Course Details

PERCEPTION OF SPACE

ARCH612

Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS Credits
1ARCH612PERCEPTION OF SPACE3+0+037

Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Master's Degree
Department / Program ARCHITECTURE
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course Examining the space not only as an artificial fabrication but also as a cultural reproduction.
Experiencing the phenomenological interactions of spatial constitution.
Comprehending the composition and constitution of the space as a living organism.
Exploring the contradictions between the existing spatial forms and their perception.
Developing a point of view over space, as a research component.
Course Content Course is based on phenomenological examinations to understand the composition and constitution of the space as a living organism. Volume, as itself, is investigated to grasp the contradiction between the established form and its perception.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers None
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Augé, M. 1995. Non-Places An Introduction to Supermodernity, Verso.
Benjamin, W. 2007. Illuminations – Essays and Reflections, Schocken Books, New York.
Collins, P., 1998., Changing Ideals in Modern Architecture, 1750-1950, McGill-Queen’s University
Ching, F.D.K., 1996. Architecture: Form, Space and Order, John Wiley and Sons.
Derrida, J. 1980. Writing and Difference, University of Chicago Press.
Derrida, J. 1983. Dissemination, University of Chicago Press
Dovey, K. 2008. Becoming Places: Urbanism/Architecture/Identity/Power, Routledge
Eisenman, P. 2004. Eisenman Inside Out: Selected Writings, 1963-1988, Yale U Press
Eisenman, P. 2007. Written into the Void: Selected Writings, 1990-2004, Yale U Press
Frampton, K. 2001. Studies in Tectonic Culture: The Poetics of Construction in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Architecture. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Frisby, D., 2001. Cityscapes of Modernity: Critical Explorations, Polity
Frisby, D. 1988. Fragments of Modernity: Theories of Modernity in the Work of Simmel, Kracauer, and Benjamin, The MIT Press
Gaarder, J., 2007. Sophie's World, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Habermas, J. 1990. The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity – Twelve Lectures, F. G. Lawrence (trans.), MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Heidegger, M. 1977. The Question Concerning Technology and Other Essays, W. Lovitt (trans.), Harper Perennial, New York, (ISBN 9780061319693).
Holl, S., J. Pallasmaa, A. Perez-Gomez 2007. Questions of Perception: Phenomenology of Architecture, William K Stout Publications.
Karatani, K. 1995. Architecture as Metaphor: Language, Number, Money (Writing Architecture), The MIT Press
Koolhas, R. 2016. Junkspace / Running Room, Notting Hill Editions
Lefebvre, H. 1992, The Production of Space, Wiley-Blackwell
Marleau-Ponty, M. 1945/2013. The Phenomenology of Perception, Routledge
Marleau-Ponty, M. 1964. The Primacy of Perception and Other Essays on Phenomenological Psychology, the Philosophy of Art, History and Politics (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy), Northwestern University Press.
Moneo, R. 2005. Theoretical Anxiety and Design Strategies in the Work of Eight Contemporary Architecture, MIT Press
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.
Perez-Gomez, A. 1985. Architecture and the Crisis of Modern Science, MIT Press.
Perez-Gomez, A. 2016. Timely Meditations, Vol. 1: Architectural Theories and Practices (Selected Essays on Architecture), CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
Perez-Gomez, A. 2016. Timely Meditations, Vol. 2: Architectural Philosophy and Hermeneutics (Selected Essays on Architecture, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
Perez-Gomez, A. 2016. Attunement: Architectural Meaning after the Crisis of Modern Science, MIT Press.
Sennett, R. 1996. Flesh and Stone: The Body and the City in Western Civilization, W. W. Norton & Company.
Soja, E. W. 2000. Postmetropolis: Critical Studies of Cities and Regions, Wiley-Blackwell
Tafuri, M. 1979. Architecture and Utopia: Design and Capitalist Development, MIT Press
Tschumi, B. 2012. Architecture Concepts: Red is not a Color, Rizzoli.
Venturi, R., Scully, V. 1977. Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Vidler, A. 1994. The Architectural Uncanny: Essays in the Modern Unhomely, The MIT Press.
Vidler, A. 2008. Histories of the Immediate Present: Inventing Architectural Modernism, The MIT Press.
Vidler, A. 2002. Warped Space: Art, Architecture, and Anxiety in Modern Culture, The MIT Press.
Von Meiss, P. 1991. Elements of Architecture, E&FN Spon, London.


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
Ödev 10 % 30
Sunum/Seminer 3 % 30
Final examination 1 % 40
Total
14
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Araştırma Ödevi 1 15 15
Tartışma 1 10 10
F2F Dersi 1 10 10
Pin-Up 3 3 9
Ev Ödevi 10 3 30
Sınıf İçi Aktivitesi 1 10 10
Sunum için Hazırlık 3 5 15
Sunum 3 1 3
Okuma 10 5 50
Araştırma 10 5 50
Teslim 1 15 15
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 7 217

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Determine the spatial production not only a fabrication but also a phenomenological reproduction
2 Conceptualize the process of a spatial production as a fact of trans-disciplinary interaction.
3 Critique the social, economic and cultural interactions of the space, as a design and research input.
4 Hypothesize the researcher role of an architect in contemporary world


Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Spatial Form; Volume, limits, extensions
2 Borders: Inside/Outside
3 Interactions, Connections, Collaborations of Space
4 Interpreting, Creating, Designing
5 Space, as an Artefact
6 Research Case and Discussion


Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12
C1 5 4 4 4 5 3 3 5 5 4
C2 5 5 5 4 5 3 5 4 5
C3 5 3 3 3 5 4 5 5 5 5
C4 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 5

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


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