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    ARCH 501 | Course Introduction and Application Information

    Course Name
    Theory and Criticism in Architecture I
    Code
    Semester
    Theory
    (hour/week)
    Application/Lab
    (hour/week)
    Local Credits
    ECTS
    ARCH 501
    Fall
    3
    0
    3
    7.5

    Prerequisites
    None
    Course Language
    English
    Course Type
    Required
    Course Level
    Second Cycle
    Mode of Delivery -
    Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
    Case Study
    Q&A
    Critical feedback
    Lecture / Presentation
    National Occupation Classification -
    Course Coordinator -
    Course Lecturer(s)
    Assistant(s) -
    Course Objectives To develop the students’ critical interpretive skills in architecture by introducing them to architectural and historical texts and their critical interpretations by leading contemporary theorists including philosophers and cultural theorists as well as architects and historians.
    Learning Outcomes

    The students who succeeded in this course;

    • Will be able to discuss theoretical debates in architecture in the 20th century
    • Will be able to approach the architectural discipline from contemporary theoretical perspectives.
    • Will be able to conduct advanced architectural criticism at an interdisciplinary level.
    • Will be able to understand interdisciplinary academic research.
    • Will be able to raise ethical issues in architecture.
    • Will be able to apply academic writing skills at an interdisciplinary level.
    Course Description This course focuses on historically recurrent architectural themes from contemporary theoretical perspectives.

     



    Course Category

    Core Courses
    Major Area Courses
    X
    Supportive Courses
    Media and Management Skills Courses
    Transferable Skill Courses

     

    WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

    Week Subjects Related Preparation Learning Outcome
    1 Introduction of Course Topics - Theory and Architecture
    2 Academic Research and Article Writing
    3 Modernism: Theory • Architectural Design and Representation in Modernism Selected readings from Mallgrave, H. F., & Contandriopoulos, C. (2008). Architectural theory, volume II: An anthology from 1871–2005. Maldwell, MA: Blackwell Publishing. /Quiz 1
    4 Construction and material technologies in modernist architecture • Urban and environmental context in modernism Thomas L. Schumacher (2005) Horizontality, Journal of Architectural Education, 59:1, 17-26, DOI: 10.1111/ j.1531-314X.2005.00002.x and Eloísa Petti Pinheiro (2012) New urban forms: the crescents of Bath and Le Corbusier's plan for Rio de Janeiro, Planning Perspectives, 27:1, 121-129, DOI: 10.1080/02665433.2012.629820 / /Quiz 2
    5 Assignment Submission: My Modernist Mentor Homework Submission/ Presentation
    6 Structuralism: Theory • Architectural Design and Representation in Structuralism; Construction and material technologies in structuralist architecture • Urban and environmental context in structuralism Söderqvist, L. (2011). Structuralism in architecture: A definition, Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, 3(1), 5414. https://doi. org/10.3402/jac.v3i0.5414/Quiz 3
    7 Postmodernism: Theory • Architectural Design and Representation in Postmodernism Jencks, C. (2011) The Story of Post-Modernism: Five Decades of the Ironic, Iconic and Critical in Architecture 1st Edition Wiley, 19-47 /Quiz 4
    8 Construction and material technologies in postmodernist architecture • Urban and environmental context in postmodernism Venturi, Robert; Scott Brown, Denise, and Izenour, Steven (1977). Learning from Las Vegas. MIT Press 1-47/Quiz 5
    9 Semiotics and Phenomenology in Architecture Mallgrave, H. F., & Contandriopoulos, C. (2008). Architectural theory, volume II: An anthology from 1871–2005. Maldwell, MA: Blackwell Publishing seçilmiş Okumalar / Quiz 6
    10 Assignment Submission: Challenging Post-Modernism or Embracing it? Homework Submission/ Presentation
    11 Post-Structuralism and Deconstructivism: Theory • Architectural Design and Representation in Post-Structuralism/ Deconstructivism; Construction and material technologies in poststructuralist/ deconstructivist architecture. • Urban and environmental context in poststructuralism/ deconstructivism Mary McLeod (1989) “Architecture and Politics in the Reagan Era: From Postmodernism to Deconstructivism,” Assemblage 8 / Quiz 7
    12 Assignment Submission: My Deconstructivist Mentor Homework Submission/ Presentation
    13 Architectural Criticism- The foundations Coyne, Dr. R. (2020) “The Production of Architectural Criticism” Architectural Theory Review 16(2) /Quiz 8
    14 Architectural Criticism and Contemporary Architecture Case Studies from World Cities
    15 Assignment Submission: Critique of Iconic Architecture Homework Submission/ Presentation
    16 Review of the semester

     

    Course Notes/Textbooks

    None

    Suggested Readings/Materials
    • Thomas L. Schumacher (2005) Horizontality, Journal of Architectural Education, 59:1, 17-26, DOI: 10.1111/ j.1531-314X.2005.00002.x  Eloísa Petti Pinheiro (2012) New urban forms: the crescents of Bath and Le Corbusier's plan for Rio de Janeiro, Planning Perspectives, 27:1, 121-129, DOI: 10.1080/02665433.2012.629820 / 
    • Söderqvist, L. (2011). Structuralism in architecture: A definition, Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, 3(1), 5414. https://doi. org/10.3402/jac.v3i0.5414 
    • Jencks, C. (2011) The Story of Post-Modernism: Five Decades of the Ironic, Iconic and Critical in Architecture 1st Edition 
    • Wiley Venturi, Robert; Scott Brown, Denise, and Izenour, Steven (1977). Learning from Las Vegas. MIT Press. 
    • Mary McLeod (1989) “Architecture and Politics in the Reagan Era: From Postmodernism to Deconstructivism,” Assemblage 8. 
    • Coyne, Dr. R. (2020) “The Production of Architectural Criticism” Architectural Theory Review 16(2) . 
    • Peter Barry, Beginning Theory (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1995) . 
    • C. Greg Crysler, Stephen Cairns and Hilde Heynen, eds. The SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory (Sage Publications 2012). 
    • William W. Braham and Jonathan A. Hale, Rethinking Technology: A Reader in Architectural Theory (Oxford: Routledge 2007). 
    • Michael Dear, The Postmodern Urban Condition (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing 2000). 
    • Terry Eagleton, Literary Theory (Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press, 2003) 
    • Michael Hays, ed., Architecture Theory Since 1968 (Cambridge Mass.: The MIT Press, 1998) 
    • Neil Leach, ed., Rethinking Architecture (London: Routledge, 1997) 
    • Harry Francis Mallgrave and Christiana Contandriopoulos, eds. Architectural Theory: An Anthology from 1871-2005, Volume II (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing 2008). 
    • Kate Nesbitt, ed., Theorizing a New Agenda for Architecture (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1996) 
    • Joan Ockman, ed., Architecture Culture 1943-1968 (New York: Rizzoli1993) 
    • John Reader, Cities: A Magisterial Exploration of the Nature and Impact of the City from Its Beginnings to the Mega-Conurbations of Today (New York: Atlantic Monthly Press 2004) 
    • Felicity D. Scott, Architecture of Techno-utopia: Politics After Modernism (Cambridge Mass.: The MIT Press, 2007)

     

    EVALUATION SYSTEM

    Semester Activities Number Weigthing
    Participation
    1
    8
    Laboratory / Application
    Field Work
    Quizzes / Studio Critiques
    Portfolio
    Homework / Assignments
    1
    32
    Presentation / Jury
    4
    20
    Project
    4
    40
    Seminar / Workshop
    Oral Exams
    Midterm
    Final Exam
    Total

    Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
    7
    100
    Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
    Total

    ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

    Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
    Theoretical Course Hours
    (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
    16
    3
    48
    Laboratory / Application Hours
    (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
    16
    0
    Study Hours Out of Class
    12
    7
    84
    Field Work
    0
    Quizzes / Studio Critiques
    0
    Portfolio
    0
    Homework / Assignments
    8
    1
    8
    Presentation / Jury
    4
    3
    12
    Project
    4
    18
    72
    Seminar / Workshop
    0
    Oral Exam
    0
    Midterms
    0
    Final Exam
    0
        Total
    224

     

    COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

    #
    PC Sub Program Competencies/Outcomes
    * Contribution Level
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    1

    To be able to advance specialized architectural knowledge based on qualifications acquired at the undergraduate level.

    -
    -
    -
    -
    X
    2

    To be able to conceive the interdisciplinary nature of the architectural field and apply such knowledge and analytical capacity to interdisciplinary studies.

    -
    -
    -
    -
    X
    3

    To be able to apply specialized knowledge in architecture in theoretical or practical work.

    -
    -
    -
    -
    X
    4

    To be able to produce new knowledge by integrating architectural knowledge with knowledge in other disciplines.

    -
    -
    -
    X
    -
    5

    To be able to diagnose and evaluate a specific problem in architecture and to relate this ability to publishing or practice.

    -
    -
    -
    X
    -
    6

    To be able critically evaluate knowledge peculiar to the architectural field, facilitate self-directed learning and produce advanced work independently.

    -
    -
    -
    X
    -
    7

    To be able to communicate contemporary developments in architecture and one’s own work in professional and interdisciplinary environments in written, oral or visual forms.

    -
    X
    -
    -
    -
    8

    To be able to consider, control and communicate social, scientific and ethical values in the accumulation, interpretation, publication and/or application of architectural data.

    -
    -
    X
    -
    -
    9

    To be able to critically analyze the norms that inform spatial relationships and their social implications and to develop original thesis according to guidelines.

    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    10

    To be able to keep up with developing knowledge in Architecture and participate in academic and professional discussions using at least one foreign language.

    -
    -
    -
    -
    X

    *1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

     


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