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MIM 408 - Architecture and Visual Perception

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences · Interior Architecture and Environmental Design · Undergraduate

ECTS: 3 T+P+L: 2+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Doç. Dr. Serhat ANIKTAR

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to learn and use the visual perception knowledge and analysis of the learners and to increase their knowledge about structure-environment relations and built environment.

Course Content

The Concept of Perception and Visual Perception; Concepts of Space and Place; Image–Perception Relationship; Workshop Studies and Site Visits Based on Identifying the Relationship between Factors Affecting Visual Perception in Space and Visual Perception; Synesthesia

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Algı, görsel algı, görsel imge kavramlarını öğrenir
  2. Mekanda görsel algılamayı etkileyen etkenleri eleştirel bakış açısıyla analiz eder
  3. Kentsel ve çevresel algıyı kavrar
  4. Mekanların görsel ve çok duyulu algılanmasını kavrar

Core Area Distribution

(21) Arts%20 (58) Architecture and Building%80

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerPresentation

Assessment & Evaluation

Testing (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16232
Out of Class Study Period16232
Midterm155
Quiz000
Assignment188
Practice000
Final155

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Introducing the coursereadings
2Cognitive level of the studioreadings
3observation / experience / visual perception / eye-brain coordinationreadings
4observation / experience / visual perception / eye-brain coordinationreadings
5freehand drawing within visual communication methods of information based on observations, memoirs, emotions and thoughtsreadings
6freehand drawing within visual communication methods of information based on observations, memoirs, emotions and thoughtsreadings
7visual note-takingreadings
8Midterm ExamMidterm Exam
9visual thinkingreadings
10change, transformation, abstraction and visual expressionreadings
11change, transformation, abstraction and visual expressionreadings
12drawing, value-texture-color applicationreadings
13cut-bindingreadings
14photo, moving image and 3D modelingreadings
15photo, moving image and 3D modelingreadings
16Final ExamFinal Exam