BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO | |||||
| 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 |
| INT2943 | Sketching Istanbul | Spring Fall |
0 | 4 | 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 : | Assoc. Prof. SEZİN HATİCE TANRIÖVER |
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Instructor OSMAN ÜMİT SİREL Instructor SİNAN POLVAN Assoc. Prof. SEZİN HATİCE TANRIÖVER |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | documentary movie |
| Course Objectives: | Drawing should be designated as a modality of thinking other than being encompassed by given talent which is technical or artistic or both. In other words, visual thinking is a specific language that is constituted by mostly lines that can attain different qualities. Hence, the course aims to equip students commencing their architectural education with skills to develop and use freehand drawing as means to interior architectural perception and representation. For this purpose, studio sessions will be held for primary information exchange and outdoor exercises will be performed on specific urban sites. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; I. Record the physical environment that is visually perceived and mentally distinguished in two dimensional media. II. Record the mentally processed idea in two dimensional media. III. Develop scale and proportion skills. IV. Manipulate lines as communicative tools. |
Course Content
| Developing skills in freehand visualizations of architectural ideas expressed as drawing for mental and manual coordination. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction. Concept of line as thought and sketching activity as a perfomance of visual communication. | none |
| 2) | Line qualities, hatching. Line weights as line expression. Hatching as surface expression. | none |
| 3) | Approximating dimensional relations within objects. Notions of dimension, scale and proportion. | none |
| 4) | Traces of Byzance, historical peninsula | |
| 5) | City walls of Istanbul | |
| 6) | Galata | |
| 7) | Beyoğlu I - From Tünel to Galatasaray | |
| 8) | Beyoğlu II - From Galatasaray to Taksim | |
| 9) | Zeyrek ve Cibali | |
| 10) | Süleymaniye | |
| 11) | Fener and Balat | |
| 12) | Topkapı Palace and Archaeological Museum | |
| 13) | Sirkeci and Eminönü | |
| 14) | Bosphorus Mansions |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Ders notları stüdyo saatleri sonrasında sisteme yüklenmektedir. Ayrıca, eskiz teknikleri üzerine yardımcı kitaplara üniversite kütüphanesinden erişilebilir. Course notes are uploaded into the system after studio hours. Moreover, some supplementary materials on sketching are accessible at the university library. |
| References: | Kendra Schank Smith, Architects' Drawings, Architectural Press, 2005. Kendra Schank Smith, Architects' Sketches, Architectural Press, 2008. Sue Ferguson Gussow, Architects Draw, Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 2008. Brian Edwards, Understanding Architecture Through Drawing, Taylor and Francis, New York, 2008. George Hlavács, The Exceptionally Simple Theory of Sketching, BIS Publishers, Amsterdam, 2014. |
Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 10 | % 10 |
| Field Work | 10 | % 50 |
| Paper Submission | 1 | % 40 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % | |
| Total | % 100 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Application | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Field Work | 11 | 4 | 44 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Workload | 106 | ||
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) | Knowledge of photographic and video media and ability to use basic, intermediate and advanced techniques of these media. | |
| 2) | Ability to understand, analyze and evaluate theories, concepts and uses of photography and video. | |
| 3) | Ability to employ theoretical knowledge in the areas of the use of photography and video. | |
| 4) | Familiarity with and ability to review the historical literature in theoretical and practical studies in photography and video. | |
| 5) | Ability in problem solving in relation to projects in photography and video. | |
| 6) | Ability to generate innovative responses to particular and novel requirements in photography and video. | |
| 7) | Understanding and appreciation of the roles and potentials of the image across visual culture | |
| 8) | Ability to communicate distinctively by means of photographic and video images. | |
| 9) | Experience of image post-production processes and ability to develop creative outcomes through this knowledge. | |
| 10) | Knowledge of and ability to participate in the processes of production, distribution and use of photography and video in the media. | |
| 11) | Ability to understand, analyze and evaluate global, regional and local problematics in visual culture. | |
| 12) | Knowledge of and ability to make a significant contribution to the goals of public communication. | |
| 13) | Enhancing creativity via interdisciplinary methods to develop skills for realizing projects. | |
| 14) | Gaining general knowledge about the points of intersection of communication, art and technology. |