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Program of Architecture (English 30%)

MİM323

CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE I

Course Code
MİM323
Semester
Fifth Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
3
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study3
SemesterFifth Term (Fall)
ECTS3
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Relate important architectural developments from the Baroque and Enlightenment Ages to the first half of the 20th century in chronological terms.
  2. Relate architectural forms, construction techniques and building materials with the social, economic, cultural and technological contexts and interactions in history.
  3. Analyze the architectural characteristics of important architectural monuments and buildings from the Baroque and Enlightenment Era to the first half of the 20th century.
  4. Make spatial analysis of important buildings in verbal and visual environments.
  5. Distinguish and compare architectural and artistic productions in similar and different contexts.
  6. Develop and interprets current discussions, approaches and studies on architectural works and discourses in the first half of the 20th century.
  7. Develop and uses the skills of thinking, reading and writing on architecture.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components-
Course DescriptionThis course, which is the third in the series of "Architecture History" courses, focuses on important developments in the field of architecture from the Age of Enlightenment to the first half of the 20th century. The aim of the course is to examine and to analyze the developments, transformations and changes in architecture and the built environment in the light of the ongoing social, social, economic, cultural and technological contexts and interactions for the above-mentioned time period. While the course will examine the transformations of architectural concepts that prevailed in the current geography during the periods in question, it will also shed light on the architectural historiography shaped simultaneously by different geographies of the globe, moving beyond a Western-oriented canonical architectural history discourse.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to the Course, and Methodology
2nd Week Enlightenment Ideology and Global Intellectual Revolutions; On the Architecture of Enlightenment
3rd Week Nostalgic Discourse in the 19th Century: Rediscovery of the Past
4th Week Technological Discourse in the 19th Century: Industrialisation and Colonisation
5th Week Westernisation and Architectural Investigations in the Late Ottoman Empire
6th Week Early Twentieth Century and America: Chicago School and the "Skyscraper"
7th Week Early Twentieth Century and Avant-Garde Trends I
8th Week Early Twentieth Century and Avant-Garde Trends II
9th Week MID-TERM EXAM
10th Week Modern Architecture and Dwelling I
11th Week Modern Architecture and Dwelling II
12th Week Modern Architecture and Urbanisation
13th Week A Response to Architectural Positivism: On Ankara and Modern Architecture & Urbanisation in the Republican Era
14th Week Submissions and Evaluations
15th Week Review of the Content and Evaluations
Recommended or Required ReadingAslanoğlu İ. (2001), Erken Cumhuriyet Dönemi Mimarlığı 1923-1938, Ankara: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Mimarlık Fakültesi Basım İşliği.
Batur A. (2005), A Concise History: Architecture in Turkey During the 20th Century, Ankara: Mimarlar Odası Yayınları.
Bergdoll B. (2000), European Architecture, 1750-1890, Oxford-New York: Oxford University Press.
Ching F. D. K., Jarzombek M. M., Prakash V. (2007), A Global History of Architecture, Hoboken N. J.: J. Wiley and Sons.
Colquhoun A. (1990), Mimari Eleştiri Yazıları, (çev. A. Cengizkan), Ankara: Şevki Vanlı Mimarlık Vakfı.
Conrads U. (1991), 20. Yüzyıl Mimarisinde Program ve Manifestolar, (çev.S. Yavuz), Ankara: Şevki Vanlı Mimarlık Vakfı.
Frampton K. (1992), Modern Architecture: A Critical History, New York: Thames and Hudson.
Jencks C., Kroph K. (2002), Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture, London: Wiley - Academy
Kostof S. (1985), A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals, New York: Oxford University Press.
Kuban D. (2007), Osmanlı Mimarisi, İstanbul: Yapı Endüstri Merkezi Yayınları.
Norberg-Schulz C. (1980), Meaning in Western Architecture, New York: Rizzoli International Publications.
Roth Leland M. (2000), Mimarlığın Öyküsü: Öğeleri, Tarihi, ve Anlamı (çev. E. Akça) İstanbul: Kabalcı Yayınevi.
The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture (2004), London - New York: Phaidon.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Other
  • Case Study
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 35
Assignment 1 20
Total(%) 55
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 55
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 45
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 13 1 13
Preparation for Final exam 1 20 20
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 10 10
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework 1 10 10
Total Work Load99
Total Work Load / 30 (h)3.3
ECTS Credit of the Course3
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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