| Semester | Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | T+P+L | Credit | Number of ECTS Credits | Last Updated Date |
| 1 | ARCH516 | UNDERSTANDING MODERNITY THROUGH CITIES | 3+0+0 | 3 | 7 | 14.05.2025 |
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Language of Instruction
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English
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Level of Course Unit
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Doctorate'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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Examining and evaluating the spatiality of urban form and public space as modern artifacts of the city.
Introducing Early 20th Century vision of city, briefly.
Elaborating the theory and the discourse about city in the second half of the century through Berlin, New York, Venice etc.
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Course Content
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Course introduces the conceptual frame work of modernity by instrumentalizing the cities. Modernity in architecture is posited as the main installer of architectural theory and its concepts. Actually, during over all modern times architectural theory establish divergent collaborations. It goes hand in hand with history, criticism, discourse, fiction. While modernity and architectural theory have formed a reciprocal relationship by feeding one another modernity has already been a main key concept to understand the cities. In this respect, course intends to focus on concept and issues of modernity through the representation and the impalpable experience of cities.
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Course Methods and Techniques
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Prerequisites and co-requisities
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None
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Course Coordinator
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None
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Name of Lecturers
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None
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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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Recommended or Required Reading
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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
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
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| Evaluate urban form and public space as modern artifacts of the city. |
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| Constructing a vision on modern issues. |
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| Criticize cities through an alternative perspective. |
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| Conceptualize frame work of modernity by instrumentalizing the cities. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant
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