ARCHITECTURE (TURKISH, NONTHESIS) | |||||
Master | TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 | QF-EHEA: Second Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 7 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
MIM5124 | Turkish Architecture I | Fall Spring |
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: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÖKSUN AKYÜREK ALTÜRK |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | This course aims to develop a wider perspective on various productions of architectural field starting from the late Ottoman period till the 1980s. In this respect, it is aimed to identify and comparatively discuss the multiple processes and various actors of these architectural productions. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1.Identify the historical and chronological developments of the architectural field in Turkey since the late nineteenth century. 2.Recognize significant products of recent architecture and their authors/architects in reference to their contextual significance within the defined period. 3.Analyze urban processes and the professional mechanism of architectural production(s) comparatively. 4.Develop notions of dynamic social, political, economic factors in national and global levels as active constituents of the architectural field. |
This course aims to discuss the architectural productions of Turkey starting from the late Ottoman period within the context of larger sociopolitical and cultural developments including cross-cultural influences, formation and transformation of an urban culture in contact with global networks of communication, economy and culture. Accordingly analysis and comparison of architectural discourses, criticisms, buildings, urban conditions as architectural productions is included in the content of this course. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction; How to define the content of a "Turkish Architecture"? How to liberate its content from its cultural limitations? | |
2) | The national identity of any architecture in question. | Baydar, Gülsüm. (2004), "The Cultural Burden of Architecture," Journal of Architectural Education, 57: 19–27. |
3) | Architectural Context of the Late Ottoman Period: Last century of the empire and its architecture(s). | |
4) | Shifting paradigms-Transition to the Turkish Republic and the birth of a new architectural era | Bozdoğan & Akcan, Turkey, Chapter 1, Architecture of Revolution, 17-48. -Bozdoğan & Akcan, Turkey, Chapter 2, Building for the Modern Nation State, 49-80. |
5) | Architecture of the house - Living in a modern house/family/city | Bozdoğan & Akcan, Turkey, Chapter 3, The Modern House, 81-104. |
6) | Post-war architecture in Turkey | Bozdoğan & Akcan, Turkey, Chapter 4, Populist Democracy and Post-war Modernism, 105-138. |
7) | Architecture and the city | Bozdoğan & Akcan, Turkey, Chapter 5, Housing in the Metropolis, 140-170. |
8) | Student presentations | |
9) | Architecture and the State | Bozdoğan & Akcan, Turkey, Chapter 6, Architecture under Coups d'État, 171-202. |
11) | City/Housing/Spontaneity | Bozdoğan & Akcan, Turkey, Chapter 8, The Illegal City and New Residential Segregation, 235-263. |
13) | The Istanbul case | Çağlar Keyder, Istanbul: Between the Global and the Local, Boston: Rowman&Littlefield, 1999, pp.1-31. |
14) | Architecture in Turkey in reference to the international realm | To be announced |
15) | Preparations for the final paper | |
16) | Final paper submission |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Will be announced weekly. |
References: | - |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | % 20 |
Presentation | 1 | % 30 |
Paper Submission | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 78 |
Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 8 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | 12 |
Final | 1 | 16 |
Total Workload | 156 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | gaining the implementation ability of the theory and practice knowledge | 2 |
1) | gaining the knowledge on a specific research area | 2 |
2) | . | 2 |
3) | . | 3 |
4) | . | 4 |
5) | . | 4 |
6) | . | 4 |
7) | . | 4 |