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Program of Architecture (English 30%)

MİM331

ARCHITECTURAL MANIFESTOES

Course Code
MİM331
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
4
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS4
Name of Lecturer(s) -
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. To evaluate the history of manifestos, which is one of the most striking ways of producing discourse in architecture since the beginning of the twentieth century.
  2. To analyze the ideas produced through manifestos in architecture with their contexts and common concerns, and compare the historical role of architects, their bond with the social structure and their arguments for the future.
  3. To question the relationship and differentiation between discursive ideas and architectural productions.
  4. To make a comparative periodical analysis of architecture through manifesto texts.
  5. To analyze the integrated relationship between the discourse of space and the production of texts.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components-
Course DescriptionThis course aims to analyze the context in which architectural manifestos emerged as a form of discourse production. From the beginning of the twentieth century, it covers the architects, discursive and practical activities and also architectural praxis of their time with the excerpts from selected manifestoes that can be grouped under four main headings of artistic movements, housing problems, formal innovations and urban space.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to the Course What is A Manifesto, and Why It is Written for?
2nd Week On The Emergence of Architectural Manfiestoes An Outlook on the Manifestoes Related to An Art Movement - 1 Reading and Discussion
3rd Week An Outlook on the Manifestoes Related to An Art Movement 2 Reading and Discussion
4th Week An Outlook on the Manifestoes With A Concern on Housing Problem 1 Reading and Discussion
5th Week An Outlook on the Manifestoes With A Concern on Housing Problem 2 Reading and Discussion
6th Week MID-TERM
7th Week An Outlook on the Manifestoes With A Focus On Formal Novelties 1 Reading and Discussion Giving the assignment and explaining the requirements
8th Week An Outlook on the Manifestoes With A Focus On Formal Novelties 2 Reading and Discussion
9th Week An Outlook on the Manifestoes With A Focus On Formal Novelties 3 Reading and Discussion
10th Week An Outlook on the Manifestoes With A Focus On Formal Novelties 4 Reading and Discussion Assignment Submission
11th Week An Outlook on the Manifestoes With A Focus On Urban - 1 Reading and Discussion
12th Week An Outlook on the Manifestoes With A Focus On Urban - 2 Reading and Discussion
13th Week An Outlook on the Manifestoes With A Focus On Urban - 3 Reading and Discussion
14th Week An Outlook on the Manifestoes With A Focus On Urban - 4 Reading and Discussion
15th Week Course review, General Assessment and Discussion.
Recommended or Required Reading20. Yüzyıl Mimarisinde Program ve Manifestolar. Derleyen Ulrich Conrads, Çeviren Sevinç Yavuz. İstanbul: Şevki Vanlı Mimarlık Vakfı Yayınları, 1991.
After the Manifesto. Derleyen Craig Buckley. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016.
Colomina, Beatriz. Manifesto Architecture: The Ghost of Mies. Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2014.
Le Corbusier. Bir Mimarlığa Doğru. Çeviren Serpil Merzi. İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2015.
Rossi, Aldo. Şehrin Mimarisi. Çeviren Nurdan Gürbilek. İstanbul: Kanat Kitap, 2006.
Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture. Derleyenler Charles Jencks ve Karl Kropf. West Sussex: Wiley-Academy Press, 1997.
Venturi, Robert. Mimarlıkta Karmaşıklık ve Çelişki. Çeviren Serpil Merzi. İstanbul: Şevki Vanlı Mimarlık Vakfı Yayınları, 1991.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 25
Assignment 1 25
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 3 3
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam 1 30 30
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 20 20
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 3 3
Homework 1 22 22
Presentation (including preperation)
Research
Total Work Load120
Total Work Load / 30 (h)4
ECTS Credit of the Course4
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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