GRADUATE SCHOOL

M.SC. In Architecture (With Thesis)

ARCH 506 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name
Alternative Practices in Architecture
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
ARCH 506
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 -
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives To explore the creative ways in which architectural history and criticism could be disseminated to wider audiences.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Student will be able to communicate and discuss contemporary and historical issues in architecture in a variety of media.
  • Student will be able to carry out collaborative work in the field of arhictectural history and criticism.
  • Student will be able to develop practical applications of scholarly research in the field of architecture.
  • Student will be able to develop a critical look towards alternative practices of architecture.
  • Student will be able to compare various examples of current mass media by means of his/her acquired knowledge about printed, digital and/or audio broadcasting.
Course Description The course explores the creative ways in which architectural history and criticism could be disseminated to wider audiences. Drawing upon theoretical insights and historical knowledge gained in other courses, students complete assignments in a variety of formats: architectural journalism, radio and internet broadcasting, exhibition curating, etc.

 



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
2 Writing on Space Lucy Maynard Salmon,“History in a Backyard,” in History and the Texture of Modern Life, edited by Nicholas Adams and Bonnie G. Smith, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001, pp. 76-84. Riitta Oittinen, “Call Shops: A New Architectural Typology for Calling Home,” in Journeys: How Travelling Fruit, Ideas and Buildings Rearrange our Environment, edited by Giovanna Borasi, Montréal and Barcelona: Canadian Centre for Architecture/Actar, 2010, pp. 191-202. Orhan Pamuk, “Hüzün – Melancholy – Tristesse of Istanbul,” Other Cities, Other Worlds: Urban Imaginaries in a Globalizing Age, edited by Andreas Huyssen, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2008, pp. 289-306. Alain de Botton, “The Virtues of Buildings,” Architecture of Happiness, pp. 169-250.
3 Writing on Space Presentation and discussion of weekly assignment
4 Architectural Photography Ezra Stoller, “Photography and the Language of Architecture”, Perspecta 8 (1963): 43-44. Pierluigi Serraino, “Framing Icons: Two Girls, two audiences. The Photographing of Case Study House #22,” in This is Not Architecture: Media Constructions, edited by Kester Rattenbury, London and New York: Routledge, 2002, pp. 127-135. Tom Wilkinson, “The Polemical Snapshot: Architectural Photography in the Age of Social Media,” The Architectural Review, January 15, 2015. http://www.architectural-review.com/essays/the-polemical-snapshot-architectural-photography-in-the-age-of-social-media/8674662.article. James S. Ackerman, “On the Origins of Architectural Photography,” in Origins, Imitations, Conventions: Representation in the Visual Arts, London and Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001, pp. 95-124. Cervin Robinson, “Architectural Photography,” Journal of Architectural Education 29, no. 2 (November 1975): 10-15. Iwan Baan, “No Filter,” Interview by Tali Jaffe, Cultured Magazine, Winter 2014, pp. 204-217.
5 Architectural Photography Presentation and discussion of weekly assignment
6 Architectural Journalism Lewis Mumford, “House of Glass,” From the Ground Up: Observations on Contemporary Architecture, Housing, Highway Building, and Civic Design, Harvest Books, 1956, pp. 156-166. Lewis Mumford, “Prefabricated Blight,” From the Ground Up: Observations on Contemporary Architecture, Housing, Highway Building, and Civic Design, Harvest Books, 1956, pp. 108-114. Paul Goldberger, “Surface Tension: Jean Nouvel and the art of the façade,” The New Yorker, November 23, 2009. Ada Louise Huxtable, “Architecture Criticism,” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 134, no. 4 (December 1990): 461-464. Paul Goldberger, “Architecture Criticism: Does It Matter?” Talk given at Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, November 12, 2003. Paul Goldberger, “Writing About Architecture,” Talk given at Yale School of Architecture, October 8, 2007.
7 Architectural Journalism Presentation and discussion of weekly assignment
8 Architecture on Television and Radio History Detectives “Boxcar Home,” http://video.pbs.org/video/1914349975/ PBS "History Detectives" Host/Architectural Historian Gwendolyn Wright interview, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yy7goPV70M Excerpts from NTV “Yaşasın Mimari,” http://www.folia.org.tr Excerpts from The Perfect Home, Channel 4, http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-perfect-home Açık Mimarlık on Açık Radyo, http://acikmimarlik.blogspot.com.tr/p/podcast.html. http://www.podcastchart.com/podcasts/architecture-on-air
9 Architecture on Television and Radio Presentation and discussion of weekly assignment
10 Curating Architecture Barry Bergdoll, “In the Wake of Rising Currents: The Activist Exhibition,” Log 20 (Fall 2010): 159-167. Marco De Michelis, “Architecture Meets in Venice,” Log 20 (Fall 2010): 29-34. Sylvia Lavin, “Showing Work,” Log 20 (Fall 2010): 5-10. Mirko Zardini, “Exhibiting and Collecting Ideas: A Montreal Perspective,” Log 20 (Fall 2010): 77-84. Gerald Adler, “Curating the social, curating the architectural,” Curating Architecture and the City, edited by Sarah Chaplin and Alexandra Stara, Routledge, 2009, pp. 167-178. Robert A. M. Stern, “From the Past: Strada Novissima,” Log 20 (Fall 2010): 35-38. Paul O’Neill, “The Curatorial Turn: From Practice to Discourse,” Issues in Curating Contemporary Art and Performance, edited by Judith Rugg and Michèle Sedgwick, Bristol and Chicago: Intellect, 2007, pp. 13-28. Jane Rendell, “Critical Spatial Practice: Curating, Editing, Writing,” Issues in Curating Contemporary Art and Performance, edited by Judith Rugg and Michèle Sedgwick, Bristol and Chicago: Intellect, 2007, pp. 59-75. Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar, “Bir Boğaziçi Yalısı Müzesi,” Boğaziçi Yalıları, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2006, pp. 92-95.
11 Curating Architecture Presentation and discussion of weekly assignment
12 Architecture Online Geoff Manaugh, “Architectural Conjecture, Urban Speculation,” The BLDGBLOG Book, Chronicle Books, 2009, pp. 9-35. Geoff Manaugh, “Architectural Criticism,” http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/architectural-criticism.html Alexandra Lange, “Design Blogs: The Vacuum of Enthusiasm,” Design Observer, March 29, 2010, http://designobserver.com/feature/design-blogs-the-vacuum-of-enthusiasm/13188.
13 Architectural Documentary Véronique Vienne, “Game Changers 2015: Ila Beka and Louise Lemoine,” Metropolis Magazine, January 2015, http://www.metropolismag.com/January-2015/Game-Changers-2015-Ila-Beka-and-Louise-Lemoine/
14 Presentations
15 Concluding Overview
16 Concluding Overview

 

Course Notes/Textbooks None
Suggested Readings/Materials See weekly schedule

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
4
70
Presentation / Jury
Project
1
20
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
6
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
8
112
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
0
Portfolio
0
Homework / Assignments
3
10
30
Presentation / Jury
0
Project
1
9
9
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
0
Final Exam
0
    Total
199

 

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.

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

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 


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