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Program of Architecture (English 30%)

MİM430

TECTONIC CULTURE IN ARCHITECTURE

Course Code
MİM430
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
2 + 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 recognize the concepts of structure, construction and tectonic, and their relations with each other to evaluate the architectural practice in this context.
  2. To discuss the changing and transforming aspects of architectural tectonic culture through history.
  3. To maintain their advanced research by mastering the basic texts in the related literature.
  4. To learn and use the methods of analyzing a written text in terms of form and content.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components-
Course DescriptionParallel to the concept of tectonic, which emerges and differs from the phenomenological analysis of the concepts of structure and construction, the general framework of the course aims to scan the contemporary tectonic cultural geography from the Antiquity to the Post-Structuralist understanding through architectural practice. Kenneth Frampton's pioneering book Studies in Tectonic Culture is used as a roadmap in scanning this topography of knowledge.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction, Basic Concepts: Structure / Construction / Tectonic
2nd Week Architecture and Tectonic Culture
3rd Week Tectonic Trajectories 1 (Pre-modern)
4th Week Tectonic Trajectories 2 (Modern, Post-modern)
5th Week Evaluation Session
6th Week MIDTERM
7th Week Tectonic Debates in Architectural Practice: Frank Lloyd Wright
8th Week Tectonic Debates in Architectural Practice: Auguste Perret
9th Week Tectonic Debates in Architectural Practice: Mies van der Rohe
10th Week Tectonic Debates in Architectural Practice: Louis Kahn
11th Week Tectonic Debates in Architectural Practice: Jorn Utzon
12th Week Tectonic Debates in Architectural Practice: Carlo Scarpa
13th Week Case Study Presentations
14th Week Case Study Presentations
15th Week Course review, General Assessment and Discussion
Recommended or Required ReadingSekler, Eduard F. ?Structure, Construction, Tectonics.? In Structure in Art and in Science, edited by Gyorgy Kepes, 89-95. New York: George Braziller Press, 1965.
Frampton, Kenneth. Studies in Tectonic Culture: The Poetics of Construction in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Architecture. Edited by John Cava. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1995.
Schwarzer, Mitchell. ?Tectonics Unbound.? ANY: Architecture New York 14 (1996): 13-15.
Semper, Gottfried. The Four Elements of Architecture and Other Writings. Translated by Harry Francis Mallgrave and Wolfgang Hermann. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Case Study
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 30
Assignment 1 10
Presentation of Case Study 1 20
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 1 4 4
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 10 2 20
Preparation for Final exam 1 10 10
Course hours 12 4 48
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework 1 8 8
Presentation (including preperation) 1 25 25
Research
Article Presentation
Case Study Presentation 2 4 8
Article
Weekly Articles and Resource Research
Total Work Load123
Total Work Load / 30 (h)4.1
ECTS Credit of the Course4
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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K2 X
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