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Article A Case Study on Experiential Learning in Architecture: Accessible, Climate-Responsive, and Flexible House Designs(EMARA: Indonesian Journal of Architecture, 2023) Avcı, Ali Berkay; Beyhan, Şefika GülinArchitectural education is based on acquiring theoretical and applied knowledge. As a result, experiential learning theory was frequently applied to architecture design courses. As experiential learning refers to gaining knowledge by doing, it allows the students to experience implementing the theoretical knowledge and refine their design solutions by communicating with the teachers. The present study aims to integrate experimental learning in a theoretical course named "Building Information" on housing designs for first-year undergraduate architecture students. After eight weeks of the theoretical lecture period, the students were assigned to design a house using one of the specific approaches, namely accessibility, climate responsiveness, or flexibility. The occupants of the houses were defined, and the students determined their spatial needs. After the critique sessions, the house designs were presented with drawings and analogue models as the final product. Three selected examples from each design approach were evaluated in the study. The results showed that the students gained and implemented theoretical knowledge more efficiently with the integration of experimental learning.Book Part Customized Housing Designs for Contemporary Users in Turkey From the Perspective of Architecture Students(Duvar Publishing, 2022) Avcı, Ali Berkay; Beyhan, Şefika GülinHouse is a building that provides people with life and helps them keep secure and continue their primary activities (Eruzun, 1980; Hasol, 2002). In other words, the house is the shelter of a family that is the smallest unit of society. It is the place where people maintain their existence in the natural and social environment. Since ancient times, people built houses to maintain their lives in various names, such as caves, tents, huts, and apartments. These housing types reflect the era's technical, cultural, and social specialties (Arcan & Evci, 1999). The modernization process in architecture that started in the first half of the 20th century also showed its effects in Turkey. The modern houses were designed in Turkey according to the spatial needs of a medium family with children. They took the place of the traditional Turkish houses (Aksu Kocatürk, 2021; Burkut, 2014). However, after the 2000s, the dynamics of the changing contemporary lifestyle have brought about different housing user types than the conventional family with children of the modern era in Turkey (Ekenyazıcı Güney & Tulum, 2021; Koca, 2015). As the spatial needs of these new user types differ from the conventional families, they require different housing designs (Davis, 1997; Demirkan, 2007; Stevenson & Rijal, 2010). The present study focuses on these new housing designs for Turkey's new emerging contemporary occupants. According to that, the students were asked to design housing for a predefined specific type of contemporary occupant in the Building Information Course in the Department of Architecture of Suleyman Demirel University. The students were expected to acquire knowledge by transferring theoretical knowledge into practice.