Philadelphia University
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Architecture
Second Semester (2010/2011)
Course Syllabus
Course Title:
Architectural Design (4)
Course Level:
2nd year
Lecture Time:
Mon. & Wed. 11:15 – 17:00
Course code:
660222
Course prerequisite (s):
660221: Architectural Design (3)
Credit hours:
4
Academic Staff Specifics
Name
Rank
Office
Number and
Location
Dr. Afnan Saleh
Assistant
professor
61-311
a.saleh@ philadelphia.edu.eg
Lecturer
61-316
Safaidin.alniami&ymail.com
61-316
malikadhahir@yahoo.com
61-310
ananKakani@yahoo.com
Eng. Safaidin
Alniami
Eng. Malika
Dhahir
Eng. Anan
Kakani
Lecturer
Lecturer
Office
Hours
E-mail Address
Course description:
This course introduces the students to the way the architectural designer think
and get from problem to solution. It emphasizes on enabling the student to define
the entire design problems and find or suggest the most appropriate and innovative
solutions. This course focuses on the most familiar cases which involve residential
and very simple public projects.
Course objectives:
This course aims essentially to improve the student’s understanding of the
curious feature of the relationship between design problems and their solutions.
This main goal can be achieved through achieving the following objectives:
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 Comprehensively state the design problems which include: site issues,
environment, function, the most appropriate building system, regulations,
general services, style…etc.
 Enabling the student to use the architectural design manuals, such as Timesaver Standards and Neufert’s Architects’ Data, in defining the entire
design problem.
 Creative organizing of form and function.
Course components
Books;
Selected sections from several books shown at the end of this syllabus
Support material;
Various illustrations on Data Show, books, magazines, site visits, and
DVDs.
Homework and laboratory guide:
A series of exercise sheets designed to achieve the course objectives.
Each sheet includes exercise description, exercise objective, required
instruments and materials, and guiding instructions and the time of work to
produce required submittals.
Teaching methods:
This course follows the process of enhancing the student’s talents and
practical experience. In order to achieve this, the followings should be taken into
consideration;
 Each exercise objectives are explained in details to ensure the student’s
ability to be involved in the experiment.
 The student needs a strong desire, patience, perseverance, commitment,
and most of all practice so to gain confidence in his/her ideas and abilities.
 Exercises are designed in a way that provides the student with analytical
skills enabling him/ her with the ability to start the architectural design
process.
 Architectural design is a continuous process of decision making.
Accordingly, this course requires and enhances the student’s decision
making, self assessment, problem solving, and presentation skills.
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Learning outcomes:
Knowledge and understanding:
The student is to be aware that architectural design is a creative process that
requires both organization and intuition which involves continuous ordering of the
defined form and space for enjoyable functional use.
Cognitive skills - (thinking and analysis):
This course improves the student’s imagination by manipulating a three
dimensional organization of form and space.
Communication skills - (personal and academic):
The student will be trained to use the architectural vocabulary which enables
him/her to work with other architects. The practice of creative architectural design
strengthens the student’s confidence and leadership skills. The Masterpiece of
architecture can never be created without the designer’s strong desire, persistence,
practice, knowledge, time management, decision making, problem solving, and
innovative skills.
Practical and subject specific skills - (Transferable Skills):
The student’s recognizing and practicing of the organization of space and
form in third dimension is considered as basic knowledge in architectural design
that helps the student to succeed in future practice of architectural design.
Assessment instruments
The student is to submit two main projects which are to be evaluated
according to the following criterion:
Allocation of Marks
Assessment Instruments
Mark
First Exam
20%
Second Exam
20%
Reports
20%
Final Exam
40%
Total
100%
Engineering student should have the ability of time management.
Consequently, assignments and exercises should be submitted on time. A bonus of
5% of the students’ grade will be awarded to those who submit their projects on
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time. A penalty of 5% of the students’ grade will be inflicted foe each day of delay
(weekends included).
Documentation and academic honesty
The students are trusted to act honorably. Those who are in violation of the
academic honesty can be subjected to standard penalty for a first offence includes
issuing "No Pass" or "No Credit" for the exercise in which the violation occurred.
The standard penalty for a multiple violation includes "No Pass" or "No Credit"
for the course. Examples of conduct which to be regarded as being in violation
include unpermitted collaboration and representing the work of another as one's
own work.
Course academic calendar
Week
No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10
11.
12.
13.
14.
Dates
Exercise
2/10/011
4/10/2011
9/10/2011
11/10/2011
16/10/2011
18/10/2011
23/10/2011
25/10/2011
30/10/2011
1/11/2011
6/11/2011
8/11/2011
13/11/2011
15/11/2011
20/11/2011
22/11/2011
27/11/2011
29/11/2011
4/12/2011
6/12/2011
11/12/2011
13/12/2011
18/12/2011
20/12/2011
Holiday
27/12/2011
Holiday
Project (1)
-architect brief
Project (1)
- architect brief & concept
Project (1)
-concept
Project (1)
-preliminary design
Project (1)
-preliminary design
Project (1)
-final design
Project (1)
-presentation
Project (1)
Submission & Jury
Project (2)
- architect brief
Project (2)
-concept
Project (2)
-preliminary design
Project (2)
-final design
Project (2)
Graded
submittals
Architect brief
Concept
Preliminary
design
Final drawing
Final project
Architect brief
Concept
Preliminary
design
Final drawing
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Week
No.
15.
16.
Dates
Exercise
3/1/2012
8/1/2012
10/1/2012
15/1/2012
17/1/2012
-presentation
Project (2)
Submission & Jury
Graded
submittals
Final project
Expected workload:
Architectural Design courses are the most important courses for the
architectural engineering student. This course involves creative tasks that require
patience and continuous practicing which implies spending extra time (not less
than 10 hours/week) in working on projects and exercises.
Attendance policy:
Absence from lectures and/or tutorials shall not exceed 15%. Students who
exceed the 15% limit without a medical or emergency excuse acceptable to and
approved by the Dean of the relevant college/Faculty shall not be allowed to take
the final examination and shall receive a mark of zero for the course. If the excuse
is approved by the Dean, the student shall be considered to have withdrawn from
the course.
References
Books
Ching, Francis D.K. 1979. Architecture: Form. Space & Order. New York : Van Nostrand
Reinhold Company, 1979.
Dechiara, Joseph and Hancock, John. 1973. Time-saver Standards for Building Types. New
York : McGraw-Hill, 1973.
Fawcett, A. Peter. 1998, 2003. Architecture: design notebook. s.l. : Architectural Press, 1998,
2003.
Neufert, Ernst and Neufert, Peter. 2002. Neufert's Architects' Data. s.l. : Blackwell Publishing
Professional, 2002.
The American Institute of Architects . 2007. Architectural Graphic Standards. s.l. : John Wiley
& Sons Ltd., 2007.
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