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PhD TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 QF-EHEA: Third Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 8

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: MIM6001
Course Name: Philosophy of Architecture
Semester: Fall
Spring
Course Credits:
ECTS
8
Language of instruction: Turkish
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
PhD TR-NQF-HE:8. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:Third Cycle EQF-LLL:8. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üy. ZEHRA TONBUL
Course Lecturer(s): ZEHRA TONBUL
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: The course aims to introduce architectural thought as a philosophical and social practice.
Course Content: The course is a reading of architecture through philosophical concepts and approaches. It opens discussions on the interaction between philosophical and architectural thought particularly in the modern and contemporary world.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) To view architecture as an intellectual and critical field
2) To be able to view and produce architecture as an academic practice

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction:What is architectural philosophy?
2) Semiotics Reading Barthes, Roland, Bir Deneme Bir Ders: Eiffel Kulesi ve Açılış Dersi (Çev. Sema Rifat), YKY, 2008
3) Aisthesis Reading Ranciere, Jacques, Aisthesis, Sanatın Estetik Rejiminden Sahneler (çev. Ayşe Deniz Temiz), MonoKL, 2019. Corbo Stefano. 2014. From Formalism to Weak Form : The Architecture and Philosophy of Peter Eisenman. Farnham Surrey England: Ashgate.
4) Poetics Reading Bachelard, Gaston, Mekanın Poetikası (Çev. Alp Tümertekin), İthaki, 2013.
5) Politics Ranciere, Jacques, Dissensus: Politika ve Estetik Üzerine (çev. Mustafa Yalçınkaya), Ayrıntı, 2020. Lahiji Nadir. 2011. The Political Unconscious of Architecture : Re-Opening Jameson's Narrative. Farnham: Ashgate.
6) Ethics Readings:Eyal Weizman, Foucault Foucault Michel Paul Rabinow and Robert Hurley. 1994. Ethics : Subjectivity and Truth. London: Penguin Books.
7) Epistemology
8) Poststructuralism Readings: Derrida Wigley Mark. 1993. The Architecture of Deconstruction : Derrida's Haunt. MIT Press: Cambridge Mass. Tschumi Bernard. 1987. “Disjunctions.” Perspecta 108–19. Derrida Jacques. 1986. “Point De Folie — Maintenant L'architecture. Bernard Tschumi: La Case Vide — La Villette 1985.” Aa Files N12 (19860701): 65-75: 65–75.
9) Poststructuralism Readings: Deleuze Frichot Hélène. 2013. Deleuze and Architecture. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
10) Selection of Seminar Topics
11) Seminar
12) Seminar
13) Seminar
14) Seminar

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Perez-Gomez Alberto and Stephen Parcell. 1996. Chora: Intervals in the Philosophy of Architecture. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.
References: Bachelard Gaston. n.d. La Poétique De L'espace 4 Éd ed. Paris: Presses universitaires de France 1964.

Bachelard, Gaston, Mekânın Poetikası (Çev. Alp Tümertekin), İthaki, 2013.

Barthes, Roland, Bir Deneme Bir Ders: Eiffel Kulesi ve Açılış Dersi (Çev. Sema Rifat), YKY, 2008

Lefebvre Henri. 1974. La Production De L'espace. Paris: Éditions Anthropos.

Rancière Jacques. 2013. Aisthesis : Scenes from the Aesthetic Regime of Art.

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes
1) To be able to comprehend and critically analyse contemporary changes in architectural practice 3 3
2) To gain the ability to comprehend and interpret the integration of architecture and engineering 2
3) To understand the dialogue between architecture and social sciences and conduct studies utilizing the potentials of this dialogue 3 2
4) To acknowledge the theoretical dimension of architecture as an inherent component of the practice 2 3
5) To develop an ability to accommodate architectural knowledge based on personal academic interests 1 1

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Average 3 Highest
       
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) To be able to comprehend and critically analyse contemporary changes in architectural practice
2) To gain the ability to comprehend and interpret the integration of architecture and engineering
3) To understand the dialogue between architecture and social sciences and conduct studies utilizing the potentials of this dialogue
4) To acknowledge the theoretical dimension of architecture as an inherent component of the practice
5) To develop an ability to accommodate architectural knowledge based on personal academic interests

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments 1 % 30
Presentation 1 % 20
Project 1 % 50
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 100
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK %
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 42
Study Hours Out of Class 14 112
Presentations / Seminar 3 9
Homework Assignments 9 27
Final 1 3
Total Workload 193