GRADUATE SCHOOL
M.SC. In Architecture (With Thesis)
ARCH 503 | Course Introduction and Application Information
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Modernity in Spatial Production
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
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Application/Lab
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Local Credits
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ECTS
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ARCH 503
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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7.5
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Elective
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| Course Level |
Second Cycle
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| Course Objectives | To introduce seminal texts, pivotal debates and fundamental concepts of the relation between modernity and architecture and to provide a common ground of discussion for the students on chosen topics of that relation. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course focuses on the transformative consequences of modernity in architectural spaces and how the latter per se shaped modernity in culture and social life. It critically explores this complex relation by means of interdisciplinary concepts. Rather than a chronological structure, the course is based on the thematic organization of these crucial concepts in order to unravel the broader context of modernity and architecture. |
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Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses |
X
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WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Introduction to the Course | |
| 2 | Introduction to the Concepts of Modernity, Modernization and Modernism in Architecture | Readings: Heynen, H. (1999). Architecture Facing Modernity: Concepts of Modernity, in Architecture and Modernity: A Critique, (MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London): 8-14, Whyte, I. B. (2004). Ch3: Modernity and architecture, in M. Hvattum & C. Hermansen (ed.) Tracing Modernity: Manifestations of the modern in architecture and the city, (Routledge: London and New York), 42-55. |
| 3 | Space-Time Conception in Modern Architecture | Readings: Heynen, H. (1999). Constructing the Modern Movement: Space, Time and Architecture: The Canon of Modern Architecture, in Architecture and Modernity: A Critique, (MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London): 38-41, Giedion, S. (1977). The New Space Conception: Space-Time, in Space Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition, (USA: Harvard University Press): 430-433. |
| 4 | Individuality and the Modern City | Readings: Frisby, D. (2004). Ch16: Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project, A prehistory of modernity, in M. Hvattum & C. Hermansen (ed.) Tracing Modernity: Manifestations of the modern in architecture and the city, (Routledge: London and New York), 271-291, Simmel, G. (1969). The Metropolis and Mental Life, in R. Sennett (ed.) Classic Essays on the Culture of Cities, (New Jersey: Prentice-Hall): 47-60. |
| 5 | The Idea of Progress and Mechanization of the Modern Society | Readings: Hvattum, M. (2004). Ch8: ‘A complete and universal collection’ Gottfried Semper and the Great Exhibition, in M. Hvattum & C. Hermansen (ed.) Tracing Modernity: Manifestations of the modern in architecture and the city, (Routledge: London and New York), 271-291, Wright, F. L. (1901). The Art and Craft of the Machine, in W. Braham, J. A. Hale and J. S. Sadar (ed.) Rethinking Technology: A Reader in Architectural Theory, (USA and Canada: Routledge): 1-14. |
| 6 | Functionalism in Modern Architecture | Readings: Adorno, T. (1997). Functionalism Today, in N. Leach (ed.) Rethinking Architecture: A reader in cultural theory, (London and New York: Routledge): 4-18, Heynen, H. (1999). Adolf Loos: The Broken Continuation of Tradition, in Architecture and Modernity: A Critique, (MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London): 75-96. |
| 7 | Mimesis and Representation in Modern Architecture | Readings: Vesely, D. (2004). Ch6: Modernity and the Question of Representation, in M. Hvattum & C. Hermansen (ed.) Tracing Modernity: Manifestations of the modern in architecture and the city, (Routledge: London and New York), 81-100, Heynen, H. (1999). Mimesis in Architecture, in Architecture and Modernity: A Critique, (MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London): 192-218. |
| 8 | Formal Expression in Modern Architecture | Readings: Whyte, I. B. (2004). Ch15: The Expressionist Utopia, in M. Hvattum & C. Hermansen (ed.) Tracing Modernity: Manifestations of the modern in architecture and the city, (Routledge: London and New York), 256-271, Bloch, E. (1997). Formative Education, Engineering Form, Ornament, in N. Leach (ed.) Rethinking Architecture: A reader in cultural theory, (London and New York: Routledge): 41-49, Heynen, H. (1999). Modernism as a Breaking Point within the Capitalist System, in Architecture and Modernity: A Critique, (MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London): 125-128 |
| 9 | Ideology and Style in Modern Architecture | Readings: Eggener, K. L. (2006) Nationalism, Internationalism and the ‘Naturalisation’ of Modern Architecture in the United States, 1925–1940, National Identities, 8:3, 243-258, Frampton, K. (2000). Ch24: Architecture and the State: Ideology and Representation 1914-43, in Modern Architecture: A Critical History, (London: Thames & Hudson): 210-223. |
| 10 | Third World and Colonial Modernities | Readings: Lu, D. (2011). Ch1: Introduction: architecture, modernity and identity in the Third World, in D. Lu (ed.) Third World Modernism: Architecture, development and identity, (USA and Canada: Routledge): 1-28, Pyla, P. I. (2007). Hassan Fathy Revisited: Postwar Discourses on Science, Development, and Vernacular Architecture, Journal of Architectural Education, vol. 60, no. 3: 28-39. |
| 11 | Regional and Vernacular Modernities | Readings: Lejeune, J-F. (2010), The Modern and the Meditterranean in Spain, in J-F. Lejeune and M. Sabatino (ed.) Modern Architecture and the Meditterranean Vernacular Dialogues and Contested Identities, (London and New York: Routledge): 65-94, Moreira, F. D. (2006). Lucio Costa: Tradition in the Architecture of Modern Brazil, National Identities, 8:3, 259-275. |
| 12 | Pluralism, Capitalism and Postmodern Architecture | Readings: Harvey, D. (1989). Ch 4: Postmodernism in the city: architecture and urban design, in The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change, (Cambridge, Oxford: Blackwell): 66-99, Jameson, F. (1997). The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism & The Constraints of Postmodernism in N. Leach (ed.) Rethinking Architecture: A reader in cultural theory, (London and New York: Routledge): 225-242. |
| 13 | Semester Review | - |
| 14 | Term Project | Preliminary Presentations |
| 15 | Term Project | Preliminary Presentations |
| 16 | Term Project | Preliminary Presentations |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
• Conrads, Ulrich, ed. Programmes and Manifestoes on 20th century Architecture. Trans. Michael Bullock. London: Lund Humphries, 1970, ISBN: 0-262-53030-9. • Curtis. Wılliam J. Modern Architecture since 1900s. Third edition. London; New York: Phaidon, 2006, ISBN: 0-7148-3356-8 • Frampton, K. Modern Architecture: A Critical History, London: Thames & Hudson, 2000, ISBN: 0-500-20257-5 • Harvey, David. The Condition of Postmodernity An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1990, ISBN: 978-0-631-16294-0 • Heynen, H. (1999). Architecture and Modernity: A Critique, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, ISBN: 978-0-262-58189-9 • Jean-François Lejeune and Michelangelo Sabatino, ed. Modern Architecture and the Mediterranean Vernacular Dialogues and Contested Identities, London and New York: Routledge, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-415-77634-9 • Leach, Neil, ed. Rethinking Architecture: A Reader in Cultural Theory. London; New York: Routledge, 1997, ISBN: 0-415-12826-9 • Lu, Duanfang, ed. Third World Modernism: Architecture, development and identity, USA and Canada: Routledge, 2011, ISBN: 978-0-415-56458-8 • Hvattum, M. & Hermansen, C. ed. Tracing Modernity: Manifestations of the modern in architecture and the city, Routledge: London and New York, 2004, ISBN: 0-415-30512-8 |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation |
1
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10
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| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
2
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10
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| Portfolio |
1
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25
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| Homework / Assignments |
1
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15
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| Presentation / Jury |
1
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15
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| Project |
1
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25
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| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
4
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70
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
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30
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| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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| Study Hours Out of Class |
14
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7
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98
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| Field Work |
0
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
2
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2
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4
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| Portfolio |
1
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30
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30
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| Homework / Assignments |
1
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14
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14
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| Presentation / Jury |
1
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8
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8
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| Project |
1
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23
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23
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| Seminar / Workshop |
0
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| Oral Exam |
0
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| Midterms |
0
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| Final Exam |
0
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| Total |
225
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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| 1 | To be able to advance specialized architectural knowledge based on qualifications acquired at the undergraduate level. |
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| 2 | To be able to conceive the interdisciplinary nature of the architectural field and apply such knowledge and analytical capacity to interdisciplinary studies. |
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| 3 | To be able to apply specialized knowledge in architecture in theoretical or practical work. |
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| 4 | To be able to produce new knowledge by integrating architectural knowledge with knowledge in other disciplines. |
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| 5 | To be able to diagnose and evaluate a specific problem in architecture and to relate this ability to publishing or practice. |
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| 6 | To be able critically evaluate knowledge peculiar to the architectural field, facilitate self-directed learning and produce advanced work independently. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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