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Master's of Architecture with Thesis

MİM539

THE HOUSE AS A SPACE OF MODERNITY: THE SPATIAL CONSTRUCTION OF EVERYDAY LIFE

Course Code
MİM539
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. Analyze the historical and cultural transformation of modern housing from an interdisciplinary perspective.
  2. Critically discuss the relationship between domestic space and gender, class, memory, and everyday life.
  3. Conceptualize the house as both a physical structure and a site of ideological and cultural representation.
  4. Develop research skills using architectural documents, plans, typologies, and oral history sources.
  5. Relate theoretical texts to practical examples and conduct in-depth evaluations.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionThis course examines the architectural, cultural, and social transformation of housing in the modern era through a historical and interdisciplinary lens. It analyzes the multilayered structure of domestic space around themes such as housing typologies, interior spatial organizations, gender roles, technological developments, class practices, and memory. Spatial reconfigurations of everyday life in modernization processes -along with planning policies, informal housing production, and the ideological dimensions of the home- are discussed through historical documents, theoretical texts, and spatial case studies. Students develop research-based and analytical thinking skills by exploring the intersections between architectural history and cultural studies.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Course Introduction
2nd Week Thinking Domestic Space: Concepts, Methods, and Historical Groundwork
3rd Week The Typological Evolution of Housing: Spatial Organization and Functional Segregation
4th Week State, Politics, and Housing: Family Models and Nation-Building Processes
5th Week Diffusion and Control: The Instrumentalization of Housing and Urbanization Practices
6th Week Gender and Spatial Order: Women, the Home, and the Modernization of Labor
7th Week Midterm Review: Preliminary Research Presentations
8th Week The Aesthetics of Technology and Comfort: Infrastructure, Appliances, and Modern Life at Home
9th Week Density, Community, and Privacy: Socio-Spatial Tensions in Urban Housing
10th Week Mobility and Place-Making: Migration, Temporality, and the Reconstruction of Space
11th Week Spatial Hierarchies and Aesthetic Codes
12th Week Student Presentations and Feedback
13th Week Student Presentations and Feedback
14th Week Student Presentations and Final Evaluation
Recommended or Required ReadingBartu Candan, A. (2002). Gecekondu mahallelerinde mekansal kurgu. Toplum ve Bilim, (92), 105-124.
Bachelard, G. (1994). Mekanın Poetikası (A. Tümertekin, Çev.). DOST.
Balık, E. (2012). Sınıf estetiği ve iç mekan. Mimarlık Kuramı Üzerine Yazılar.
Bourdieu, P. (1984). Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste. Harvard University Press.
Bozdoğan, S. (2001). Modernism and Nation Building: Turkish Architectural Culture in the Early Republic. Seattle & London: University of Washington Press.
Bozdoğan, S., & Akcan, E. (2012). Turkey: Modern Architectures in History. London: Reaktion Books.
Bozdoğan, S., & Kasaba, R. (Eds.). (1997). Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in Turkey. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
Durakbaşa, A. (1998). Kemalist modernleşme ve kadın. Toplum ve Bilim, (77), 27-52.
Göle, N. (1996). Modernleşme sürecinde ev ve kadın. Kadın Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2(4), 5-20.
Gürel, M. Ö. (Ed.). (2016). Mid-Century Modernism in Turkey: Architecture Across Cultures in the 1950s and 1960s. New York & London: Routledge.
Hasırcı, D. (2013). Mobilya ile mekanın modernleşmesi. Mimarlık Tarihi Dergisi, 25(3), 102?119.
Karpat, K. H. (1976). The Gecekondu: Rural Migration and Urbanization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kent, S. (1993). Domestic Architecture and the Use of Space: An Interdisciplinary Cross-Cultural Study. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kandiyoti, D. (1997). Gendering Modern: On Missing Dimensions in the Study of Turkish Modernity. In R. Kasaba & S. Bozdoğan (Eds.), Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in Turkey (pp. 113-132). Seattle: University of Washington Press.
Kezer, Z. (2015). Building Modern Turkey: State, Space and Ideology in the Early Republic. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.
Kezer, Z. (2010). Modern ev, modern vatandaş: Türkiye?de konut ve yurttaşlık. Mekan ve Kent, 3(1), 23-41.
McLeod, M. (1994). Undressing Architecture: Fashion, Gender, and Modernity. In D. Fausch (Ed.), Architecture in Fashion (pp. 38-123). New York: Princeton Architectural Press.
Munro, M., & Madigan, R. (1999). Negotiating Space in the Family Home. In I. Cieraad (Ed.), At Home: An Anthropology of Domestic Space (pp. 107-117). Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.
Öncü, A. (2001). Gecekondu: The making of modern Turkey. Routledge.
Öztürkmen, A. (2007). Ev dekoru ve kültürel kimlik. Kültürel Araştırmalar Dergisi, 14(3), 88?104.
Putnam, T. (2006). `Postmodern? Home Life. In I. Cieraad (Ed.), At Home: An Anthropology of Domestic Space (pp. 144-152). Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.
Rosner, V. (2005). Kitchen Table Modernism. In Modernism and the Architecture of Private Life (pp. 1-26). New York: Columbia University Press.
Sancar, S. (2012). Evde zaman ve kadın. Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Mekan Dergisi, 5(2), 54-68.
Tanyeli, U. (2007). Mimarlık düşüncesinde mekan kavramı. Mimarlık, (335), 18-22.
Tekeli, İ. (1994). Konutta mahremiyet ve toplumsallık. Konut Arşivi, (5), 21-35.
Tekeli, İ. (1998). Türkiye?de konut planlaması. Planlama, (4), 3-10.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Case Study
  • Report Preparation
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 15
Attendance 1 5
Presentation of Case Study 1 20
Other 1 15
Total(%) 55
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 55
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 45
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 13 3 39
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours 13 3 39
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 20 20
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework
Presentation (including preperation) 1 70 70
Term Project Research 1 90 90
Article 4 12 48
Total Work Load308
Total Work Load / 30 (h)10.26
ECTS Credit of the Course10
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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