GRADUATE SCHOOL
M.SC. In Architecture (With Thesis)
ARCH 504 | Course Introduction and Application Information
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Contemporary Architecture
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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 504
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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 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;
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| Course Description | This course focuses on post1950s architectural theories, practices and discourses. |
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Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses |
X
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| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Introduction to the course | |
| 2 | The Architectural Manifestation of PETER EISENMAN | Haftalık Okumalara İlişkin Ödevin Yapılması / Doing the Homework based on the Weekly Readings Haftalık Okumalar / Weekly Readings: • Peter Eisenman, ‘The End of the Classical: The End of the Beginning, the End of the End’, pp. 522-539, in K. Michael Hays (ed.) Architecture Theory Since 1968 (Cambridge Mass.: The MIT Press, 1998) • Michael K. Hays, ‘Repetition’, pp. 51-88, in Architecture’s Desire: Reading the Late Avant-Garde (Cambridge Mass.: The MIT Press, 2010) |
| 3 | The Architectural Manifestation of PETER EISENMAN | Haftalık Okumalara İlişkin Ödevin Yapılması / Doing the Homework based on the Weekly Readings Haftalık Okumalar / Weekly Readings: • Peter Eisenman, ‘Post-Functionalism’, pp. 234-239, in K. Michael Hays (ed.) Architecture Theory Since 1968 (Cambridge Mass.: The MIT Press, 1998) • Peter Eisenman, ‘Moving Arrows, Eros and Other Errors: An Architecture of Absence’, pp. 582-585, in K. Michael Hays (ed.) Architecture Theory Since 1968 (Cambridge Mass.: The MIT Press, 1998) • Peter Eisenman, ‘Cardboard Architecture’, pp. 241-243, in C. Jencks & K. Kropf (ed.) Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture (Great Britain: Academy Editions, 1997) • Peter Eisenman, ‘Visions Unfolding: Architecture in the Age of Electronic Media’, pp. 295-297, in C. Jencks & K. Kropf (ed.) Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture (Great Britain: Academy Editions, 1997) |
| 4 | The Architecture of PETER EISENMAN | Student Presentations on the Architect’s Selected Buildings |
| 5 | The Architectural Manifestation of BERNARD TSCHUMI | Haftalık Okumalara İlişkin Ödevin Yapılması / Doing the Homework based on the Weekly Readings Haftalık Okumalar / Weekly Readings: • Bernard Tschumi, The Manhattan Transcripts, (NY: Academy Editions, 1994) • Michael K. Hays, ‘Spacing’, pp. 135-170, in Architecture’s Desire: Reading the Late Avant-Garde (Cambridge Mass.: The MIT Press, 2010) |
| 6 | The Architectural Manifestation of BERNARD TSCHUMI | Haftalık Okumalara İlişkin Ödevin Yapılması / Doing the Homework based on the Weekly Readings Haftalık Okumalar / Weekly Readings: • Bernard Tschumi “The Architectural Paradox,” pp. 214-229, in K. Michael Hays (ed.) Architecture Theory Since 1968 (Cambridge Mass: The MIT Press, 1998) • Bernard Tschumi, ‘The Pleasure of Architecture’, pp. 268-269, in Charles Jencks & Karl Kropf (ed.) Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture (Great Britain: Academy Editions, 1997) |
| 7 | The Architecture of BERNARD TSCHUMI | Student Presentations on the Architect’s Selected Buildings |
| 8 | The Architectural Manifestation of DANIEL LIBESKIND | Haftalık Okumalara İlişkin Ödevin Yapılması / Doing the Homework based on the Weekly Readings Haftalık Okumalar / Weekly Readings: • Daniel Libeskind, ‘Chamber Works’, pp. 28-45, in R. Ritter & M. Haberz (ed.) Music Architecture, (Austria: HDA, 1997) • Daniel Libeskind, ‘Building’, in Breaking Ground- Adventures in Life and Architecture (NY: Riverhead Books, 2004), pp. 77-102 |
| 9 | The Architectural Manifestation of DANIEL LIBESKIND | Haftalık Okumalara İlişkin Ödevin Yapılması / Doing the Homework based on the Weekly Readings Haftalık Okumalar / Weekly Readings: • Daniel Libeskind, ‘End Space’, pp. 274-275, in Charles Jencks & Karl Kropf (ed.) Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture (Great Britain: Academy Editions, 1997) • Daniel Libeskind, ‘Unoriginal Signs’, pp. 281-282, in Charles Jencks & Karl Kropf (ed.) Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture (Great Britain: Academy Editions, 1997) • Daniel Libeskind, ‘Upside Down X’, pp. 293-294, in Charles Jencks & Karl Kropf (ed.) Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture (Great Britain: Academy Editions, 1997) |
| 10 | The Architecture of DANIEL LIBESKIND | Student Presentations on the Architect’s Selected Buildings |
| 11 | The Architectural Manifestation of REM KOOLHAAS | Haftalık Okumalara İlişkin Ödevin Yapılması / Doing the Homework based on the Weekly Readings Haftalık Okumalar / Weekly Readings: • Rem Koolhaas, ‘Junkspace’, October 100, Spring 2002, pp. 175-190, in I de SolaMorales, Differences: Topographies of Contemporary Architecture (Cambridge Mass.: MIT Press, 1997) • Rem Koolhaas, Delirious New York A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan, US: The Monacelli Press, 1994) • Charles Jencks, ‘Superposition - Can One Build-in Time?’, pp. 77-84, The Architecture of the Jumping Universe (Great Britain: Academy Editions, 1997) |
| 12 | The Architectural Manifestation of REM KOOLHAAS | Haftalık Okumalara İlişkin Ödevin Yapılması / Doing the Homework based on the Weekly Readings Haftalık Okumalar / Weekly Readings: • Rem Koolhaas ‘’Life in the Metropolis’’ or ‘The Culture of Congestion,’’, pp. 320-331, in K. Michael Hays (ed.) Architecture Theory Since 1968 (Cambridge Mass: The MIT Press, 1998) • Rem Koolhaas, ‘What Ever Happened to Urbanism?’, pp. 305-306, in Charles Jencks & Karl Kropf (ed.) Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture (Great Britain: Academy Editions, 1997) • Rem Koolhaas, ‘Bigness: or the Problem of Large’, pp. 307-311, in Charles Jencks & Karl Kropf (ed.) Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture (Great Britain: Academy Editions, 1997) |
| 13 | The Architecture of REM KOOLHAAS | Student Presentations on the Architect’s Selected Buildings |
| 14 | General Review | |
| 15 | Term Project | |
| 16 | Term Project |
| 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) |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation |
14
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10
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| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments |
8
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40
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| Presentation / Jury |
1
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20
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| Project |
1
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30
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| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
24
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100
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
20
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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 |
8
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6
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48
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| Field Work |
0
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
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| Portfolio |
0
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| Homework / Assignments |
8
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1
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8
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| Presentation / Jury |
1
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2
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2
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| Project |
1
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4
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4
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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 |
110
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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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*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest