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Department of Architectural Engineering
Overview
The new Department of Architectural Engineering should provide
a curriculum leading to the bachelor's degree with a specialization
in architectural engineering in one of the following concentrations:
architectural design, urban planning or without concentration
(general track).
The Department considers the environmental aspect as an objective
base for the success of its work; therefore this commitment is
base measurement in defining the quality of the graduates and
their performance. This emphasizes the importance of studying
architecture in a local environment, which helps the student to
interact with the environment which he belongs, and to push him
to recognize its problems and explore their solutions, which increases
the commitment to reality and to society. Especially for this
reason, the department seeks to formulate its mission and goals
in a way to fulfill this commitment and target its curriculum
plan to achieve its goals from the graduates, and to develop practical
components and theoretical units for the urgent needs of commitment
to environment .
Mission & Philosophy
The Department of Architecture seeks to develop distinct architects,
who combine knowledge, architectural creativity and engineering
awareness, ensuring the coherence and integration required for
the practice of the profession and the preservation of its customs
and traditions, they work to consolidate the values of civilization
and yet keep pace with time.
The department also strives on preparing architects to be able
to take initiative, compete, think free, endure responsibility,
and interact with society issues.
Objectives
- Developing the concept of architecture and urbanism for
the students as a social phenomenon which stems from the renewable
needs of the community, and developing their capacity to grasp
the factors affecting them.
- Developing students' abilities to use various tools in the areas
of expression and design.
- Developing the students' imagination and knowledge in the field
of architectural and urban design, controlling objects, visual
perception of space and its components, also in understanding
the phenomena that affect design.
- Introducing the students to schools and trends that formed the
cultural heritage of mankind, and to provide them with the knowledge
and analytical skills to be able to analyze and critique in order
to achieve communication and interaction between the history of
architecture and construction and their present state.
- To teach students the basis needed to document urban and architectural
features, and train them on data collection to analyze it.
- To give students the skills that help them choose the best of
construction systems, methods and materials, and the application
of modern architectural systems that fit with the needs and requirements
of the social life.
- To clarify the relationship between architectural and engineering
concepts, and to provide students with knowledge necessary to
understand the environment and the interrelationship among its
elements.
- Develop students' ability to conduct scientific research and
studies on Palestinian society, and interact with it.
- To strengthen the spirit of teamwork among students.
The outputs expected from the graduates of the Architectural
Engineering Department
- The ability to apply presentation tools, methods and techniques
in different areas of the architectural work.
- The ability to control spaces and objects, and the perception
of their visual components.
- The ability to develop architectural designs and resolve different
issues that arise from it, and understanding their relationship
to other areas of engineering from project management to environmental
control, and their construction techniques and methods.
- The ability to understand architecture of different historical
eras, and utilize it in criticizing and analyzing modern phenomena,
and link them to the needs of the community.
- The ability to deal with cultural heritage in the field of architecture
and construction, and resolve the issues associated with its values
and rehabilitation for the present.
- The ability to lay the necessary foundations for urban planning
and formulating solutions to the issues affecting it.
- The ability for continuous learning and interaction with contemporary
issues.
- The ability to work in a group, and honor the values of the
profession and its morals.
Areas of work and application
- Architectural design for all types of buildings and facilities
(residential buildings, public, administrative, commercial, cultural,
industrial, agricultural, etc. ...).
- Interior design.
- Industrial design (furniture, home and office supplies, tiles,
sanitary installations, lighting units, etc ...).
- The design of open spaces (public and private gardens, parks
... etc.).
- Planning spaces in all aspects (planning of cities and villages,
and planning at the local, national and regional level ... etc.).
- Working drawings for various projects.
- Graphic design and presentation.
- The rehabilitation and development of buildings and historical
architectural complexes.
- Urban Design (housing projects, tourist and recreational areas,
the development of urban centers and villages, sports complexes
... etc.).
- Visual art.
Architectural courses which should be completed for a bachelor's
degree in Architectural Engineering.
VISUAL COMMUNICATION 1
VISUAL COMMUNICATION 2
VISUAL COMMUNICATION 3
COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN
DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 1
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 2
ARCHITECTURAL PRESENTATION AND PERSPECTIVE
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 2
BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS 1
BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS 2
THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE 1
THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE 2
FIELD SCHOOL ON LOCAL ARCHITECTURE
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS 3
BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 3
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 4
PRACTICAL TRAINING
SEMINAR IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
SEMINAR IN URBAN PLANNING
COMPUTER VISUALIZATION AND MODELLING
ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHITECTURE
PRINCIPLES OF PLANNING 1
PRINCIPLES OF PLANNING 2
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 5
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 6
ADVANCED SKILLS
INTRODUCTION TO GRADUATION PROJECT
GRADUATION PROJECT
THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURE 3
ARCHITECTURAL PHYSICS
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND DETAILS
USE OF SOLAR ENERGY
PRINCIPLES OF PLANNING 3
HOUSING
BUILDING REHABILITATION
COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Special Topic
INTERIOR DESIGN
HISTORY OF ART
ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
ADVANCED URBAN DESIGN
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