Information Package
baskent.edu.tr

Program of Architecture (English 30%)

MİM354

PHOTOGRAPHY AS A MEDIUM OF ARCHITECTURAL COMMUNICATION-II

Course Code
MİM354
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. Be able to relate and interpret the historical intersection and development of architecture and photography, space and photographic productions in a historical and contextual means.
  2. Practice the processes of thinking and acting integrated with art, fed by the visual production and narrative techniques of architecture.
  3. Interpret photography as the constituent and narrator of space in architecture.
  4. Practice artistic expression and representation methods beyond the traditional practices of architecture.
  5. Classify different production methods and perform unique spatial readings by using photography as an architectural communication tool.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionDemonstrating architectural productions in a wider cultural and visual field, the course aims to explore space as an object of thinking and production integrated with photography. It is for developing analyzes of relationships between architecture and photography through examples and narratives that space is reconstructed by photography and photography by space.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction
2nd Week Conceptual Discussions / Homework 1
3rd Week Conceptual Discussions / Homework 2
4th Week Conceptual Discussions / Homework 3
5th Week Presentations: on the traces of a photographer
6th Week Conceptual Discussions / Homework 4
7th Week Conceptual Discussions / Homework 5
8th Week Conceptual Discussions / Homework 6
9th Week Presentations: on the traces of a photograph
10th Week Contextual/Fictional Discussions / Homework 7
11th Week Contextual/Fictional Discussions / Homework 8
12th Week Contextual/Fictional Discussions / Homework 9
13th Week Contextual/Fictional Discussions / Homework 10
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 10 50
Presentation of Case Study 2 20
Total(%) 70
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 70
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 30
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 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework 10 3 30
Final Jury (including preparation) 1 24 24
Case Study Presentation 2 12 24
Total Work Load120
Total Work Load / 30 (h)4
ECTS Credit of the Course4
Language of Instruction-
Work Placement(s)No

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5
K1 X X
K2 X X
K3 X X
K4
K5 X X X
K6 X
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11 X
K12
K13
K14
K15
K16
K17
K18
K19
K20
K21
K22
K23
K24
K25