ARCH 504 | Course Introduction and Application Information - M.SC. In Architecture (With Thesis)

Course Name

Contemporary Architecture

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
ARCH 504	Fall/Spring	3	0	3	7.5

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Elective
Course Level	Second Cycle
Mode of Delivery	-
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	-
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	-
Course Lecturer(s)	Öğr. Gör. Dr. Livanur ERBİL ALTINTAŞ
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives

To discuss the changing outlooks and problematics of the period via seminal text by architects and architectural theorists and to evaluate contemporary architectural topics from a critical perspective.

Learning Outcomes

The students who succeeded in this course;

The student will be able to know about the pivotal works of contemporary architecture.
The student will be able to interpret the fundamental concepts of the contemporary architectural scene.
The student will be able to analyze the field of contemporary architecture within a broader cultural field, understood as the product of political, economic, social and artistic forces.
The student will be able to observe the effects of architectural practices per se on contemporary culture and social life.
The student will be able to discuss the theories and practices that govern contemporary architecture in their broader scope and context.

Course Description

This course is an overview of contemporary architecture focusing on the last 20 years of architecture and design practices. The course will introduce issues of debate in the contemporary architectural scene in relation to technological advancements as well as social and environmental changes. It will cover the transformations in conceptions of design in architecture and it will explore the organizational, technological, and cultural changes in architectural practice over the last 20 years with a particular emphasis on the impact of Information Technologies on the field of architecture as well as the effects of the pandemic on these changes. The course aims to provide a theoretical background with a critical examination of contemporary architectural theories, practices, and transformations

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 to the course
2	Foundations of Digital Architecture	1-Kalay, Y. E. (2006). The impact of information technology on design methods, products and practices. Design studies, 27(3), 357-380. 2-Knight, T., & Stiny, G. (2001). Classical and non-classical computation. Architectural Research Quarterly, 5(4), 355–372. doi:10.1017/S1359135502001410 3-Picon, A. (2016). From authorship to ownership: A historical perspective. Architectural Design, 86(5), 36-41
3	The Beginning of Digital Transformation	1-Oxman, R. (2006). Theory and design in the first digital age. Design studies, 27(3), 229-265. 2-Kolarevic, B. Introduction in Architecture in the Digital Age: Design and Manufacturing (2003) 3-Terzidis, K. (1992). The role of Computers in Architectural Design. IAPS Proceedings 4-Mitchell, W. J. (1994). Three paradigms for computer-aided design. Automation in Construction, 3(2-3), 239-245
4	Parametric Design and New Forms	1-Schumacher, P. (2009). Parametricism: A new global style for architecture and urban design. Architectural design, 79(4), 14-23. 2-Carpo, Mario. “Digital Indeterminism: The New Digital Commons and the Dissolution of Architectural Authorship.” Architecture in Formation, On the Nature of Information in Digital Architecture, edited by Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa and Aaron Sprecher, Routledge, 2013, pp. 47–52. 3-Peters, B., Peters, T. and Aish, R. (2013). First Build Your Tools. In Inside Smartgeometry (eds B. Peters and T. Peters). Pg 36-49. 4-Silver, M. (2006), Building without drawings: Automason Ver 1.0. Archit Design, 76: 46-51.
5	Architecture and Data	1- Cantamessa, M., Montagna, F., Altavilla, S., & Casagrande-Seretti, A. (2020). Data-driven design: the new challenges of digitalization on product design and development. Design Science, 6, e27. doi:10.1017/dsj.2020.25. 2- Kitchin, Rob, Data-Driven, Networked Urbanism (August 10, 2015). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2641802 3- Hensel, D. S., Tyc, J., & Hensel, M. (2022). Data-driven design for Architecture and Environment Integration. SPOOL, 9(1), 19-34.
6	Artificial Intelligence and Architecture	1- Leach, Neil, What is AI? In Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021 (pp.15-40). 2-Chaillou, S. (2021). AI and architecture: An experimental perspective. In The Routledge Companion to Artificial Intelligence in Architecture (pp. 420-441). Routledge.
7	Post-Digital Architecture	1-Eisenman, P. (2013). Architecture after the age of printing (1992). The Digital Turn in Architecture 1992–2012, 15-27. 2-Kolarevic, B. (2008, April). Post-digital architecture: towards integrative design. In First International Conference on Critical Digital: What Matters (s) (pp. 149-156). 3-Guan, R., Lu, J.,Peng, Z. , Wang, X., Applying Digital Technologies in Urban Environment, Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies, Volume 2, 2024, pp. 446-458.
8	Semester Break	Midterm -Paper Submissions (Online)
9	Changes in Architectural Practice and Offices-1	1- Kolarevic, B. (2003). Digital master builders? In B. Kolarevic (Ed.), Architecture in the digital age: Design and manufacturing (pp. 97-107). Spon Press. 2- Yaneva, A. (2022). Pandemic variations of design practice. In Architecture After Covid. UK: Bloomsbury Publishing. 3- Carpo, M. “The Office Was Once a Vital Technology, but Its Time May Be Over.” The Architect’s Newspaper, New York (electronic publication, March 2022: https://www.archpaper.com/2022/03/op-ed-office-was-once-a-vital-technology-but-its-time-may-be-over/).
10	Changes in Architectural Practice and Offices-2	1-Friedman, A. (2017). The cultured corporation: Art, architecture and the postwar office building. In Architectures of Display (pp. 233-248). Routledge. 2-van Berkel, B., & ter Braak, M. (2016). UNStudio: Research and the ritual of sharing in the practice of UNStudio. In The Changing Shape of Practice (pp. 96-107). Routledge. 3-Castle, H. (2006). Unified design: collaborative working at Arup Associates. Architectural Design, 76(4), 98-105. 4-van Berkel, B. (2013). Navigating the Computational Turn. Architectural Design, 83(2), 82-87.
11	Social Responsibility and Community-Oriented Design	1-Aravena, A. (2010). Elemental-Interview. Perspecta, 42, 85-89. 2-Latour, B., & Yaneva, A. (2017). «Give me a gun and I will make all buildings move»: an aNt’s view of architecture. Ardeth. A Magazine on the Power of the Project, (1), 103-111. 3-Halloran, V. (2020). Solving the Housing Crisis Half-a-House at a Time. The University of Miami Inter-American Law Review, 52(1), 95-130.
12	Changes in Sustainability and Materials	1-Yeang, Ken, “Eco-Design and Planning”, Iran: Architecture for Changing Societies, Philip Jodidio (ed.), Torino: Umberto Allemandi & C., 2004, pp.177-181. 2-Garcia, E., Vale, B., (2021). Current Ideas for Future Built Environments. Collapsing Gracefully: Making a Built Environment that is Fit for the Future, 17-47. 3-Bonevac, D. (2010). Is sustainability sustainable?. Academic Questions, 23(1), 84.
13	Architecture in the Future	1-Leach, N. (2009). Digital morphogenesis. Architectural Design, 79(1), 32-37. 2-Maas, W., Arpa, J., & Nilsson, F. (2019). MVRDV+ The Why Factory: Factoring the why in design practice. In The Changing Shape of Architecture (pp. 92-100). Routledge. 3-Mathews, S. (2006). The Fun Palace as virtual architecture: Cedric Price and the practices of indeterminacy. Journal of Architectural Education, 59(3), 39-48. 4- Leach, Neil, The future of the architectural office. In Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021, (pp 115-137). 5- Carpo, M. (2020). Rise of the Machines. Mario Carpo on Robotic Construction.” Artforum 58(7), (pp. 172-179).
14	Case Studies*	*Precedents will be announced later.
15	General Review
16	Term paper submissions & presentations

Course Notes/Textbooks
Suggested Readings/Materials	Recommended Reference Sources: • Charles Jencks & Karl Kropf, Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture (Great Britain: Academy Editions, 1997) • K. Michael Hays, Architecture’s Desire: Reading the Late Avant-Garde (Cambridge Mass.: The MIT Press, 2010) • K. Michael Hays, ed., Architecture Theory Since 1968 (Cambridge Mass.: The MIT Press, 1998)

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	14	10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio	1	30
Homework / Assignments	8	40
Presentation / Jury	1	20
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	24	100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade		20
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	8	6	48
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio	1	4	4
Homework / Assignments	8	1	8
Presentation / Jury	1	2	2
Project			0
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms			0
Final Exam			0
		Total	110

#	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.		-	-	-	-	X
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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