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INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
ARC3921 Selected Topics in Architecture Fall 2 0 2 4
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: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator :
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üyesi SUNA ÇAĞAPTAY
Assoc. Prof. ALİ DEVRİM IŞIKKAYA
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi BELİNDA TORUS
Recommended Optional Program Components: Students are expected to associate history and design courses.
Course Objectives: since a field of social and cultural production, to review architecture as a milieu of actuality that is effective in particularities of every cultural-social formation within primary/specific texts, that can be updated virtually every semestre.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. Assess architecture as social formation within techno-cultural and socio-cultural projections.

II. Develop a critical thinking through texts related to architecture in focus of a primary and particular event and/ or concept.


III. Conclude that texts change in each and every socio-cultural formation, that they are pluralistic and hence, they are historical.

IV. Associate correlations of architecture-history-theory-criticism to recognise architecture as a field of reproduction and relate this comprehension to design implementation.

Course Content

Texts on architecture and/or texts on architectural issues and literal and visual texts produced by architectural thought comprise the course content.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction: Time-space and architecture 1.1 Simpson, L.C., (1995). Technology, Time and The Conversations of Modernity, Routledge, New York. 1.2 Kern, S., (1983). The Culture of Time and Space, 1880-1913, Harvard University Press, Cambridge.
2) Becoming acquainted with the concepts and the phenomena: time, space, modern, temporal time&space, modern time&space, architecture, İstanbul. 2.1 metapolis dictionary of advanced architecture 2.2 Becoming İstanbul 2.3 Webster Online Dictionary, temporal, http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/temporal 2.4 The Oxford Dictionary of English, (2005). Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1816. 2.5 Cambridge İnternational Dictionary of English, (1995). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1499. 2.6 The New Webster’s Dictionary of The English Language, (1986). Delair Publishing, New York, 1011. 2.7 Temporal, http://www.etymonline.com/temporal 2.8 TDK, (2005). Türkçe Sözlük, Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu, 10. baskı, Ankara. 2.9 Devellioğlu, F., (2008). Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat, 25. baskı, Aydın Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara.
3) In the focus on the "selected topics" Architecture and Realities. reading 3.1: Giddens, A., (1996). The Consequences of Modernity, 6. baskı, Polity Press, Cambridge. reading 3.2: Mumford, L., (1934).Technics and Civilization, Brace and Company, Newyork.
4) In the focus of the "selected topics" architecture andrealities. lecture: Time&space conception and architecture. reading 4.1: Tanju, B., (2005). “Mekân-Zaman ve Mimarlıklar”, Zaman-Mekân, 168-185; Derleyen: Ural, Ş., Şentürer, A., Uz Sönmez, F. ve Berber, Ö., (2008) Zaman-Mekân, birinci baskı, YEM, İstanbul. reading 4.2: Davidson, C., C., (1999). Anytime, MIT Press, Cambridge.
5) In the focus of the "selected topics" architecture and realities. lecture: time&space and architecture in premodern world. reading 5.1: Landes, D., S., (1983). Revolution of Time: Clocks and The Making of The Modern World, Belknap Press of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London. reading 5.2: Rossum, G., D., (1996). History of The Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders, Çeviren: Dunlap Thomas, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
6) in the focus of the "selected topics" architecture and realities. lecture: Ottoman time&space and architecture in premodern world reading 6.1: Tanyeli, U., (1998). “The Emergence of Modern Time Consciousness in the Islamic World and the Problematics of Spatial Perception”, 159-167; Derleyen: Davidson, C., C., (1999). Anytime, MIT Press, Cambridge. reading 6.2: Akın, N., (2002). 19. Yüzyılın İkinci Yarısında Galata ve Pera, ikinci baskı, Literatür Yayınları, İstanbul. quiz 1.
7) in the focus of the "selected realities" architecture and realities. lecture: Nignt in Ottoman time&space conception and architecture reading 7.1: Çelik, Z., (1993). Remaking of İstanbul: Portrait of an Ottoman City in the Nineteenth Century, University of California Press, California.; Çeviren: Deringil, S., (1996). 19. Yüzyılda Değişen İstanbul, birinci baskı, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, İstanbul. reading 7.2: Işın, E., (2006). Everyday Life in İstanbul, Tarih, Kültür ve Mekan İlişkileri Üzerine Tarih Denemeleri, birinci baskı, YKY, İstanbul.
8) in the focus of the "selected topics" and architecture. discussion: premodern realities and architecture submission of term paper topic
9) in the focus of the "selected topics", "realities", "change" and "architecture". lecture: change in time&space conception and architecture reading 9.1: Mumford, L., (1934).Technics and Civilization, Brace and Company, Newyork. reading 9.2: Bartky, I.R. (1989). “The Adoption of Standart Time”, Technology and Culture(30): 25-56. reading 9.3: Simpson, L.C., (1995). Technology, Time and The Conversations of Modernity, Routledge, New York. reading 9.4: Giddens, A., (1996). The Consequences of Modernity, 6. baskı, Polity Press, Cambridge.
10) in the focus of the "selected topics", "realities", "change" and "architecture". lecture: time&space and architecture in modern world reading 10.1: Sigfried Giedion,Space,Time and Architecture
11) in the focus of the "selected topics", "realities", "change" and "architecture". lecture: change in the ottoman time&space conception and architecture reading 11.1: Atay, F., R. (1933). Eski Saat, Akşam Matbaası, İstanbul. reading 11.2: Haşim, A. (1921). “Müslüman Saati”, Dergâh, cilt 1, (3): 1-1. quiz 2
12) in the focus of the "selected topics", "realities", "change" and "architecture". lecture: new time&space organization of ottoman istanbul and architecture reading 12.1: Tanyeli, U., (1997). “Osmanlı Kentsel Ulaştırma Düzeni ve Batılılaşması: Tekno-Kültürel Bir Değerlendirme”, 350-360; Derleyen: III. Symposium of History of Sciences, Modern Transportation and Communication Techniques in the Ottoman State, first draft issue, İstanbul. reading 12.2: Ahmet Rasim, (2005). Şehir Mektupları; Derleyen: Akbayar, N., Oğlak Klasikleri, İstanbul. reading 12.3: Wishnitzer, A. (2009). The Transformation Of Ottoman Temporal Culture During The Long Nineteenth Century, Doktora Tezi, Tel Aviv University The Graduate School of Historical Studies, Tel Aviv.
13) in the focus of the "selected topics", the relations of "realities", "change" and architecture term paper presentations.
14) in the focus of the "selected topics", the relations of "realities", "change" and "architecture" conclusion term paper presentations
15) getting ready for final
16) final final exam

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Wishnitzer, A. (2009). The Transformation Of Ottoman Temporal Culture During The Long Nineteenth Century, Doktora Tezi, Tel Aviv University The Graduate School of Historical Studies, Tel Aviv.

Mumford, L., (1934).Technics and Civilization, Brace and Company, Newyork.

Bartky, I.R. (1989). “The Adoption of Standart Time”, Technology and Culture(30): 25-56.

Simpson, L.C., (1995). Technology, Time and The Conversations of Modernity, Routledge, New York.

Kern, S., (1983). The Culture of Time and Space, 1880-1913, Harvard University Press, Cambridge.

Işın, E., (2006). İstanbul’da Gündelik Hayat, Tarih, Kültür ve Mekan İlişkileri Üzerine Tarih Denemeleri, birinci baskı, YKY, İstanbul.

Derviş, P., Tanju, B. ve Tanyeli, U., (2009). İstanbullaşmak: Olgular, Sorunsallar, Metaforlar, birinci baskı, Garanti Galeri, İstanbul.

Akın, N., (2002). 19. Yüzyılın İkinci Yarısında Galata ve Pera, ikinci baskı, Literatür Yayınları, İstanbul.

Çelik, Z., (1993). Remaking of İstanbul: Portrait of an Ottoman City in the Nineteenth Century, University of California Press, California.; Çeviren: Deringil, S., (1996). 19. Yüzyılda Değişen İstanbul, birinci baskı, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, İstanbul.

Giddens, A., (1996). The Consequences of Modernity, 6. baskı, Polity Press, Cambridge.

Atay, F., R. (1933). Eski Saat, Akşam Matbaası, İstanbul.

Haşim, A. (1921). “Müslüman Saati”, Dergâh, cilt 1, (3): 1-1.

Tanpınar, A.H., (1961). Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul.

Ahmet Rasim, (2005). Şehir Mektupları; Derleyen: Akbayar, N., Oğlak Klasikleri, İstanbul.
References: Ders sürecinde konu ile ilişkilendirilebilecek metinler eklenebilecektir.

Supplementary material can be added during the course.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 10
Quizzes 2 % 10
Homework Assignments 1 % 20
Presentation 1 % 20
Final 1 % 40
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 16 32
Study Hours Out of Class 1 2
Presentations / Seminar 10 20
Homework Assignments 12 24
Quizzes 2 2
Final 1 2
Total Workload 82

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution