ARCHITECTURE (ENGLISH, THESIS)
Master TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 QF-EHEA: Second Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 7

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
ARC5423 Advanced Architectural Studies on Istanbul Spring 3 0 3 12
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Assist. Prof. BERNA YAYLALI
Course Lecturer(s): Assoc. Prof. SUNA ÇAĞAPTAY
Assoc. Prof. GÖKSUN AKYÜREK ALTÜRK
Recommended Optional Program Components: Site visits and lectures on site
Course Objectives: The aim of this course is to understand how İstanbul evolved from its early centuries as a Greek colony and Roman town, to its unique role as the imperial capital of both the Byzantine and the Ottoman Empires, to its latest condition as an ever-growing modern metropolis and to discover Istanbul’s urban history that spans over two and a half millennia.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. Students who are taking this course will define Istanbul’s ancient and modern urban fabric that will serve as the foundation for our investigation of the ways in which Istanbul's past have been physically memorialized, narrated, and incorporated into the urban landscape.
II. Students will learn how to consider the city from a horizontal perspective by first mapping existing monuments in relationship to one another and considering the impact of the past on the current experiences of the modern city’s space.
III. They will map the city from a vertical perspective, addressing what is preserved, reused, or destroyed at pivotal historical moments, and exploring how the physical space at that moment reflects the changing identity of the city.

Course Content

Over the course of this program, we will visit monuments/sites of utmost importance for the history of the city, and discuss how its past exists in the very present. The course will object specific buildings of varying significance, districts of historic importance and the urban policies that target city's past and the future. Thus, mapping existing monuments in relationship to one another and considering the impact of the past on the current experiences of the modern city’s space is a major concern. Eventually students who are taking this course will be able define Istanbul’s ancient and modern urban fabric that will serve as the foundation for our investigation of the ways in which Istanbul's past have been physically memorialized, narrated, and incorporated into the urban landscape.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Opening Lecture Istanbul: An Urban Commentary
2) Lecture: Concept of Urban Space- Transition from Byzantine to Ottoman Kafesçioğlu, Çiğdem, " Viewing, Walking, Mapping Istanbul, ca. 1580", Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz, 56. Bd., H. 1, Littoral andLiminal Spaces The Early Modern Mediterranean and Beyond (2014), pp. 16-35
3) Destination I. Byzantine+Ottoman Public Spaces: Hippodrome and its Environs, St. Sophia Altinyildiz, Nur. “The Architectural Heritage of Istanbul and the Ideology of Preservation.” Muqarnas, vol. 24, 2007, pp. 281–305. 2. Aykaç, Pınar. “Musealization as an Urban Process: The Transformation of the Sultanahmet District in Istanbul’s Historic Peninsula.” Journal of Urban History, vol. 45, no. 6, Nov. 2019, pp. 1246–1272.
4) Destination II: Framing the Byzantine and Ottoman Layers , Visit to the City Walls Baş Bütüner, Funda, "Old City Walls as Public Spaces in Istanbul", Public Istanbul, Spaces and Sphere of the Urban, Frank Eckardt, Kathrin Wildner (eds.), Transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, 2008, pp.141-162.
5) Lecture: MODERN ISTANBUL, 18th century and on Reading 1. Hamadeh, Shirine. “Splash and Spectacle: The Obsession with Fountains in Eighteenth-Century Istanbul.” Muqarnas, vol. 19, 2002, pp. 123–148. 2. Dinçkal, Noyan. “Reluctant Modernization: The Cultural Dynamics of Water Supply in Istanbul, 1885-1950.” Technology and Culture, vol. 49, no. 3, 2008, pp. 675–700
6) Destination III: Laleli and Beyazıt monuments and their environs Akpınar, İpek, "Urbanization represented in the Historical Peninsula Turkification of Istanbul in the 1950s", in Meltem Gürel (ed.) Mid-Century Modernism in Turkey: Architecture Across Cultures in the 1950s and 1960s, Research in Architecture, Routledge- Taylor and Francis Group, London, September 2015, pp.56-84
7) Destination IV: Hybrid Identities: Karaköy-Galata-Tophane Schuitema, Karin, "Negotiation of the Past and Identities in a Changing Urban Landscape: A Multivocal History of Tophane", History Takes Place: Istanbul, Anna Hofmann / Ayşe Öncü (eds.), Jovis Verlag, 2015, pp.134-149.
8) Destination V: Postwar Modernism and Contemporary Architecture, İMÇ, Istanbul Municipality, SGK Complex Tureli, Ipek, "Architecture as advertising: The Istanbul Reklam Building", in Meltem Gürel (ed.) Mid-Century Modernism in Turkey: Architecture Across Cultures in the 1950s and 1960s, Research in Architecture, Routledge- Taylor and Francis Group, London, September 2015, pp.163-185
9) Lecture: Contemporary Istanbul, 21st century Keyder, Çağlar, "Introduction", Istanbul Between Global and the Local, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc, 1999, pp.3-26
10) Destination VI: Neoliberal city, gentrification of the historical neighborhoods İpek Türeli, "Exhibiting Vernacular Architecture"
11) NATINAL HOLIDAY / NO CLASS
12) Student Presentations
13) STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
14) Final submissions

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Doğan Kuban, İstanbul Yazıları; İstanbul Ansiklopedisi, Stefanos Yerasimos, İstanbul (İmparatorluk Başkenti), İstanbul, 2010; Çeçen, Kazım, Mimar Sinan ve Kırkçeş
me Tesisleri,İstanbul 1988;Çeçen, Kazım, İstanbul’un Osmanlı
Dönemi Su Yolları,İstanbul 2000;Demir, Ataman. “Haliç Bölgesinde Su Mimarisi Eserleri”, Haliç 2001 Sempozyumu,İstanbul 2001. Nirven, Saadi Nazım,İstanbul suları,İstanbul 1946; Oğuz, Burhan. Bizans’tan Günümüze İstanbul Suları, İstanbul, 1998;Öziş, Ünal - Arısoy, Yalçın, “Mimar Sinan’ın Su İletim Sistemleri” Mimar Sinan DönemiTürk Mimarlığı ve Sanatı Sempozyumu, İstanbul 1988; Sönmez, Zeki. Mimar Sinan İle İlgili Tarihi Yazmalar-Belgeler, İstanbul, 1988;
References: Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı, Fâtih Devri Mîmârîsi, İstanbul, 1953;Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı,Fâtih Devri Mîmârî Eserleri, İstanbul, 1953;Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı,"Fatih Devrinde İstanbul Mahalleleri, Şehrin İskânı ve Nüfûsu", Vakıflar Dergisi, Sayı: IV. Ankara, 1958, s. 245 - 261;Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı, XIX. Asırda İstanbul Haritası, İstanbul, 1958;Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı,Fâtih Devri Mîmârîsi Zeyli, İstanbul, 1960;Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı, Osmanlı Mîmârîsinde Fâtih Devri, C. III, İstanbul,1973; Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı, Osmanlı Mîmârîsinde Fâtih Devri, C. IV, İstanbul, 1974; Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı,İstanbul Vakıfları Tahrir Defteri, ( Ö.L. Barkan İle ) İstanbul, 1970.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 1 % 10
Field Work 7 % 0
Presentation 1 % 10
Project 1 % 20
Final 1 % 40
Paper Submission 1 % 20
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Field Work 7 5 35
Study Hours Out of Class 14 5 70
Presentations / Seminar 1 20 20
Project 1 30 30
Homework Assignments 5 5 25
Paper Submission 1 30 30
Final 1 40 40
Total Workload 292

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Develops the conceptual/theoretical and practical knowledge gained in undergraduate level to higher proficiency level. 4
2) Be able to conduct researches at proficiency level in Architecture and related disciplines individually and participate or take responsibility in groups. 3
3) Demostrate an ability to develop new approaches and produce knowledge at proficiency level researches both in architecture and related disciplines. 2
4) Apply critical thinking methods , identify, formulate, and effectively communicate the critical issues involved in the solution of design problems. 3
5) Evaluate the phenomena in Architectural History and analyse historical, social, political backgrounds of the contemporary developments . 5
6) Be able to conduct qualitatif and quantitatif researches on the discipline of Architecture. 3
7) Be able to communicate the results of his researches, design proposals , conceptual and practical thoughts in the field of architecture using written, oral, visual media 3
8) Develops the lifelong learning abilities. 2
9) Engage social, legal, ethical and aesthetical responsibility in the discipline of architecture. 4