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Program of Architecture (English 30%)

MİM324

CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE II

Course Code
MİM324
Semester
Sixth Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
3
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study3
SemesterSixth Term (Spring)
ECTS3
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Relate the architectural movements and ideas that emerged in the second half of the 20th century and the 21st century with each other chronologically.
  2. Relate architectural forms, construction techniques and building materials with the social, economic, cultural and technological contexts and interactions they belong to in history.
  3. Develop the curiosity, inquiry and uses scientific research methods.
  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. Raise awareness of current discussions, approaches and studies on architectural productions and discourses for the 20th and the 21st 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 DescriptionIn this course students acquire basic knowledge of the important developments in the field of architecture from the second half of the 20th century to the present. The aim of the course is to examine and 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 in the above-mentioned time period. The changing values after World War II, their social reflections, their effects on architectural theory and practices constitute the main discussions of the course.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to the Course
2nd Week A General Overview: Postwar Period and Architecture: Aalto, Corbusier, Gropius
3rd Week A General Overview: Rohe, Wright and others
4th Week Postwar Approaches and New Foundations of Architecture I: CIAM Congresses and the Crisis of Modern Architecture; Brutalism
5th Week Postwar Approaches and New Foundations of Architecture II: Structuralism, Metabolism
6th Week Postwar Approaches and New Foundations of Architecture III: Archigram, Late Modern Architecture, New York 5
7th Week MID-TERM
8th Week Postwar Approaches and New Foundations of Architecture IV: An overview to new approaches around the world, High-Tech Architecture
9th Week Postmodernism and the Responses from Architecture: Jacobs, Venturi, Jencks
10th Week Neo-Rationalism, Typology, and Urban Memory
11th Week New Directions in Architecture I: Deconstructivism; Form, Discontinuity, and the Fragmentation of Meaning
12th Week New Directions in Architecture II: Globalization and Architectural Representation
13th Week Architecture in the 21st Century: Ecology, Sustainability, and Alternative Practices
14th Week Submission and Evaluation of Assignments
15th Week Course Review for the Final Examination: Evaluation and Discussion
Recommended or Required ReadingBatur A. (2005), A Concise History: Architecture in Turkey During the 20th Century, Ankara: Mimarlar Odası Yayınları.
Cengizkan M., (der), (2008), Dünya Mimarlığından, Ankara: TMMOB Mimarlar Odası.
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.
Jacobs J. (2009), Büyük Amerikan Şehirlerinin Ölümü ve Yaşamı, (çev. Bülent Doğan), İstanbul: Metis Yayınları.
Jameson F. (1992), Postmodenizm ya da Geç Kapitalizmin Mantığı, (çev. N. Plümer), İstanbul: YKY.
Jencks C., Kroph K. (2006), Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture, NJ: Wiley-Academy
Hays M., (der). (2000), Architecture Theory since 1968, NY: Columbia Books of Architecture
Kostof S. (1985), A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals, New York: Oxford University Press.
Lynch K. (1975), The Image of the City, Cambridge: The MIT Press.
Rossi A. (2003), Şehrin Mimarisi, (çev. Nurdan Gürbilek), İstanbul: Kanat Kitap.
Roth Leland M. (2000), Mimarlığın Öyküsü: Öğeleri, Tarihi ve Anlamı (çev. E. Akça) İstanbul: Kabalcı Yayınevi.
Stern R. (1988), Modern Clasisism, London: Thames and Hudson Ltd.
Tschumi B. (1997), Architecture and Disjunction, Cambridge: MIT Press.
Venturi R. (1991), Mimarlıkta Karmaşa ve Çelişki, (Çev. S.M. Özaloğlu), Ankara: Şevki Vanlı Yayınları.
Venturi R., Brown D, Izenaur S. (1993), Las Vegas?tan Öğrendiklerimiz, (Çev. S M Özaloğlu), Ankara: Şevki Vanlı Yayınları.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Presentation
  • Discussion
  • Other
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 35
Assignment 1 15
Total(%) 50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50
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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