ARCHITECTURE (TURKISH, NON-THESIS)
Master TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 QF-EHEA: Second Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 7

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
MIM5125 Turkish Architecture II Fall 0 3 3 8
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester

Basic information

Language of instruction: Tr
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÖKSUN AKYÜREK ALTÜRK
Course Objectives: This course aims to provide a wider perspective of the recent architectural field and its various productions in different scales (local/international; singular/urban) and contexts in Turkey starting from the 1980s, till today. In this respect, it is intended to identify and comparatively discuss the multiple processes and actors of the contemporary architectural productions in Turkey.

Learning Outputs

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1.Identify the historical and chronological developments of the architectural field in Turkey since 1980s.
2.Recognize significant products of recent architecture and their authors/architects in reference to their contextual significance, between 1980s and today.
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.

Course Content

This course aims to discuss the architectural productions of Turkey 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 contemporary architectural discourses, criticisms, buildings, urban conditions as architectural productions is included in the content of this course.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction
2) A general discussion of the social and spatial history of Turkey from the Early Republican periods till 1980s
3) Changing sociopolitical context in 1980s, state and architecture
4) Architecture and the question of postmodernity
5) City/Housing/Planning
6) Starchitecture in Turkish architecture
7) The transformation of architectural knowledge and media
8) Student presentations
9) The special case of Istanbul
10) Transformation of the urban space
11) Architectural competitions
12) Site trip and discussions
13) Architecture and the recent popular culture
14) Recent discourses on identity in architecture
15) General course review
16) Submission of term papers.

Sources

Course Notes: Will be announced weekly.
References: 1.Sibel Bozdogan, Esra Akcan, Turkey: Modern Architectures in History, Reaktion Books, 2012 2.AD Magazine, "Turkey:At the Threshold," Volume 80, January 2010.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 10
Laboratory % 0
Application % 0
Field Work % 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) % 0
Quizzes % 0
Homework Assignments 5 % 20
Presentation 1 % 30
Project % 0
Seminar % 0
Midterms % 0
Preliminary Jury % 0
Final % 0
Paper Submission 1 % 40
Jury % 0
Bütünleme % 0
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 100
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 0
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 14 78
Presentations / Seminar 1 8
Project
Homework Assignments 2 12
Quizzes
Preliminary Jury
Midterms
Paper Submission 1 14
Jury
Final
Total Workload 154

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
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9) 9