| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 4 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Discuss the changing and/or unchanging aspects of architectural practice and theory throughout the history.
- Explain and interpret on given texts.
- Analyze and compare on given texts.
- Analyze and evaluate written material on architecture from formal and contextual perspectives.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | - |
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| Course Description | The main focus of the course is constituted by significant texts of architectural history. Throughout the course, students will analytically examine and interpret these fundamental texts through the changing and unchanging concepts of architectural theory and history, such as language, image of architect, idea of history, functionality, materials, city, engineering, housing, religion, technology and aesthetics. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Introduction to the course |
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2nd Week |
Vitruvius: Ten Books on Architecture: Topics 1?2 |
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3rd Week |
Vitruvius: Ten Books on Architecture discussion |
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4th Week |
Abbe Suger, L. Battista Alberti |
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5th Week |
Antonio di Pietro Averlino, Sebastiano Serlio |
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6th Week |
J.F. Blondel, Rene Quvrard Claude |
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7th Week |
Claude Perrault, Jean Francois Felibien |
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8th Week |
Christopher Wren, Colen Campbell |
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9th Week |
James Gibbs, Robert Morris |
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10th Week |
Alexander Pope, J.B.F. Von Erlach |
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11th Week |
J. Gabriel, Carlo Lodoli |
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12th Week |
Allan Ramsay, Julien David Le Roy |
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13th Week |
J.S. Nicolas Revett, G. Battista Piranesi |
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14th Week |
Germain Boffrand + J. Francois Blondel, N. L. Camus de Mezieres + Jean Louis Viel de Saint Maux |
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15th Week |
Final presentation and discussion |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Vitruvius Pollio, M. (2011). The Ten Books on Architecture. Cambridge, MA: Empire Books. (Originally written in Latin: De Architectura, in 1390)
Vitruvius Pollio, M. (2005). Mimarlık Üzerine On Kitap (S, Güven, Trans.) Istanbul, Turkey: Yapı Endüstri Merkezi Şevki Vanlı Mimarlık Vakfı Yayınları.
Palladio, A. (1965). The Four Books of Architecture. New York, NY: Dover Publications. (Originally published in Italian: I quattro libri dell?architettura, in 1570)
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Discussion
- Questions/Answers
- Case Study
- Presentation
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
30 |
| Presentation of Book |
1 |
30 |
| Total(%) |
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60 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
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60 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
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40 |
| Total(%) |
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100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
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| Individual or group work |
13 |
1 |
13 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
30 |
30 |
| Course hours |
15 |
3 |
45 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
20 |
20 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
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| Final exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Homework |
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| Presentation (including preperation) |
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| Book Presentation |
1 |
14 |
14 |
| Total Work Load | 126 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 4.2 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 4 |
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| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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