ARCH 501 | Course Introduction and Application Information - M.SC. In Architecture (With Thesis)

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)	Öğr. Gör. Dr. Sinem DEMİREL
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

#	Content	PC Sub	* Contribution Level
#	Content	PC Sub	1	2	3	4	5
1	Will be able to discuss theoretical debates in architecture in the 20th century
2	Will be able to approach the architectural discipline from contemporary theoretical perspectives.
3	Will be able to conduct advanced architectural criticism at an interdisciplinary level.
4	Will be able to understand interdisciplinary academic research.
5	Will be able to raise ethical issues in architecture.
6	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

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)

Semester Activities	Number	Weighting	LO 1	LO 2	LO 3	LO 4	LO 5	LO 6
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

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

#	PC Sub	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	PC Sub	Program Competencies/Outcomes	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

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