ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN (ENGLISH, PHD)
PhD	TR-NQF-HE: Level 8	QF-EHEA: Third Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 8

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
ARC5423	Advanced Architectural Studies on Istanbul	Fall	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 :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÖKSUN AKYÜREK ALTÜRK
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi SUNA ÇAĞAPTAY Dr. Öğr. Üyesi 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 distinction as a European Cultural Capital of 2010 and to discover Istanbul’s vaunted history that spans over two and a half millennia.

Learning Outcomes

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, we will hear hear lectures by the specialists in their fields, visit the architects in their workspace to hear about their design aspirations and ongoing projects. We will conclude our course with a worskhop led by a group of Istanbul-based architects to discuss the character and context of the large-scale construction and urban design projects that they are running in Istanbul.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Opening Lecture Istanbul: An Urban Commentary
2)	Ways of Looking and Understanding: Istanbul Visual Culture of Constantinople– Istanbul
3)	Destination I. Framing the Byzantine and Ottoman Layers
4)	Destination II: Byzantine Public Spaces I: Hippodrome and its Environs
5)	Destination III: St. Sophia
6)	Lecture: Concept of Urban Space- Transition from Byzantine to Ottoman
7)	Destination I: Bus ride to the City Walls and Cemeteries and Eyüp
8)	Destination II: The Chora/ Kariye
9)	Destination III: Strolling through Fener and Balat
10)	Sinan's Istanbul Destination I: Mihrimah Mosque and Şemsi Paşa Mosque
11)	HYBRID IDENTITIES: GALATA-PERA REGION Destination I: Galata Mevlevi Lodge
12)	Destination II: The Taste of Modern: Borusan, IKSV and SALT Buildings, St. Anthony and Sta. Maria Draperis Catholic Churches,the Lion and the Taksim Square
13)	İSTANBUL: 1950s-2000s Lecture: Modernism and Contemporary Architecture
14)	Final presentations and assessment

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	% 30
Presentation	1	% 10
Final	1	% 40
Paper Submission	1	% 20
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 40
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	13	3	39
Study Hours Out of Class	12	21	252
Presentations / Seminar	1	1	1
Paper Submission	1	2	2
Final	1	3	3
Total Workload			297

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)	Develop and deepen the current and advanced knowledge in the field with original thought and/or research and come up with innovative definitions based on Master's degree qualifications.
2)	Conceive the interdisciplinary interaction which the field is related with ; come up with original solutions by using knowledge requiring proficiency on analysis, synthesis and assessment of new and complex ideas.
3)	Evaluate and use new information within the field in a systematic approach.
4)	Develop an innovative knowledge, method, design and/or practice or adapt an already known knowledge, method, design and/or practice to another field; research, conceive, design, adapt and implement an original subject.
5)	Critical analysis, synthesis and evaluation of new and complex ideas.
6)	Gain advanced level skills in the use of research methods in the field of study.
7)	Contribute the progression in the field by producing an innovative idea, skill, design and/or practice or by adapting an already known idea, skill, design, and/or practice to a different field independently.
8)	Broaden the borders of the knowledge in the field by producing or interpreting an original work or publishing at least one scientific paper in the field in national and/or international refereed journals.
9)	Demonstrate leadership in contexts requiring innovative and interdisciplinary problem solving.
10)	Develop new ideas and methods in the field by using high level mental processes such as creative and critical thinking, problem solving and decision making.
11)	Investigate and improve social connections and their conducting norms and manage the actions to change them when necessary.
12)	Defend original views when exchanging ideas in the field with professionals and communicate effectively by showing competence in the field.
13)	Ability to communicate and discuss orally, in written and visually with peers by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio C1 General Level.
14)	Contribute to the transition of the community to an information society and its sustainability process by introducing scientific, technological, social or cultural improvements.
15)	Demonstrate functional interaction by using strategic decision making processes in solving problems encountered in the field.
16)	Contribute to the solution finding process regarding social, scientific, cultural and ethical problems in the field and support the development of these values.