Information Package

Program of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design

İÇT252

HISTORY OF SPACE AND CULTURE IV

Course Code
İÇT252
Semester
Fourth Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice
2 + 0
ECTS
2
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study2
SemesterFourth Term (Spring)
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. They gain 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, load-bearing system, ergonomics, economy, aesthetics, production technology).
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionThis course is the fourth compulsory undergraduate course on `history of space and culture? and continues the previous course?s aim of providing students with a critical perspective on the built environment by enabling them to understand the development of spatial design activities throughout the historical process. The time period of the course covers the periods from 1950s to 1980s.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Course syllabus transfer
2nd Week 1950s-Post-War Reconstruction
3rd Week 1960s-Brutalism
4th Week 1960s-Brutalism
5th Week 1970s-High-Tech and Post-Modernism
6th Week 1970s-High-Tech and Post-Modernism
7th Week 1980s-Deconstructivism and Regionalist Criticism
8th Week 1980s-Deconstructivism and Regionalist Criticism
9th Week MIDTERM EXAM
10th Week Student group presentations
11th Week Student group presentations
12th Week Student group presentations
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.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Practice
  • Presentation
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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