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Program of Architecture (English 30%)

MİM336

PHOTOGRAPHY AS A MEDIUM OF ARCHITECTURAL COMMUNICATION

Course Code
MİM336
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
1 + 2
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 gain knowledge and experience on photography and its impacts on architectural re(production),
  2. To search the influences of photography on architetcural theory
  3. To evaluate architectural photography as a part of architectural experience.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components-
Course DescriptionThis course aims to give an understanding about visual properties and architectural qualities created and manipulated through the use of photography and its different techniques. By developing the spatial representations by using camera, students have a chance to experience different modes of architectural expressions. Throughout the course the possibilities of the camera in different ways are discussed on visual effects such as depth of field, distance, texture, etc.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Photography: As A Medium of Architectural Communication- Modernism and Photography
2nd Week Ways of Seeing - Frame of Reference
3rd Week Ways of Seeing - Frame of Reference
4th Week Ways of Seeing ? Form(at), Context, Composition
5th Week Ways of Seeing - Form(at), Context, Composition
6th Week Architectural Documentation- Photographic Realism
7th Week Architectural Documentation- Photographic Realism
8th Week Architectural Documentation- Photographic Realism
9th Week Architectural Experimentation- Fictive Distortion
10th Week Architectural Experimentation- Fictive Distortion
11th Week Architectural Experimentation- Fictive Distortion
12th Week City Readings with Photographs
13th Week City Readings with Photographs
14th Week Course review, General Assessment and Discussion
15th Week Final Presentations
Recommended or Required ReadingAçelya Allmer, Erdem Yıldırım. ?Le Corbusier Mimarlığı ve Onun Fotografik Temsili: Foto-Mekan, Foto-Hikaye, Foto-Duvar?. https://www.academia.edu/21493075/Le_Corbusier_Mimarl%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1_ve_Onun_Fotografik_Temsili_Foto-Mekan_Foto-Hikaye_Foto-Duvar?auto=download
Beatriz Colomina. Mahremiyet ve Kamusallık, çev. Aziz Ufuk Kılıç, İstanbul: Metis Yayıncılık, 2011.
Roland Barthles. Camera Lucida: Fotoğraf Üzerine Notlar, çev. Reha Ahçakaya, İstanbul: Altıkırkbeş Yayın, 2011
Susan Sontag. Fotoğraf Üzerine. Çev. Osman Akınhay, İstanbul: Agora Kitaplığı, 2008.
John Berger. Bir Fotoğrafı Anlamak, çev. Beril Eyüboğlu, İstanbul: Metis Yayıncılık, 2015
Jale N. Erzen, Fotoğraf Notları, İstanbul: Say Yayınları, 2004
Bahattin Öztuncay, Frances Terpak, Peter Louis Bonfitto, Zeynep Çelik, Edhem Eldem. Camera Ottomana, çev. Ayşen Gür, İstanbul: Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2015
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Practice
  • Project
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Assignment 8 40
Attendance 1 10
Total(%) 40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework
Total Work Load0
Total Work Load / 30 (h)0
ECTS Credit of the Course4
Language of InstructionEnglish
Work Placement(s)No

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