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Language of Instruction
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English
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Level of Course Unit
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Bachelor's Degree
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Department / Program
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ARCHITECTURE
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Type of Program
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Formal Education
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Type of Course Unit
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Elective
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Course Delivery Method
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Face To Face
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Objectives of the Course
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Understanding alternative ways of architectural practice and collective making.
Discussing transformation and intervention in urban and rural conditions.
Examining creative ways of raising civil society awareness about social challenges with architectural thinking.
Identifying problems in various conditions and scales to develop solutions with temporary approaches.
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Course Content
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The social purpose of architecture is to understand the social value, environmental and economic benefits that architecture brings to people and communities. Architecture as a tool can make people’s lives better, improve social identity, ensure and encourage cohesion and wellbeing, also it can make informed, fair, and ethical choices.
This lecture lets students play roles as place-makers and focus on people and communities. Focusing on social problems, it aims to offer solutions to urban and rural problems. While bringing solutions to social problems with architecture, it encourages students to make collective production.
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Course Methods and Techniques
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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.
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Prerequisites and co-requisities
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None
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Course Coordinator
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Instructor Dr. Ayşegül Kıdık aysegul.kidik@agu.edu.tr
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Name of Lecturers
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Instructor AYŞEGÜL KIDIK
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Assistants
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None
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Work Placement(s)
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No
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