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    M.SC. In Architecture (With Thesis)

    ARCH 502 | Course Introduction and Application Information

    Course Name
    Theory and Criticism in Architecture II
    Code
    Semester
    Theory
    (hour/week)
    Application/Lab
    (hour/week)
    Local Credits
    ECTS
    ARCH 502
    Spring
    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 -
    National Occupation Classification -
    Course Coordinator -
    Course Lecturer(s)
    Assistant(s) -
    Course Objectives The objective of this course is to 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 the architectural discipline from contemporary theoretical perspectives.
    • will be able to compare and contrast different approaches of advanced architectural criticism at an interdisciplinary level.
    • will be able to communicate academic writing skills at an interdisciplinary level.
    • will be able to classify academic research ideas from a critical perspective
    • will be able to describe ethical issues in architecture.
    Course Description This course is a sequel to Theory and Criticism in Architecture I. Alongside historically rooted themes, the focus is on relatively new concepts in architecture such as globalization, sustainability and digital design. The search for unprecedented architectural languages and the latters’ juxtaposition with contemporary social perspectives are discussed via interdisciplinary texts.
    Related Sustainable Development Goals

     



    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
    1 Introduction / Architectural Theory and Criticism in the 21st Century
    2 Rethinking Architectural Criticism Today • Andrew Leach “Criticality and Operativity” in Jane Rendell, Jonathan Hill, Murray Fraser and Mark Dorian eds. Critical Architecture (New York: Routledge 2007) ISBN13: 978-0-415-41538-1, pp. 14-21 • Naomi Stead “Criticism in/and/of Crisis” in Jane Rendell, Jonathan Hill, Murray Fraser and Mark Dorian eds. Critical Architecture (New York: Routledge 2007) ISBN13: 978-0-415-41538-1, pp. 76-83
    3 Globalization and Its Reflections on Architecture Tai-lok Lui (2008) “City Branding without Content: Hong Kong’s aborted West Kowloon mega-project, 1998-2006” IDPR 30(3), PP. 215-226
    4 Architecture, City and Power in the 21st Century Required readings will be announced by the instructor of the course
    5 PROJECT 1/ PRESENTATION Individual preparation for the submission and presentation
    6 Feminist, Queer, and Postcolonial Critiques of Space Jane Rendell “Tendencies and Trajectories: Feminist Approaches in Architecture” in C. Greg Crysler, Stephen Cairns and Hilde Heynen, eds. The SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory (Sage Publications 2012). ISBN-13: 978-1412946131, pp. 85-97
    7 Ecology, Ethics, and Responsibility in Contemporary Architecture Required readings will be announced by the instructor of the course
    8 Sustainability, Performance, and the Politics of “Green” Architecture Required readings will be announced by the instructor of the course
    9 PROJECT 2/ PRESENTATION Individual preparation for the submission and presentation
    10 Digital Design and Computation in 21st-Century Architecture Manuel De Landa (2002) “Deleuze and the Use of Genetic Algorithm in Architecture” in Architectural Design 72(1):9-12.
    11 Speed, Scale, and Smartness: Building in the 21st Century Arie Grafland and Heidi Sohn“Introduction: Technology, Science and Virtuality” in C. Greg Crysler, Stephen Cairns and Hilde Heynen, eds. The SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory (Sage Publications 2012). ISBN-13: 978-1412946131, pp. 471-487.
    12 Media, Platforms, and Architectural Visibility Required readings will be announced by the instructor of the course.
    13 PROJECT 3/ PRESENTATION Individual preparation for the submission and presentation
    14 Oral Exam Individual preparation for the oral exam
    15 Semester Review
    16 Semester Review

     

    Course Notes/Textbooks
    Suggested Readings/Materials
    • Ulrich Beck, An Introduction to the Theory of Second Modernity and the Risk Society (New York: Routledge, 2013). ISBN 0203107926
    • William W. Braham and Jonathan A. Hale, Rethinking Technology: A Reader in Architectural Theory (Oxford: Routledge 2007). ISBN-13: 978-0415346542
    • C. Greg Crysler, Stephen Cairns and Hilde Heynen, eds. The SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory (Sage Publications 2012). ISBN-13: 978-1412946131
    • Jane Rendell, Jonathan Hill, Murray Fraser and Mark Dorian eds. Critical Architecture (New York: Routledge 2007) ISBN13: 978-0-415-41538-1.
    • Terry Eagleton, Literary Theory (Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press, 2003). ISBN 978-0-8166-5447-5
    • Ariane Lourie Harrison, Architectural Theories of the Environment (New York: Routledge, 2013). ISBN 9780415506199
    • Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa and Aaaron Sprecher (eds) Architecture in Formation: On the Nature of Information in Digital Architecture (London: Routledge, 2013). ISBN-13: 978-0415534901
    • Harry Francis Mallgrave and Christiana Contandriopoulos, eds. Architectural Theory: An Anthology from 1871-2005, Volume II (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing 2008). ISBN-13: 978-1405102605
    • Felicity D. Scott, Architecture of Techno-utopia: Politics After Modernism (Cambridge Mass.: The MIT Press, 2007) ISBN: 9780262195621

     

    EVALUATION SYSTEM

    Semester Activities Number Weigthing
    Participation
    1
    10
    Laboratory / Application
    Field Work
    Quizzes / Studio Critiques
    Portfolio
    Homework / Assignments
    1
    32
    Presentation / Jury
    3
    18
    Project
    1
    30
    Seminar / Workshop
    Oral Exams
    1
    10
    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
    14
    6
    84
    Field Work
    0
    Quizzes / Studio Critiques
    0
    Portfolio
    0
    Homework / Assignments
    8
    2
    16
    Presentation / Jury
    3
    4
    12
    Project
    3
    18
    54
    Seminar / Workshop
    0
    Oral Exam
    1
    11
    11
    Midterms
    0
    Final Exam
    0
        Total
    225

     

    COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

    #
    		 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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