Academic Catalog

ARCH344 ENVIROMENTAL AND MAN:CAUSE AND EFFECT

Course Code: 1200344
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 4.0
Department: Architecture
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. SOOFÝA TAHÝRA ELÝAS ÖZKAN
Offered Semester: Fall Semesters.

Course Content

How Environment and Man relate. Basic phenomena of their domains. Conditions of their co-existance: interrelationships and interactions. Concepts and manifestations of `shelter`. The continuum of time and space. Needs, activities, and responses. Activity locations and boundaries. Attributes of Man: Anthropometrics and ergonometrics. Space and the built environment: Definitions and attributes. Environmental information for Man`s continued survival.