Course Details Language of Instruction English Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree Department / Program ARCHITECTURE Type of Program Formal Education Type of Course Unit Compulsory Course Delivery Method Face To Face Objectives of the Course Introducing inter-and trans-disciplinary behavior of architectural profession over investigating the interactions and relations between architecture, art, engineering and social sciences. Instituting the interrelation between research and design. Generating an understanding on (contemporary) architecture. Creating a passion on architectural profession. Course Content Architecture Today course intends to create a point of view on design, architecture and related disciplines by evaluating and examining the architectural production of today and 20th century. Course emphasizes on contemporary art and philosophy, as a critical contribution on the architectural production. It criticizes the production of the space over design challenges, and reminds the interdisciplinary interactions of the architecture. Course also intends to create a passion on architectural profession for freshmen students. Course Methods and Techniques Course will be delivered F2F. Learners will be provided with as much opportunities of hands-on practice as possible with the aim of striking a balance between learner-centeredness and sufficient guidance. Various forms of interaction (i.e. pair work and group work) will also be encouraged to cater for learners with different learning styles. Additionally, individuals will be expected to produce both in-class writings and homework assignments in addition to the reading tasks, which will encourage them to reflect and think critically. Technology will also be incorporated into the classroom procedures in order to create a better learning environment. Prerequisites and co-requisities None Course Coordinator Prof.Dr. Burak ASILİSKENDER burak.asiliskender@agu.edu.tr Name of Lecturers Instructor Nihan MUŞ ÖZMEN nihan.mus@agu.edu.tr Prof.Dr. Burak ASİLİSKENDER burak.asiliskender@agu.edu.tr Assistants Research Assist. İlinur CAN ilinur.can@agu.edu.tr Research Assist. Ahmet ASLAN ahmet.aslan@agu.edu.tr Work Placement(s) No Recommended or Required Reading Resources Belardi, P. 2014. Why Architects Still Draw, MIT Press, Cambridge. Ching, F.D.K., 1996. Architecture: Form, Space and Order, John Wiley and Sons. David Frisby, 2001. Cityscapes of Modernity, Polity/Blackwell. Eisenman, P., 2004. Eisenman Inside Out: Selected Writings, 1963-1988, Yale University Press. Gaarder, J., 2007. Sophie's World, Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Maurice Merlau-Ponty, 2013. Phenomenology of Perception, Routledge. Norberg-Schulz, C. 1993. The Concept of Dwelling: On the Way to Figurative Architecture, Rizolli. Norberg-Schulz, C. 1980. Genius Loci: Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture, Rizzoli, New York. Sennett, R. 1996. Flesh and Stone: The Body and the City in Western Civilization, W. W. Norton & Company. Von Meiss, P. 1991. Elements of Architecture, E&FN Spon, London. Nesbitt, K. 2008. Theorizing a new agenda for architecture. Princeton Architectural Press. Hays, K. M. 2015. Architecture theory since 1968. The MIT Press. Cross, N. 2001. Designerly ways of knowing: design discipline versus design science. Design Issues, 17(3) pp. 49–55. - Course Category Engineering %15 Social Sciences %25 Science %10 Field %50

 





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