FFD 551 | Course Introduction and Application Information - M.SC. In Architecture (With Thesis)

Course Name

Spatial Practices

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
FFD 551	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	Discussion Q&A Critical feedback Lecture / Presentation
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ali ASLANKAN
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

The students who succeeded in this course;

Student will be able to analyze space from an interdiciplinary perspective.
Student will be able to approach space as a material and theoretical phenomenon.
Student will be able to use contemporary spatial theories in spatial discourse.
Student will be able to relate spatial issues and design.
Student will be able to relate spatial practice to design.

Course Description

Readings and discussions on critical spatial theories and the reading of a particular urban or architectural space based on these discussions.

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 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	Weigthing
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
#	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.		-	-	-	-	-
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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