MATHEMATICS (TURKISH, 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
HTC6103 Design Culture Fall 3 0 3 12
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester

Basic information

Language of instruction: En
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Assoc. Prof. NİLAY ÜNSAL GÜLMEZ
Course Objectives: This course aims at developing a general knowledge over the way of thinking in design culture and flourishing critical debates on form paradigms. It intends to understand the history of design/form in relation to subject object dichotomy and discuss the theoretical background of knowledge and design through the main lines of scientific and artistic developments that are the milestones in the transformation of form. The course studies the interrelationships between history and theory.

Learning Outputs

The students who have succeeded in this course;
A student completing this course

1.Develops a holistic perception in apprehension of design as a culture
2.Be able to interpret and participate contemporary debates on transformation of knowledge and form production.
3.Discuss main lines of scientific and artistic developments in relation to design
4.Improve academic writing and thinking skills

Course Content

Thresholds, translations and transformations of design culture and education will be investigated and discussed throughout the semester.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to the scope of the course
2) Thresholds in The Evolution of Design Culture (I) Mind-Body-Space-Time Relations Stephen Kern, 2003. Excerpts from The Culture of Time-Space, Harvard Univ. Press
3) Thresholds in The Evolution of Design Culture (II) Mind-Body-Space-Time Relations David Farrell Krell, 1997. Architecture: Ecstasies of Space, Time, and the Human Body, State Univ. of NY
4) Thresholds in The Evolution of Design Culture (III) Mind-Body-Space-Time Relations Michael Hensel, Christhopher Hight, Achim Menges (ed.), 2009. Excerpts from Space Reader. Heterogeneous Space in Architecture, Wiley.
5) Translation of Visual Culture (I) Theory and Concept of Translation(I) John Biguenet and Rainer Schulte, 1992. Excerpts form Theories of Translation: An Anthology of Essays from Dyden to Derrida, University of Chicago Press
6) Translation of Visual Culture (II) Reciprocal experiences in Europe and Turkey (II) Esra Akcan, 2012. Excerpts from Architecture in Translation: Germany, Turkey and the Modern House, Duke University Press Books.
7) Tasarım Eğitiminde Çeviri/Etkileşimler Mervyn Romans,2005. Histories of Art and Design Education Excerpts from . Collected Essays, Intellect Books
8) The Concept of “Minor” in Design Jill Stoner, 2012. Toward a Minor Architecture, the MIT Press.
9) Kafkan Space Benjamin, “Franz Kafka” in Illuminations ed. Hannah Arendt trans Herry Zohn (NY: Schocken Books, 1969).
10) Interdisciplinary encounters Jane Rendell, Jonathan Hill, Murray Fraser and Mark Dorrian, 2007. Excerpts from Critical Architecture, Routledge.
11) Student presentations Discussion
12) Student presentations Submission of student papers
13) Critics on student papers
14) Submission of revised papers and presentation Discussion

Sources

Course Notes: gerektiğinde verilir will be given when necessary
References: Stoner, Jill. Towards a minor Architecure, The MIT Press, 2012. Eck van C. and Winters E. (ed.) Dealing with the Visual: Art History, aesthetics and visual culture, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005. Akcan, E. Excerpts from Architecture in Translation: Germany, Turkey and the Modern House , Duke University Press Books, 2012. Gelernter, M., Sources of Architectural Form, New York: Manchester University Press, 1995 Honour, H. and Fleming, J. , The Visual Arts: A History, Englewood Cliffs:Prentice Hall Inc, 1982 Hollis, E., Milligan, A., Milton, A., Plunkett, D. and Gigli, J. and Hay, F., Thinking Inside the Box: A Reader in Interiors for the 21st Century. Middlesex University, 2007. Margolin, V., Design Discourse. History. Theory . Criticism, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989. Rendell, J, Hill, Jonathan, Fraser, M and Dorrian, M. Excerpts from Critical Architecture, Routledge, 2007 Hensel, M, Hight, C, Menges, A (ed.), Excerpts from Space Reader. Heterogeneous Space in Architecture, Wiley, 2009.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 30
Laboratory % 0
Application % 0
Field Work % 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) % 0
Quizzes % 0
Homework Assignments % 0
Presentation 1 % 30
Project % 0
Seminar % 0
Midterms % 0
Preliminary Jury % 0
Final 1 % 40
Paper Submission % 0
Jury % 0
Bütünleme % 0
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 42
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship (Work Placement)
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 12 96
Presentations / Seminar 2 20
Project
Homework Assignments 11 98
Quizzes
Preliminary Jury
Midterms
Paper Submission
Jury
Final
Total Workload 256

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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