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Course Details
KTO KARATAY UNIVERSITY
Faculty of Fine Arts and Design
Programme of Architecture
Course Details
Course Code Course Name Year Period Semester T+A+L Credit ECTS
00361651 Architecture and Psychology 3 Spring 6 2+0+0 4 4
Course Type Elective
Course Cycle Bachelor's (First Cycle) (TQF-HE: Level 6 / QF-EHEA: Level 1 / EQF-LLL: Level 6)
Course Language Turkish
Methods and Techniques -
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Prerequisites -
Coordinator -
Instructor(s) Asst. Prof. Özlem DEMİRKAN
Instructor Assistant(s) -
Course Instructor(s)
Name and Surname Room E-Mail Address Internal Meeting Hours
Asst. Prof. Özlem DEMİRKAN - [email protected]
Course Content
İnsan gereksinmeleri ve psikolojik temelleri. İnsan çevre ilişkisi kuramları. İnsanın çevre içindeki davranışları. Mekan kullanımında mahremiyet, güvenlik, kişisel mekan, egemenlik alanı, vb. kavramlar. Mimari tasarım süreci ve psikolojik temelleri. Temel kavram ve kuramlar. Problem çözme yaratıcı/ mantıksal süreçler, teknikler, tekniklerin uygulanması.
Objectives of the Course
1. Understanding space and man-environment relations.
Contribution of the Course to Field Teaching
Basic Vocational Courses
Specialization / Field Courses X
Support Courses X
Transferable Skills Courses
Humanities, Communication and Management Skills Courses
Relationships between Course Learning Outcomes and Program Outcomes
Relationship Levels
Lowest Low Medium High Highest
1 2 3 4 5
# Program Learning Outcomes Level
P2 To have the ability to make environmentally sensitive, universal design and planning by considering physical, social and economic factors. 5
P4 To have the knowledge and skills to design by considering environmental data, land conditions and user needs. 1
P11 To have knowledge about professional, scientific and ethical responsibilities and their legal consequences. 1
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
No Learning Outcomes Outcome Relationship Measurement Method **
O1 Skills on reading the built environment as a physical space, socio-space with its different layers. P.3.2 1
O2 Noticing the integration between human and physical environment. P.4.1 1
** Written Exam: 1, Oral Exam: 2, Homework: 3, Lab./Exam: 4, Seminar/Presentation: 5, Term Paper: 6, Application: 7
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week Topics
1 Design psychology
2 Cognitive approach to design, Gestalt approach, behaviourist approach
3 Creative thinking and problem solving
4 Collaborative design vs. individual design
5 Collaborative designing in digital (virtual) media. Personal styles of learning and designing
6 User-designer cognitive interaction and negotiations
7 Student presentations
8 Environmental, architectural psychology
9 Midterm Exam
10 Perception, cognition and patterns of spatial behaviour
11 Spatial territory, concepts of crowding and privacy
12 Problem of adaptation and change, other models of man-environment relations
13 Relations of design thinking and spatial experience
14 Creating and experiencing space, meaning of space
Textbook or Material
Resources Canter, D., 1977, The Psychology of Place, The Architectural Press, London.
Feireiss, L. (Ed.), 2011, Testify! The Consequences of Architecture, NAİ Publishers
Franck, K.A. and Lepori, R.B., 2007, Architecture from the Inside Out, WileyAcademy
Evaluation Method and Passing Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Attendance - -
Practice - -
Field Study - -
Course Specific Internship (If Any) - -
Homework 5 20 (%)
Presentation - -
Projects - -
Listening - -
Midterms 1 20 (%)
Final Exam 1 60 (%)
Total 100 (%)
ECTS / Working Load Table
Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Week Number and Time 14 2 28
Out-of-Class Study Time (Pre-study, Library, Reinforcement) 14 3 42
Midterms 1 8 8
Quiz 0 0 0
Homework 5 6 30
Practice 0 0 0
Laboratory 0 0 0
Project 0 0 0
Workshop 0 0 0
Presentation/Seminar Preparation 0 0 0
Fieldwork 0 0 0
Final Exam 1 12 12
Other 0 0 0
Total Work Load: 120
Total Work Load / 30 4
Course ECTS Credits: 4
Course - Learning Outcomes Matrix
Relationship Levels
Lowest Low Medium High Highest
1 2 3 4 5
# Learning Outcomes P3 P4
O1 Skills on reading the built environment as a physical space, socio-space with its different layers. 5 -
O2 Noticing the integration between human and physical environment. - 2