facilitate the creation of an inventory of the “Modern Turkish House” in the 20th century, and an exhibition is organized in the DOCOMOMO (Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and Neighborhoods of the Modern Movement) Congress. In this paper, expectations, objectives and learning outcomes of the course and the ongoing project of “modern Houses” will be discussed.

Keywords: Grafic Communication, Architectural Technical Drawing Education, METU Architecture, Creative/Critical Imitation, Mechanical/Unconscious Imitation.

Anahtar kelimeler: Grafik İletişim, Mimari Teknik Resim Eğitimi, ODTÜ Mimarlık, Yaratıcı/Eleştirel taklit, Mekanik/bilinçsiz taklit.