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Program of Architecture (English 30%)

MİM338

ARCHITECTURAL ANALYSIS

Course Code
MİM338
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. Produce and interpret architectural knowledge through creative thinking and different analysis methods.
  2. Make formal, spatial, and textual analysis of organizational elements that produce design and construction process of buildings, their geometric, architectural, urban components and relationships, and different modes of making.
  3. Increase the ability of critical examination and visual expression by gaining experience on architectural reproduction and interpretation.
  4. Use detailed information about the architectural formations, tectonic, material, structural components of buildings and the methods of their coming together in order to develop professional and cultural knowledge.
  5. Examine by investigating architectural elements and the relations between them, which construct the space as a part of the spatial experience.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components-
Course DescriptionThis course aims to provide analytical thinking by introducing students with analysis methods to enable design knowledge. Students develop critical analysis of buildings by focusing on spatial organizations, geometric relationships, architectural form, design interventions, network visualizations and using different methods of analysis, mapping and representation techniques. On their developed reading of the selected buildings, areas or knowledge sources it is aimed to raise awareness about the constituents, invisible elements of architecture and the ways of architectural making that construct the architectural formation. The method is to initiate a discussion on the components of architectural/spatial visualization techniques and relational analysis. It covers architectural analysis methods to enable students to investigate the built environment, spatial representations, and textual analysis from an analytical and critical perspective.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Course Introduction: Information about the aim and method of the course
2nd Week What is architectural analysis? How and why do we use it?
3rd Week Architectural analysis methods
4th Week Architectural analysis methods
5th Week Architectural analysis methods
6th Week Mid Term
7th Week Architectural analysis methods
8th Week Presentation 1: Source (which?)
9th Week Architectural analysis methods
10th Week Architectural analysis methods
11th Week Presentation 2: Method (how?)
12th Week Architectural analysis methods
13th Week Architectural analysis methods
14th Week Architectural analysis methods
15th Week Architectural analysis methods
Recommended or Required ReadingBaker, Geoffrey H. Design Strategies in Architecture: An Approach to the Analysis of Form, Hong Kong: Van Nostrand Reinhold (International), 1989.
Baker, Geoffrey H. Le Corbusier: An Analysis of Form (London: Spon Press, Third Edition, 1996).
Borden, Gail Peter. Process: Material and Representation in Architecture, London, N.Y.: Routledge, 2014.
De Alba, Roberto. Paul Rudolph. The Late Work (N.Y.: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003)
Eisenman, Peter. Ten Canonical Buildings: 1950-2000, N.Y: Rizzoli, 2008.
Eisenman, Peter. The Formal Basis of Modern Architecture (Baden-Switzerland: Lars Müller Publishers, 2006).
Fraser, Murray. ?A Two-fold Movement: Design Research as Dialectical Critical Practice?, In Design Research in Architecture, ed. Murray Fraser (Surrey-England: Ashgate Publishing, 2013):217-248.
Hoesli, Bernard. ?Commentary?, In Transparency by C. Rowe and R. Slutzky, Basel, Boston, Berlin: Birkhause Verlag, 1997, pp. 57-83.
Marcus, George H. and Whitaker, William. The Houses of Louis Kahn (New Haven and London: Yale Uni. Press, 2013).
Radford, A., Morkoç, S., and Srivastava, A. The Elements of Modern Architecture: Understanding Contemporary Buildings, London: Thames & Hudson, 2014.
Rohan, Timothy. The Architecture of Paul Rudolph (New Haven and London: Yale Uni. Press, 2014).
Rowe, Colin. The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa, and Other Essays, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1976.
Rowe, Colin and Slutzky, Robert. ?Transparency: Literal and Phenomenal?, In Transparency by C. Rowe and R. Slutzky, Basel, Boston, Berlin: Birkhause Verlag, 1997, pp. 21-56.
Rowe, Colin and Slutzky, Robert. ?Transparency: Literal and Phenomenal, Part II?, in As I was Saying: Recollections and Miscellaneous Essays, vol.1, Colin Rowe, ed. by Alexander Caragonne, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1996, pp.73-106.
Salottobuono, ?Revealing the Secrets behind the Designs?, MAS Context, issue: 15 (Fall 2012): 46-63.
Unwin, Simon. Twenty Buildings Every Architect Should Understand, London, N.Y.: Routledge, 2010.
Onat, Esen. Mimarlık, Form ve Geometri, Ankara: Efil Yayınları, 2017 (ilk Basım 1991)
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Case Study
  • Presentation
  • Project
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 20
Assignment 2 10
Presentation of Case Study 2 20
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 9 3 27
Preparation for Final exam 1 9 9
Course hours 12 3 36
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 12 12
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 3 3
Homework 2 10 20
Presentation (including preperation) 2 4 8
Mid-Pre Jury (including preparation)
Final Jury (including preparation)
Design Project Development
Total Work Load118
Total Work Load / 30 (h)3.93
ECTS Credit of the Course4
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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