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Master's of Architecture with Thesis

MİM515

MEDITERRANEAN CITIES, SPACES AND PEOPLE IN HISTORY

Course Code
MİM515
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
10
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelMaster's Degree With Thesis
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS10
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Be able to analyze and compare the urban form and physical structures of selected Mediterranean cities during the semester.
  2. Be able to analyze and compare the social constructs of selected Mediterranean cities during the semester.
  3. Be able to evaluate and associate spatial narratives through visual and textual depictions on selected Mediterranean cities during the semester.
  4. Be equipped with an awareness of the current debates, approaches and works in urban history.
  5. Develop skills on thinking, reading, and writing on city and space
Mode of DeliveryE-Learning
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components-
Course DescriptionEvaluating cities as socio-spatial phenomena, this course studies cities with respect to their spatial analysis and their spatial narratives through the framework of architectural history. Throughout the semester the course aims to analyze Mediterranean cities under two modules regarding their physical and social constructs. Within this context, cities are, on one hand, discussed through urban forms and patterns considering their morphological aspects, and on the other, according to production and representation of space and their multiple meanings through visual and textual spatial narratives.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to the Course
2nd Week Discussion on ?Mediterranean World?
3rd Week Mapping the Mediterranean: Spatial and Temporal Encounters
4th Week Mediterranean Cities and People: Frontiers and Identities
5th Week Mid Term
6th Week Mediterranean Cities: Urban Form and Patterns
7th Week Mediterranean Cities: Urban Architecture
8th Week Mediterranean Cities: Urban Space Student
9th Week Presentations
10th Week Mediterranean Cities: Spatial Narratives I
11th Week Mediterranean Cities: Spatial Narratives II
12th Week Mediterranean Cities: Spatial Narratives III
13th Week Student Presentations
14th Week Wrap-up
Recommended or Required ReadingAbulafia D. (der.) (2005), Tarih Boyunca Akdeniz Uygarlıkları, çev. N. Elhüseyni, İstanbul: Oğlak Güzel Kitaplar.
Bierman I. A., Abou-el- Haj R., Preziosi D., (1991), The Ottoman City and Its Parts: Urban Structure and Social Order, New York: Aristide D. Caratzas Publisher.
Cerasi M. M. (1999), Osmanlı Kenti: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu?nda 18. ve 19. Yüzyıllarda Kent Uygarlığı ve Mimarisi, çev. Ataöv A., İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
Horden, P., Purcell N. (2000) The Corrupting Sea: A Study of Mediterranean History. Malden & Oxford: Blackwell.
Eldem E., Goffman D., Masters B., (1999), The Ottoman City between East and West, London: Cambridge University Press.
Gates C. (2003), The Archaeology of Urban Life in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece, and Rome, London and New York: Routledge.
Girouard M. (1985), Cities and People: A Social and Architectural History, New Haven: Yale University Press.
Harris W. V. (der.) (2005) Rethinking the Mediterranean, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kostof S. (1991), The City Shaped, Urban Patterns and Meanings through History, London: Thames and Hudson.
Kostof S. (1992), The City Assembled: The Elements of Urban Form through History, Boston: Little Brown.
Lejeune J. F., Sabatino M., (2010) Modern Architecture and the Medieterranean, Vernacular Dialogues and contested Identities, London and New York: Routledge.
Petruccioli A. (2008), Bellek Yitiminin Ardından, Akdeniz İslam Kent Dokusunun Öğrettikleri, (B. Kütükçüoğlu trans.) İstanbul: Yapı Endüstri Merkezi Yayınları.
Steiner H., Sternberg M., (der.) (2016), Phenomenologies of the City, Studies in the History and Philosophy of Architecture. London and New York: Routledge.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Report Preparation
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 25
Attendance 1 20
Other 1 20
Total(%) 65
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 65
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 35
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 10 4 40
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 60 60
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework
Take-home 1 30 30
Term Project Research 1 80 80
Preperation for Presentations 1 60 60
Total Work Load314
Total Work Load / 30 (h)10.46
ECTS Credit of the Course10
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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