MİM205

School of Architecture and Design \ Architecture

3

6

Compulsory

English

MİM 106

Architecture

This course introduces digital modeling, artificial intelligence-supported visual creation, and innovative presentation techniques in the field of architecture and design, enabling students to develop their creative thinking and problem-solving skills. The course covers architectural drawing methods, digital workflows, and modeling processes in detail. It explores the modeling of organic surfaces, the use of various plugins in 3D modeling software, and the integration or redevelopment of these tools through artificial intelligence technologies. In addition to that, students engage in the production of creative architectural visuals and digital content with the support of AI-based tools. The course focuses on how design processes can be enhanced through advanced modeling and visualization methods within digital platforms. Throughout the course, students are given the opportunity to work with innovative tools and techniques powered by artificial intelligence technologies, engaging in both analytical and practical exercises.

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The objective of this course is to develop students’ skills in architectural representation through a structured process that begins with the development of design ideas, continues with their technical expression in two-dimensional drawings, and progresses to advanced three-dimensional modelling. The course focuses on managing these stages within coherent and efficient workflows, and on expressing the resulting work using innovative visual communication methods, including artificial intelligence-assisted tools. Through project-based learning, students combine drawing, modelling, and communication techniques to convey their architectural designs effectively.

1. Students have the opportunity to develop the architectural tools and environments they use at a basic level to convey what they imagine.
2. Increase their technical capacity in digital modelling processes by using different architectural software together.
3. Students can produce presentations that include architectural narrative and expression forms and can effectively use the visualisation and material application methods offered by 3D modelling software in this process.
4. Develop and explain their designs using digital and traditional methods, tools and media and complete the design process in an innovative way.
5. Gains the skills of organic surface modelling, enrichment with plug-in tools and integration with digital workflows by producing different forms in computer environment.

Week 1: - Giving general information about the course and introduction of the course / Giving information about preliminary preparations
Week 2: - Information Graphics - Basic Principles and Design Process
Presentation: "Analysis" as a reading and understanding tool in the Design Process
HOMEWORK 01: Reading Your Own Space: Housing Environment Analysis Study -10 points
Process
Presentation: "Analysis" as a reading and understanding tool in the Design Process
HOMEWORK 01: Reading Your Own Space: Housing Environment Analysis Study -10 points
Week 3: Visual Editing, Idea Visualisation
Presentation: Effective visual editing and visual meaning construction using artificial intelligence tools
(Midjourney, DALL-E, Adobe Firefly etc.)
HOMEWORK 02: - 4 Visual Organisation - 10 points
Week 4: -Idea Representation and Presentation
Diagrams: Visual representation of the idea
Diagram generation with artificial intelligence (Runway ML etc.)
Week 5: - Idea Representation and Presentation
From idea to presentation: Layout Design
HOMEWORK 03:
My room diagram- 16 points
Week 6: - DWG-SKP study
block-component usage
-autocadde block usage
-design a classroom (24 students), design a school with a minimum of 15 classrooms
Classwork1- 1 point
Week 7: DWG-SKP study
block-component usage
-component usage in sketchup
-Sectioning from skp and autocad processing.
-creating the model in sketchup.
Classwork2 -1 point
Week 8: Creation of architectural expressions
Creation of architectural expressions
-creation of plan visuals.
-preparation and processing of sections
-diagrammatic descriptions of the creation of mass and spaces.
-sheet design
HOMEWORK 04- Sheet Delivery A1 1/200 - 30 points
Week 9: Homework Critiques
Week 10: SKP organic modelling
plug-in usage
-drawing the market place
site analysis and architectural decisions
Classwork3 -1 point
Week 11: SKP organic modelling
plug-in usage
-plug-in editing and/or generation with artificial intelligence support
-designing the market place cover
-completion of the environment model
Classwork4- 1 point
Week 12: Creation of architectural expressions
-creation of plan visuals
-production of sections and visuals
-diagrammatic representations of the construction of masses and spaces.
-use of artificial intelligence tools in the production of diagrams and visuals
-sheet design
HOMEWORK 05- Sheet Delivery A1 1/200 -30 points

• Homework