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Course Name	Turkish	Kargir İnşaat ve Onarım
	English	Masonry Construction and Repair
Course Code	MIM 4081	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	6	2	1	2	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Ömer Dabanlı
Course Objectives		The aim of the course is to examine the traditional/historic masonry building, its structural system and elements, materials and their characteristics, areas of use, durability behavior, building techniques, possible problems and conservation methods. In this framework, it aims to give information about conservation techniques by considering the properties of traditional building materials, structural system and relationship with building techniques, as well as possible problems.
Course Description		The course focuses on the introduction of traditional/historic masonry building and its structural system, materials and building techniques, deterioration and damages and the corresponding conservation methods that can be applied. Structural elements of masonry building (wall, pier, column, buttress, arch, dome and vault), materials (natural stones, earth-based materials, bricks and tiles, traditional binders, traditional mortars and plasters); metals (iron, copper, lead, etc.); wood; usage areas and relations with building techniques, characteristic properties, behavior, deterioration and damage, conservation techniques.
Course Outcomes		Students who successfully pass this course gain the following knowledge, skills and competencies: 1. To have knowledge about traditional / historic masonry buildings 2. To be able to relate traditional building materials and construction techniques, 3. To have knowledge about the structural system, elements and behaviour, 4. To be able to think about deterioration and problems in traditional building materials, and to be able to relate deteriorations and conservation techniques
Pre-requisite(s)		MIM 231, MIM 231E
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