ARCHITECTURE (TURKISH, NON-THESIS) | |||||
Master | TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 | QF-EHEA: Second Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 7 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
MIM5225 | Studies on Special Topics in Architecture | Fall | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | Turkish |
Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | |
Mode of Delivery: | |
Course Coordinator : | Assoc. Prof. ALİ DEVRİM IŞIKKAYA |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | none. |
Course Objectives: | I.The purpose of this course is to prepare students for their individual and particular topic(s) in the following semester(s). II. Analyzing architectural productions of various media, belonging to a particular historical period and context, reaching related sources and their evaluation. III. Performance of group and individual projects and presentations, in and out of class. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; Students are asked to choose one close related topic for each theme, make research and presentation as following four phases: I: literature review II: analyzing & understanding III: annotated bibliography & archival study IV: evaluation |
Texts and related architectural products of various media on issues defined and described in class in line with the theoretical context defined above comprise the content of this course. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | introduction | |
1) | Term evaluation | |
2) | Discussion on how to formulate a research problem within current architectural theory. | |
3) | Student presentations about their individual research topics and class discussion. | |
4) | Research and discussion on the specified problem, and the resources. | |
5) | Site trip for the analysis of an exemplary architectural case, discussions at the site. | |
6) | Student presentations - preliminary discussion on the individual term project. | |
7) | Related reading discussions. | |
8) | Presentation | |
9) | Film show, discussions. | |
10) | Student presentations- discussions on the more elaborate version of the research problem. | |
11) | Related reading discussions. | |
12) | Related reading discussions. | |
13) | Related reading discussions. | |
15) | Preparation of term paper studies. | |
16) | submission of research folder and report. |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Architecture Theory 1968, ed. K. Michael Hays (MIT Press, 1998) |
References: | Al hürol, Yonca, "Yüksek Binalar ve Çağdaşlaşma", Mimarlık,1994 Starrett, col.w.a., Skyscrapers and the Men Who Build Them, San Francisco, California,2006. Sullivan, Louis, "The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered", inland architecture, 1896. Tümer,Gürhan, "Babil Kulesinden New York Kulelerine", Mimarlık, 1999 Willis, Carol, Form Follows Finance:Skyscrapers and Skylines İn Newyork and Chicago, New York: princeton architectural press, 1995. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 1 | % 10 |
Quizzes | 6 | % 30 |
Presentation | 2 | % 20 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 42 |
Presentations / Seminar | 3 | 12 |
Quizzes | 6 | 24 |
Paper Submission | 3 | 12 |
Final | 2 | 10 |
Total Workload | 142 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | 1 | |
2) | 2 | |
3) | 3. | |
4) | 4 | |
5) | 5 | |
6) | 6 | |
7) | 7 | |
8) | 8 | |
9) | 9 |