Course Name |
Spatial Practices
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
|
ECTS
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FFD 551
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Fall/Spring
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
7.5
|
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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Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionQ&ACritical feedbackLecture / Presentation | |||||
National Occupation Classification | - | |||||
Course Coordinator | ||||||
Course Lecturer(s) | - | |||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | This course aims to examine and understand multidimensional aspects of specific spatial practices and their articulation with the materiality of space. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes |
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Course Description | Readings and discussions on critical spatial theories and the reading of a particular urban or architectural space based on these discussions. |
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Core Courses | |
Major Area Courses |
X
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|
Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Related Preparation | Learning Outcome |
1 | Introduction to the course themes | No preparation | |
2 | Definition of Space in history | Doing the compulsory reading: Stephen Kern, The Culture of Time and Space (Cambridge Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1983), pp. 131-180. Writing a commentary. | |
3 | Multidimensionality of Space in Architecture | Doing the compulsory reading: Henri Lefebvre (1991) Plan of the present work, in (Trans.) Donald-Nicholson Smith, The Production of Space. Oxford: Blackwell, 1-67. Writing a commentary. | |
4 | Multidimensionality of Space in Architecture | Doing the compulsory reading: Piere Bourdieu, Distinction. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984). Writing a commentary. | |
5 | Multidimensionality of Space in Architecture | Doing the compulsory reading: Michel de Certeau, Chapter IX Spatial Stories, The Practice of Everyday Life. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984) 115-130. Writing a commentary. | |
6 | Multidimensionality of Space in Architecture | Edward W. Soja (1980) The Socio-Spatial Dialectic, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 70, No. 2, pp.207-225. Writing a commentary. | |
7 | Space and Culture | Doing the compulsory reading chosen by the students. | |
8 | Space and Time | Doing the compulsory reading chosen by the students. | |
9 | Space and Function | Doing the compulsory reading chosen by the students. | |
10 | Space and Form | Doing the compulsory reading chosen by the students. | |
11 | Proposal Submission and Critique | Literature Research on Individual Topics | |
12 | Presentation of Research Outputs | Preparation for presentation of term papers | |
13 | Presentation and critique of term projects | Preparation for presentation of term papers | |
14 | Presentation and critique of term projects | No preparation | |
15 | Final presentations and Feedback on Critical Essay/Project | No preparation | |
16 | Overall evaluation | No preparation |
Course Notes/Textbooks | None |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Stephen Kern, The Culture of Time and Space (Cambridge Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1983), pp. 131-180. Henri Lefebvre (1991) Plan of the present work, in (Trans.) Donald-Nicholson Smith, The Production of Space. Oxford: Blackwell, 1-67. Michel de Certeau, Chapter IX Spatial Stories, The Practice of Everyday Life. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984) 115-130. Piere Bourdieu, Distinction. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984). Edward W. Soja (1980) The Socio-Spatial Dialectic, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 70, No. 2, pp.207-225. Mustafa Pultar, A Structural Approach to Cultural Studies of Architectural Space. (Eds.) S.M. Ünügür, O. Hacıhasanoğlu and H. Turgut, Culture and Space in the Home Environment: Critical Evolutions and New Paradigms. (İstanbul: İstanbul Technical University, 1997) 27-32. Hüseyin Kahvecioğlu (2008) Mekanın Üreticisi ve Tüketicisi olarak Zaman. Zaman-Mekan, Yem Yayınları, 142-149. Theodor Adorno (1997) Functionalism Today, in (ed.) Neil Leach, Rethinking Architecture: A Reader in Cultural Theory. Routledge, 5-18. Stanford Anderson (1987) The Fiction of Function. Assemblage, no:2, 18-31. C. Rowe and R. Slutzky, Transparency: Literal and Phenomenal, Perspecta 8:45-54. Daniel Naegele (2001) Savoye Space: The Sensation of Object. Harvard Design Magazine: 15. |
Semester Activities | Number | Weighting | LO 1 | LO 2 | LO 3 | LO 4 | LO 5 |
Participation | |||||||
Laboratory / Application | |||||||
Field Work | |||||||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||||||
Portfolio | |||||||
Homework / Assignments |
1
|
40
|
|||||
Presentation / Jury |
1
|
20
|
|||||
Project |
1
|
40
|
|||||
Seminar / Workshop | |||||||
Oral Exams | |||||||
Midterm | |||||||
Final Exam |
-
|
-
|
|||||
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
2
|
60
|
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
|
40
|
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 |
16
|
7
|
112
|
Field Work |
0
|
||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
|
||
Portfolio |
0
|
||
Homework / Assignments |
1
|
40
|
40
|
Presentation / Jury |
1
|
5
|
5
|
Project |
1
|
20
|
20
|
Seminar / Workshop |
0
|
||
Oral Exam |
0
|
||
Midterms |
0
|
||
Final Exam |
-
|
-
|
0
|
Total |
225
|
#
|
PC Sub | Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
|
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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. |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
4 |
To be able to produce new knowledge by integrating architectural knowledge with knowledge in other disciplines. |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
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. |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
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. |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
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. |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
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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