FFD 571 | Course Introduction and Application Information - Design Studies (With Thesis)

Course Name

Literary Spaces

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
FFD 571	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 Field trip / Observation Guest Speaker Lecture / Presentation
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Tuba DOĞU
Course Lecturer(s)	-
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives	The aim of this course is to introduce literary approaches as a means for spatial thinking. Making connections between literature and spatial experience, the course will emphasize the presence of spatial concepts in specific works of literature as well as highlight literary approaches that address experiential features of space.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Students who successfully complete the course will be able to: explain spatial experience employing literary instruments. translate spatial information into narrative form. critically interpret the lived experience of space through literary texts. analyze different media using literary devices as creative design research methods.
Course Description	The course is structured around readings and discussions with an emphasis on literary descriptions of space to provide an understanding of spatial experience and a critical interpretation of spatial research and design through literary tools.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses	X
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Introduction to Course
2	Space, Place, Non-Place	Certeau, M. (1988). The Practice of Everyday Life. Berkeley: University of California Press. Lefebvre, H. (1991). The Production of Space, London: Blackwell Publishing. Augé, M. (1995). Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity, London/New York: Verso.
3	A Literary Approach to Experience, Use and Imagination of Space	Havik, K. (2018). How Places Speak: A Plea for Poetic Receptivity in Architectural Research, in Sioli, A. & Jung, Y. (eds.), Reading Architecture: Literary Imagination and Architectural Experience, New York: Routledge, pp. 61-71. Dionne, C. (2018). We Build Spaces with Words: Spatial Agency, Recognition, and Narrative, in Sioli, A. & Jung, Y. (eds.), Reading Architecture: Literary Imagination and Architectural Experience, New York: Routledge, pp. 157-170.
4	Literary Analysis of Space	Overdijk, M. (2017). Monuments and Mental Maps: Narrating the City and Its Periphery. Narrating Urban Landscapes, OASE, (98), pp. 31-42. Havik, K. & Wit, S. (2017). Narrating Places Beyond the Subjective: Delft University of Technology Graduation Projects, Narrating Urban Landscapes, OASE, (98), pp. 92-94. Havik, K. (2019). TerriStories. Literary Tools for Capturing Atmosphere in Architectural Pedagogy, Ambiances, (5), pp. 1-15.
5	Representation of Space in Literary Descriptions	Gomel, E. (2014). Narrative Space and Time: Representing Impossible Topologies in Literature, New York: Routledge. Sioli, A. & Jung, Y. (eds.), Reading Architecture: Literary Imagination and Architectural Experience, New York: Routledge
6	Narrating Across/Through Space and Time	Grillner, K., & Hughes, R. (2006). Room within a View: A conversation on Writing and Architecture. Architecture & Literature. Reflections/Imaginations, OASE, (70), pp. 56–69. Bodenhamer, D. J. (2015). Narrating Space and Place, in Bodenhamer, D. J., Corrigan, J., Harris, T. M. (eds.), Deep Maps and Spatial Narratives, Bloomington; Indianapolis: Indianopolis University Press, pp. 7-27. Rendell, J. (2006). From architectural history to spatial writing, in Altan, E., Arnold, D., Turan, B. (eds.), Rethinking Architectural Historiography, London: Routledge, pp. 135-150.
7	Between the Real and the Imaginary: Literary Fiction for Spatial Interpretation	Psarra, S. (2009). “‘The book and the labyrinth were one and the same’: narrative and architecture in Borges’ fictions”, in Psarra, S., Architecture and Narrative: The formation of space and cultural meaning, New York: Routledge, pp. 67-88. Miles, M. (2019). Cities and Literature. New York: Routledge. Shonfield, K. (2000) The use of fiction to interpret architecture and urban space, The Journal of Architecture, 5:4, pp. 369-389, Koolhaas, R. (1994). Delirious New York. A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan, New York: The Monacelli Press.
8	Project Proposal Presentations
9	Spatial Settings and the Use of Space in Literature: Literary Urbanism	Borden, I., Kerr, J., Rendell, J., & Pivaro, A. (Eds.). (2000). The Unknown City: Contesting Architecture and Social Space. Cambridge, London: MIT Press.
10	Translation of Literary Narratives to Urban Experience	Field Trip Aytaç Sönmez S. & Doğu, T. (2021), “Kenti Yeniden Deneyimlemek: Zaman-Mekân Kesişiminde Yeni Kent Anlatıları”, Ege Mimarlık, Vol 3(111), pp. 72-79.
11	Transposing Urban Experience to Literary Narratives	Borden, I., Kerr, J., Pivaro, A., Rendell, J. (1995). Strangely Familiar: Narratives of Architecture in the City, London: Routledge. Certeau, M. (1988). The Practice of Everyday Life. Berkeley: University of California Press. Lefebvre, H. (1991). The Production of Space, London: Blackwell Publishing. Jung, Y. (2018). The Architecture of Another Man’s Room: Unveiling Stories of Seoul’s Apartments, in Sioli, A. & Jung, Y. (eds.), Reading Architecture: Literary Imagination and Architectural Experience, New York: Routledge, pp. 38-46.
12	Discussion of the Term Project
13	Discussion of the Term Project
14	Term Project Submission and Presentation
15	Review of the Semester
16	Overall Evaluation of the Course

Course Notes/Textbooks

Augé, M. (1995). Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity, London/New York: Verso. ISBN 9781844673117

Borden, I., Kerr, J., Rendell, J., & Pivaro, A. (Eds.). (2000). The Unknown City: Contesting Architecture and Social Space. Cambridge, London: MIT Press.

Borden, I., Kerr, J., Pivaro, A., Rendell, J. (1995). Strangely Familiar: Narratives of Architecture in the City, London: Routledge. ISBN 0-203-97808-0

Certeau, M. (1988). The Practice of Everyday Life. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN: 0520271459

Eisenman, P. (2004). “Architecture as a second language: The texts of between", INSIDE OUT. Selected Writings 1963-1988, New Haven/London: Yale University Press, pp. 227-237.

Gomel, E. (2014). Narrative Space and Time: Representing Impossible Topologies in Literature, New York: Routledge. ISBN13: 978-0-415-70577-6

Havik, K. (2014). Urban Literacy: Reading and Writing Architecture, nai010 publishers. ISBN: 9462081212

Koolhaas, R. (1994). Delirious New York. A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan, New York: The Monacelli Press.

Lefebvre, H. (1991). The Production of Space, London: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN: 9780631181774

Psarra, S. (2009). Architecture and Narrative: The formation of space and cultural meaning, New York: Routledge. ISBN: 0-415-34375-5

Shonfield, K. (2000) The use of fiction to interpret architecture and urban space, The Journal of Architecture, 5:4, pp. 369-389.

Siokoli, A., Jung, Y. (2018). Reading Architecture: Literary Imagination and Architectural Experience, New York: Routledge. ISBN: 978-1-138-22426-1

Suggested Readings/Materials

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	1	10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments	1	30
Presentation / Jury	1	20
Project	1	40
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm	-	-
Final Exam	-	-
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade		60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade		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	14	8	112
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments	1	30	30
Presentation / Jury	1	10	10
Project	1	25	25
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms	-	-	0
Final Exam	-	-	0
		Total	225

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	to be able to expand the practical knowledge gained in undergraduate programs with theoretical field of design research,	-	-	-	-	X
2	to be able to examine, interpret data and assess concepts and ideas with research methods of design theory and social sciences,	-	-	-	-	X
3	to be able to identify problems of design disciplines in times of global / environmental crisis and to be able to develop possible solutions for design practitioners,	-	-	-	-	-
4	to be able to expand knowledge on the history of material culture as it relates to design practices of the past,	-	-	X	-	-
5	to be able to promote research on local practices of everyday life and assess the outcome to implement design solutions,	-	-	-	-	-
6	to be able to facilitate interactions in between varied design disciplines and to promote collaborative work to solve complex problems,	-	-	-	X	-
7	to be able to process outcome of design research to be applied in design education,	-	-	-	-	X
8	to be able to instigate research on the new tools, technologies and materials of production in order to accelerate changes in design practices,	-	-	-	X	-
9	to be able to develop an ethical approach towards design professions in order to install social and environmental responsibilities,	-	-	-	-	-
10	to be able to use a foreign language for both chasing the scientific publication and developing proper communication with colleagues from other countries, in written and verbal ways.	-	-	-	-	X
11	to be able to use computer programs needed in the field design as well as information and communication technologies in advanced levels (“European Computer Driving Licence”, Advanced Level”).	-	-	-	-	-