ARCH 506 | Course Introduction and Application Information - M.SC. In Architecture (With Thesis)

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	-
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	-
Course Lecturer(s)	Öğr. Gör. Dr. Emre GÖNLÜGÜR
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

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation	Learning Outcome
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

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

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

#	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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