GRADUATE SCHOOL
M.SC. In Architecture (With Thesis)
FFD 563 | Course Introduction and Application Information
Course Name |
Art, Design and City
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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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FFD 563
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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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Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | - | |||||
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Course Lecturer(s) | - | |||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | This objective of this course is to understand and question the relationship between art, design and the city by taking the city as a social and physical entity. |
Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | To understand the discourses on the relationship between art, design and the city since modernism and to analyze a given urban space based on these. |
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Core Courses | |
Major Area Courses |
X
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Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
1 | Introduction to the course | |
2 | Modernity and the City | Readings, Quiz 1 |
3 | Avant Garde Movements in Art and Architecture in the 20th and 21st century | Clement Greenberg (1989) “Avant-Garde and Kitsch” in Art and Culture Critical Essays, Beacon Press London / Quiz 2 |
4 | Public Art: Theories and Practice | Sharp, J., Pollock, V. and Paddison, R. (2005) ‘Just art for a just city: public art and social inclusion in urban regeneration’, Urban Studies 42(5/6), pp. 1001–1023. / Quiz 3 |
5 | Art, Culture and Urban Space in the Global Era | Malcolm Miles (2013) “Art and Culture: The Global Turn” in Re-imagining the City- ART, GLOBALIZATION AND URBAN SPACES eds. Elizabeth Grierson and Kristen Sharp/ Quiz 4 |
6 | Arts for Urban Regeneration and/or Gentrification? | Carl Grodach, Nicole Foster, James Murdoch (2015) “Arts industries do not cause gentrification- they tend to chase it.” blogs.lse.ac.uk/ / Quiz 5 |
7 | Art in the Making in the City: Art incubators, culture industry clusters in the city | Grodach, C. (2011). “Art spaces in community and economic development: Connections to neighborhoods, artists, and the cultural economy.” Journal of Planning Education and Research, 31, 74–85./ Quiz 6 |
8 | Urban Redevelopment through Arts: Miami Design District and Wynwood | Oner, A.C., Grant, R.J. and Tekel, A. (2016) “Global Arts Worlds and the Worlding of Wynwood, Florida” Presented at the 2016 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Conference. March 29-April 1st, 2016. San Francisco, CA. / Quiz 7 |
9 | City Case Studies: London Southbank and Shoreditch Representing the City through Art and Architectural Design: Art and culture venues, public art, street art | Report and Presentation |
10 | City Case Studies: Istanbul Cihangir, Karakoy, Galata, Beyoglu Representing the City through Art and Architectural Design: Art and culture venues, public art, street art | Report and Presentation |
11 | City Case Studies: Portland Pearl District and Alberta Arts District Representing the City through Art and Architectural Design: Art and culture venues, public art, street art | Report and Presentation |
12 | City Case Studies: Buenos Aires Palermo Soho and Palermo Hollywood Representing the City through Art and Architectural Design: Art and culture venues, public art, street art | Report and Presentation |
13 | City Case Studies: Sao Paulo Vila Madalena (Pinheiros District) and Jardins District Representing the City through Art and Architectural Design: Art and culture venues, public art, street art | Report and Presentation |
14 | Art and Design in Izmir: Getting Ready for the Final Project • How has Izmir been represented through art and design historically and in the recent times in different artictic mediums? • What are the important public art and venues in Izmir? • Where is art exhibitied in Izmir? • Where is art produced in Izmir? • Is there a cluster for art and culture industry in Izmir? • How is the built environment appropriated to the art, design and cultural production in Izmir? | Final Report and Presentation |
15 | Review of the Semester | |
16 | Review of the Semester |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Clement Greenberg (1989) “Avant-Garde and Kitsch” in Art and Culture Critical Essays, Beacon Press London - - - Sharp, J., Pollock, V. and Paddison, R. (2005) ‘Just art for a just city: public art and social inclusion in urban regeneration’, Urban Studies 42(5/6), pp. 1001–1023. - - - Malcolm Miles (2013) “Art and Culture: The Global Turn” in Re-imagining the City- ART, GLOBALIZATION AND URBAN SPACES eds. Elizabeth Grierson and Kristen Sharp - - - Carl Grodach, Nicole Foster, James Murdoch (2015) “Arts industries do not cause gentrification- they tend to chase it.” blogs.lse.ac.uk/ - - - Grodach, C. (2011). “Art spaces in community and economic development: Connections to neighborhoods, artists, and the cultural economy.” Journal of Planning Education and Research, 31, 74–85. - - - Oner, A.C., Grant, R.J. and Tekel, A. (2016) “Global Arts Worlds and the Worlding of Wynwood, Florida” Presented at the 2016 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Conference. March 29-April 1st, 2016. San Francisco, CA. |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Georg Simmel (1903), “The Metropolis and Mental Life,” Kurt Wolff (trans.) The Sociology of Georg Simmel (New York: Free Press, 1950), 409424; Christopher Crouch, Modernism in Art, Design and Architecture (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999), “The Cultural Background to the Machine Age”, 1028; Hide Heynen, “New Babylon: The Antinomies of Utopia,” Assemblage, No. 29 (Apr., 1996): 2439; Rosalyn Deutsche, “Uneven Development: Public Art in New York City,” October 47 (Winter, 1988): 352; Anthony Vidler, Warped Space: Art, Architecture, and Anxiety in Modern Culture (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2001), “Agoraphobia”, 2550; Beatriz Colomina, “The Split Wall: Domestic Voyeurism,” in B. Colomina (ed.), Sexuality & Space (Princeton Architectural Press, 1992), 7398; Kristine Nielsen, “What Ever Happened to Ernst Barlach? East German Political Monuments and the Art of Resistance,” in Totalitarian Art and Modernity, eds. Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen and Jacob Wamberg (Aarhus: Aarhus Univ. Press, 2010), 147169; Leo OuFan Lee, “Shanghai Modern: Reflections on Urban Culture in China in the 1930s,” Public Culture 11, No. 1 (1999): 75107.; Ronald Lee Fleming “The Art of Placemaking: Interpreting Community Through Public Art and Urban Design” (Merrell Publishers, 2007); Harriet Senie “Critical Issues in Public Art: Content, Context, and Controversy” (Smithsonian Books, 1998); Cher Krause Knight “Public Art: Theory, Practice and Populism” (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008); Antawan I. Byrd and Reid Shier “Art Cities of the Future: 21st-Century Avant-Gardes” (Phaidon Press, 2013) |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation |
1
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5
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Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments |
1
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35
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Presentation / Jury |
2
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20
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Project |
1
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40
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Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exams | ||
Midterm | ||
Final Exam | ||
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
5
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100
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Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
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 |
14
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7
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98
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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 |
1
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21
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21
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Presentation / Jury |
2
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6
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12
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Project |
1
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46
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46
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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 |
225
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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. |
X |
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