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Program of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design

İÇT251

HISTORY OF SPACE AND CULTURE III

Course Code
İÇT251
Semester
Third Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice
2 + 0
ECTS
2
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study2
SemesterThird Term (Fall)
ECTS2
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. It analyzes the continuity of the built environment in the historical process through architectural elements, materials, functions and meaning.
  2. Learns the terminology of spatial design and architectural history.
  3. Gains the ability to conduct spatial analysis of historical structures.
  4. It establishes the relationship between space and furniture. It can periodize any furniture and discuss the factors affecting the development of this furniture (such as function, material, carrier system, ergonomics, economy, aesthetics, production technology).
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionThis course is the third of the `history of space and culture? compulsory undergraduate course and continues the previous course?s aim of providing students with a critical perspective on the built environment by enabling them to comprehend the development of spatial design activities throughout history. The time period of the course covers the period from the Post-Industrial Period (1850) to the Post-World War II Period (1950).
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Course syllabus transfer
2nd Week Post-Industrial Revolution Period
3rd Week Victorian Period and Arts & Crafts Movement
4th Week Art Nouveau Movement
5th Week Influence of Avant-Garde Movements
6th Week Early Modernism
7th Week MIDTERM EXAM
8th Week German Expressionism and Deutscher Werkbund
9th Week Bauhaus School and International Style
10th Week Art Deco, Streamline and Machine Aesthetics
11th Week Regionalist Modernism
12th Week National Architecture Movement
13th Week General Evaluation and Discussion
14th Week New Year?s Holiday
Recommended or Required ReadingChing, F., Jarzombek, M., Vikramaditya, P., (2017). A Global History of Architecture. New Jersey: Wiley.
E. Lucie- Smith. (2000). Furniture: A Concise History. Thames& Hudson.
Fiell, C.& P. (2005). 1000 Chairs. 2005. Taschen.
Gombrich, E.H. (1976). Sanatın Öyküsü: Başlangıcından Günümüze Sanat Tarihi. İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.
Massey, A. (2008). Interior Design Since 1900. Thames& Hudson.
Rice, Charles. (2007). The Emergence of the Interior. Architecture, Modernity, Domesticity. New York: Routledge.
Roth, L.L.M., (1993). Mimarlığın Öyküsü. Kabalcı Kitabevi.
Sparke, Penny. (2008). The Modern Interior. London: Reaktion Books.
Sparke, Penny. (2013). An Introduction to Design and Culture: 1900 to the Present. New York: Routledge.
Sparke, P. ,and others. (2009). Designing the Modern Interior: from Victorians to Today. Berg.
Şumnu, U. (der.) (2013). Erken Cumhuriyet Döneminde Mobilya. İstanbul: TMMOB İçmimarlar Odası.
Şumnu, U. (der.) (2014). Türkiye?de İçmimarlık ve İçmimarlar.. İstanbul: TMMOB İçmimarlar Odası.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Presentation
  • Practice
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 40
Assignment 10 20
Total(%) 60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for Quiz 5 2 10
Individual or group work 5 2 10
Preparation for Final exam 5 2 10
Course hours 14 2 28
Preparation for Midterm exam 4 2 8
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 0 0 0
Homework 10 2 20
Total Work Load90
Total Work Load / 30 (h)3
ECTS Credit of the Course2
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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