Architectural Design (Master) (with Thesis) (English) | |||||
Master | TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 | QF-EHEA: Second Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 7 |
Course Code: | ARCH5001 | ||||
Course Name: | Architecture and Decolonial Thinking | ||||
Semester: | Fall | ||||
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Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
Type of course: | Departmental Elective | ||||
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Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
Course Coordinator: | Dr. Öğr. Üy. ZEHRA TONBUL | ||||
Course Lecturer(s): | Zehra Tonbul | ||||
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Course Objectives: | To evaluate and research architectural thought independently of Western-centered perspectives; to incorporate architectural approaches from different cultures and geographies into the practice of historical and contemporary architectural thought. |
Course Content: | Readings of postcolonial and decolonial theory; evaluating them in relation to architectural thought; researching architectural approaches from different cultures and geographies. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) To view architecture as an intellectual and critical field. 2) To produce architectural thought with the use of interdisciplinary approaches 3) To produce global and decolonial architectural approaches |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction | |
2) | Western centered perspectives in Architectural Historiography | |
3) | From Colonial Cabinets to Museums | |
4) | Theories on Colonialism, Postcolonialism | |
5) | Decolonial Thinking in Architecture | |
6) | Non-Western Architecture in Architectural Theory | |
7) | Architectural Criticism and Decolonialism | |
8) | Architecture in Non-Western Contexts | |
9) | Architecture in Non-Western Contexts | |
10) | Selection of Research Topic | |
11) | Work on Articles and Bibliography | |
12) | Literature Research | |
13) | Work on Articles and Bibliography | |
14) | Seminar |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Alessandro Petti, Sandi Hilal, Eyal Weizman, Architecture After Revolution, Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency (Program), MIT Press, 2013. Aníbal Arregui, Gesa Mackenthun, Stephanie Wodianka, DEcolonial Heritage: Natures, Cultures, and the Asymmetries of Memory, Waxmann Verlag, 2018. |
References: | Pauline Bachmann, Melanie Klein, Tomoko Mamine, Georg Vasold, Art/histories in Transcultural Dynamics: Narratives, Concepts, and Practices at Work, 20th and 21st Centuries,Wilhelm Fink, Brill Deutschland, 2017 Zehra Tonbul, “Museum as Textum: Orhan Pamuk's Museum of Innocence,” with Van Synghel, Koen, in E. Troelenberg, M. Savonia (eds.) Images of the Art Museum: Connecting Gaze and Discourse in the History of Museology, Berlin, Boston. Walter de Gruyter, Series: Contact Zones (Book 3), 2017. Zehra Tonbul, “From Strzygowski’s ‘Orient oder Rom’ to Hans Sedlmayr’s ‘Closest Orient’,” Journal of Art Historiography, December 2020. |
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Program Outcomes | |||||||||
1) To see architecture as a transdisciplinary intellectual and critical field | |||||||||
2) To develop the ability to express architectural thought with appropriate terminology, verbally and in writing. | |||||||||
3) To learn and use the necessary tools to share the results of their research and current developments in architectural design with different groups in different platforms. | |||||||||
4) To develop the ability to discuss current design problems and propose creative solutions. | |||||||||
5) To follow, understand and apply current research methods in architectural design and to produce new research methods. | |||||||||
6) To evaluate new technical/technological developments in terms of architecture, to recognize hybrid applications and creative practices and to develop a critical perspective. | |||||||||
7) To develop approaches to transform new mathematical thinking into practice in architecture. | |||||||||
8) To be able to independently design and conduct research processes based on data collection, interpretation and announcement in the field of architectural design, within the framework of ethical values and rules | |||||||||
9) To be able to independently carry out a work that requires expertise in architectural design, to be a leader in environments that require solving problems related to architectural design. |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To see architecture as a transdisciplinary intellectual and critical field | 3 |
2) | To develop the ability to express architectural thought with appropriate terminology, verbally and in writing. | 3 |
3) | To learn and use the necessary tools to share the results of their research and current developments in architectural design with different groups in different platforms. | 2 |
4) | To develop the ability to discuss current design problems and propose creative solutions. | 2 |
5) | To follow, understand and apply current research methods in architectural design and to produce new research methods. | 2 |
6) | To evaluate new technical/technological developments in terms of architecture, to recognize hybrid applications and creative practices and to develop a critical perspective. | 2 |
7) | To develop approaches to transform new mathematical thinking into practice in architecture. | 1 |
8) | To be able to independently design and conduct research processes based on data collection, interpretation and announcement in the field of architectural design, within the framework of ethical values and rules | 2 |
9) | To be able to independently carry out a work that requires expertise in architectural design, to be a leader in environments that require solving problems related to architectural design. | 1 |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Homework Assignments | 1 | % 30 |
Final | 1 | % 70 |
total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 30 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 70 | |
total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 115 |
Total Workload | 157 |