Course Details

ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY & THEORY 3

Course Information

Semester	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	T+P+L	Credit	Number of ECTS Credits
4	ARCH232	ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY & THEORY 3	3+0+0	3	4

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	This course aims to create a critical point of view over cultures and architectures of the modern times, namely, 19th and 20th century and comprehend the interactions and conflicts of their social environment, technics, and technologies. It is also aimed to make students aware of the fact that architecture is the product of social, cultural, and political forces and cannot be understood without introducing those issues and studying their place in the civilization or national history being analyzed.
Course Content	In this course, architectural and historical backgrounds of the civilizations and ideas are examined to evaluate their formal characteristics in a contextual approach. The course also generates a research environment to discover not only the impressions or expressions and their artifacts, but also the social order, art, and culture of the modern world.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities	( ENG101 )
Course Coordinator	None
Name of Lecturers	Associate Prof.Dr. Nisa Semiz nisa.semiz@agu.edu.tr
Assistants	None
Work Placement(s)	No

Recommended or Required Reading

Resources	Aslanoğlu, İ. (1980), Erken Cumhuriyet Dönemi Mimarlığı Bergdoll, B. (2000), European Architecture 1750-1890 Bozdoğan, S. (2001), Modernism and Nation Building: Turkish Architectural Culture in Early Republic Conrads, U. (ed.) (1970), Programs and Manifestoes on 20th Century Architecture Çelik, Z. (1993) Remaking of Istanbul: Portrait of an Ottoman City in the Nineteenth Century Frampton, K. (1980), Modern Architecture: A Critical History, Thames and Hudson, London Gürel, M.Ö. (ed.) (2016), Mid-Century Modernism in Turkey: Architecture Across Cultures in the 1950’s and 1960’s, Routledge Jencks, C. (1978), The Language of Post-Modern Architecture Leach, N. (ed.) (1997), “Jürgen Habermas” in Rethinking Architecture: A Reader in Cultural Theory, pp.214-223, Routledge Pevsner, N. (2009), An Outline of European Architecture, Gibbs Smith Scott-Brown, D. & Venturi, R. (1977), Learning from Las Vegas, MIT Press Venturi, R. (1977), Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Course Category

Social Sciences	%50
Field	%50

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria

In-Term Studies	Quantity	Percentage
Yarıyıl İçi Çalışmalarının Başarı Notunun Katkısı	12	% 12
Quiz/Küçük Sınav	4	% 16
Arazi/Saha Çalışmalası (Teknik Geziler, İnceleme Gezileri vb)	1	% 7
Final examination	1	% 35
Diğer (Staj vb.)	1	% 30
Total	19	% 100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
F2F Dersi	14	3	42
Sunum için Hazırlık	1	8	8
Sunum	1	6	6
Kısa Sınav	4	1	4
Araştırma	1	8	8
Kişisel Çalışma	13	1	13
Teknik Gezi	1	12	12
Der Dışı Final Sınavı	1	12	12
Ders Dışı Ara Sınav	1	12	12
Total Work Load			Number of ECTS Credits 4 117

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

No	Learning Outcomes
1	Determine how societies and lifestyles define cultures.
2	Compare the effects of the local characteristics on the development of architecture.
3	Criticize historical continuity and architectural development.
4	Determine ‘the building’ as an architectural artifact formed by social, economic, and cultural aspects.
5	Create an intellectual opinion and a personal reflection on the history and culture of the architectural discourse.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics	Study Materials	Materials
1	Introduction: What is the course about? Power, technology and identity: Architecture of the 19th century (Part I)
2	Power, technology and identity: Architecture of the 19th century (Part II)
3	Power, technology and identity: The Cities of the 19th century.
4	Power, technology and identity: The experience of the Ottoman Modernity (part I)
5	Power, technology and identity: The experience of the Ottoman Modernity (Part II)
6	Power, technology and identity: Cultural boundaries and pushing the limits.
7	Power, technology and identity: The crisis of culture and historicity in Turkey (late 19th and early 20th century)
8	The modern architectures I
9	The modern architectures II
10	The modern architectures III
11	Alternative modernisms: Experience of Modern architecture in Turkey I
12	Power, technology and identity: The Cities of the 20th century.
13	Alternative modernisms: Experience of Modern architecture in Turkey II
14	Housing Part II + Counter proposals to modernism
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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

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