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Program of Architecture (English 30%)

MİM353

PHOTOGRAPHY AS A MEDIUM OF ARCHITECTURAL COMMUNICATION-I

Course Code
MİM353
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. Use photography, which is one of the different representation methods in architecture, as a tool that feeds the architectural design process and expression.
  2. Gain ideas and experience about the effect of photography on architectural production and reproduction.
  3. Search and comparatively question the effect of photography in creating new ideas and concepts in visual history and theory.
  4. Comprehend the role of photography in spatial perception, representation, narration and architectural history.
  5. Examine architectural photography as a part of spatial experience.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionThe course aims to demonstrate an understanding of visual and architectural values using different photographic techniques. With the representations produced by camera, students experience various places, and reproduce the explored spatial qualities in a unique narrative. Within the scope of the course, form, content, and composition are discussed in terms of their effects in re-creation/re-reading of space by questioning and developing different looking/seeing methods.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Photography as a medium of architectural communication. Photography and modernism
2nd Week Ways of seeing- frame of reference
3rd Week Ways of seeing- frame of reference / Homework 1
4th Week Ways of seeing-form(at), context, composition
5th Week Ways of seeing-form(at), context, composition / Homework 2
6th Week Architectural documentation- photographic realism / Homework 3
7th Week Architectural documentation- photographic realism / Homework 4
8th Week Presentations
9th Week Architectural Experimentation-fictive distortion / Homework 5
10th Week Architectural Experimentation-fictive distortion
11th Week Architectural Experimentation-fictive distortion / Homework 6
12th Week City Readings with Photographs / Homework 7
13th Week City Readings with Photographs / Homework 8
14th Week Final Discussions
15th Week Course review, General Assessment and Discussion
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
  • Case Study
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Assignment 8 40
Presentation of Case Study 1 10
Other 1 10
Total(%) 60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40
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 15 3 45
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework 8 3 24
Final Jury (including preparation) 1 24 24
Case Study Presentation 1 12 12
Portfolio 1 10 10
Total Work Load115
Total Work Load / 30 (h)3.83
ECTS Credit of the Course4
Language of Instruction-
Work Placement(s)No

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