| MATHEMATICS (TURKISH, PHD) | |||||
| PhD | TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 | QF-EHEA: Third Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 8 | ||
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| HTC6204 | Unfolding Istanbul | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester |
| Language of instruction: | En |
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi SUNA ÇAĞAPTAY |
| Course Objectives: | From its early centuries as a Greek colony and Roman town, to its unique role as the imperial capital of both the Byzantine and the Ottoman Empires, to its latest distinction as a European Cultural Capital of 2010, Istanbul’s vaunted history spans over two and a half millennia. Istanbul has been the site of dramatic shifts in global power,politics, and culture. Even now, its very form, which preserves, in its oldest parts, monuments from the ancient, Byzantine, and Ottoman pasts alongside one another, |
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The students who have succeeded in this course; Students who are taking this course will learn about Istanbul’s ancient and modern urban fabric that will serve as the foundation for our investigation of the ways in which Istanbul's past have been physically memorialized, narrated, and incorporated into the urban landscape. Students will learn how to consider the city from a horizontal perspective by first mapping existing monuments in relationship to one another and considering the impact of the past on the current experiences of the modern city’s space. They will then map the city from a vertical perspective, addressing what is preserved, reused, or destroyed at pivotal historical moments, and exploring how the physical space at that moment reflects the changing identity of the city. |
| INTRODUCTION Lecture 1: Opening Lecture Istanbul: An Urban Commentary Read: Excerpts from Orhan Pamuk’s Istanbul UNFOLDING BYZANTIUM: TEXT VS. CONTEXT Lecture: Ways of Looking and Understanding: Istanbul Visual Culture of Constantinople– Istanbul Read: R. Krautheimer, ’Constantinople,’’ in Three Christian Capitals, ed. By Richard Krautheimer. (Berkeley, University of California Press, 1983): 81-120. Destination I: The Old City: Framing the Byzantine and Ottoman Layers Destination II: Byzantine Public Spaces I: Hippodrome and its Environs Destination III: St. Sophia Destination IV: Great Palace- Mosaic Museum Destination IV: Byzantine Public Spaces II: Constantine’s and Theodosius’ Fora Read: Tülay Atak, “ A ‘Difficult Whole’: Tourism, Urban Space, and Istanbul in the Western Architectural Discourse,” IASTE Works-in-Progress Series 141 (2002): 31-40. Berin F. Gür, “Spatialisation of Power/Knowledge/Discourse: Transformation of Urban Space Through Cursive Representations in Sultanahmet, Istanbul,” Space &Culture 5.3 (2002): 237-252. FROM CONSTANTINOPLE TO ISTANBUL I Lecture: Concept of Urban Space- Transition from Byzantine to Ottoman Read: G. Necipoğlu, “The Life of an Imperial Monument: Hagia Sophia After Byzantium,” Hagia Sophia from the Age of Justinian to the Present (Cambridge University Press, 1992): 195-225. Destination I: Topkapı Palace JUXTAPOSED PLACES: BEYOND THE CITY: WALLS AND CEMETERIES Destination I: Bus ride to the City Walls and Cemeteries and Eyüp Destination II: The Chora/ Kariye Read: Robert S. Nelson, “Heavenly Allies at the Chora,” Gesta 43.1 (2004): 31-40. Destination III: Strolling through Fener and Balat DISCOVER THE CITY AT YOUR OWN PACE Possible routes: the Grand Bazaar, the Princes' Islands, and the Bosphorus… SINAN’S ISTANBUL Destination I: Mihrimah Mosque and Şemsi Paşa Mosque Destination II: Rüstem Paşa Mosque Destination III: Süleymaniye Read: G. Necipoğlu, “The Süleymaniye Complex in Istanbul: An Interpretation,”Muqarnas 3 (1985); 92-117. HYBRID IDENTITIES: GALATA-PERA REGION Destination I: (Meet @ Karaköy Tram) Galata Mevlevi Lodge Destination II: The Taste of Modern: Borusan, IKSV and SALT Buildings, St. Anthony and Sta. Maria Draperis Catholic Churches,the Lion and the Taksim Square Destination III: Kamondo Strs, Kal de los Frankos, Arap Camii, Genoese City Walls Read: P. Girardelli, “Architecture, Identity and Liminality: On the Use and Meaning of Catholic Spaces in Late Ottoman Istanbul ,” Muqarnas (2005), 233-64. N. Şeni, “Kamondos and Their Imprint on the 19th c. Istanbul,” IJMES 26 (1994): 663-675. "Building the 'Contemporary' in Late Ottoman & Early Republican Istanbul MODERNISM I: 1950s-2000s Lecture: Modernism and Contemporary Architecture Read: E. Kaçel, “Hiltonculuk and Beyond. The Dialectics of Intellectualism in Postwar Turkey, ”Journal for Architectural Knowledge 12 (2010): Destination II: Ulus and Levent/ Malls and Consumerism and Crafting Elite Localities: Gated Communities MODERNISM II: CHALLENGES OF URBAN DESIGN: PUBLIC PLACES AND POSSIBLE PUBLICS Destination I: Office/Architect visit: Founded in 2003 in Istanbul, UrasxDilekci is an architectural firm focusing on designing progressive architecture. Led by Emin Uras and Durmuş Dilekçi, the office renders services of projects and counseling in architecture, urban planning, and interior design. This firm is the mastermind behind many projects in Istanbul and beyond, including the 360 Istanbul, as well as an impressive adaptive re-use project that transformed an old salt factory into an ad agency located on the Golden Horn. DESIGNER CITIES: ISTANBUL AND BEYOND To discuss the current state and future of urban design and high-end condo projects in Istanbul. This workshop led by a group of Istanbul-based architects to discuss the following issues: challenges of urban design in an historic context, the risks/benefits of it, the story behind the design process of different neighborhoods by starchitects in Istanbul and beyond. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| Course Notes: | Doğan Kuban, İstanbul Yazıları; İstanbul Ansiklopedisi, Stefanos Yerasimos, İstanbul (İmparatorluk Başkenti), İstanbul, 2010; Çeçen, Kazım, Mimar Sinan ve Kırkçeşme Tesisleri,İstanbul 1988;Çeçen, Kazım, İstanbul’un Osmanlı Dönemi Su Yolları,İstanbul 2000;Demir, Ataman. “Haliç Bölgesinde Su Mimarisi Eserleri”, Haliç 2001 Sempozyumu,İstanbul 2001. Nirven, Saadi Nazım,İstanbul suları,İstanbul 1946; Oğuz, Burhan. Bizans’tan Günümüze İstanbul Suları, İstanbul, 1998;Öziş, Ünal - Arısoy, Yalçın, “Mimar Sinan’ın Su İletim Sistemleri” Mimar Sinan DönemiTürk Mimarlığı ve Sanatı Sempozyumu, İstanbul 1988; Sönmez, Zeki. Mimar Sinan İle İlgili Tarihi Yazmalar-Belgeler, İstanbul, 1988; |
| References: | Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı, Fâtih Devri Mîmârîsi, İstanbul, 1953;Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı,Fâtih Devri Mîmârî Eserleri, İstanbul, 1953;Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı,"Fatih Devrinde İstanbul Mahalleleri, Şehrin İskânı ve Nüfûsu", Vakıflar Dergisi, Sayı: IV. Ankara, 1958, s. 245 - 261;Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı, XIX. Asırda İstanbul Haritası, İstanbul, 1958;Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı,Fâtih Devri Mîmârîsi Zeyli, İstanbul, 1960;Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı, Osmanlı Mîmârîsinde Fâtih Devri, C. III, İstanbul,1973; Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı, Osmanlı Mîmârîsinde Fâtih Devri, C. IV, İstanbul, 1974; Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı,İstanbul Vakıfları Tahrir Defteri, ( Ö.L. Barkan İle ) İstanbul, 1970. |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 1 | % 10 |
| Laboratory | 0 | % 0 |
| Application | 0 | % 0 |
| Field Work | 0 | % 0 |
| Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | 0 | % 0 |
| Quizzes | 0 | % 0 |
| Homework Assignments | 0 | % 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | % 0 |
| Project | 2 | % 50 |
| Seminar | 0 | % 0 |
| Midterms | 0 | % 0 |
| Preliminary Jury | 0 | % 0 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| Paper Submission | 0 | % 0 |
| Jury | 0 | % 0 |
| Bütünleme | % 0 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 10 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 90 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field Work | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 5 | 30 | 150 |
| Presentations / Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework Assignments | 2 | 30 | 60 |
| Quizzes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Preliminary Jury | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paper Submission | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| Jury | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 260 | ||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution |