Architectural Design (Master) (with Thesis) (English)
Master TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 QF-EHEA: Second Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 7

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: ARCH5004
Course Name: Discussions on Architecture, City and Urbanization
Semester: Spring
Course Credits:
ECTS
6
Language of instruction: English
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Master TR-NQF-HE:7. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:Second Cycle EQF-LLL:7. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üy. HALE SİNİRLİOĞLU
Course Lecturer(s): Hale Sinirlioğlu
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: To investigate the reasons for the emergence of some contemporary critical topics related to architecture and the urban environment encountered in the field of popular culture. To interpret the observation data referred in those reasons, in ways different from the traditional methods.
Course Content: The course discusses some of the themes of evolving approaches in the context of architecture and the urban environment, with a content that changes every semester. So the titles are not fixed, they are variable.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) To be able to view architecture other than a construction practice, mainly as an intellectual and critical practice
2) To gain consciousness of the historicity of architectural knowledge and environment

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) 1. Lack of planning: Real and imaginary
2) 2. Concretization: Real and imaginary
3) 3. Second housing: The house far away as an escape tool
4) 4. Closed building complex: Metropolitan fears and their architectural consequences
5) 5. The love and fear of automobiles: Urban consequences
6) 6. Housing for the poor: From slums to mass housing
7) 7. Ideological impositions and their consequences
8) 8. Local governments and their role in the architectural production
9) 9. Hopes of returning to village and architecture: From Köykent to the present
10) 10. Large capital investments and architectural production environment since the 1980s
11) 11. Two centuries of blockages in the building of public space
12) 12. Presentation and discussion
13) Presentation and discussions.
14) Presentation and discussions.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Çağlar Keyder (der.), İstanbul: Küresel ile Yerel Arasında, Metis Yayınları, İstanbul, 2000.
References: Uğur Tanyeli, İstanbul 1900-2000. Konutu ve Modernleşmeyi Metropolden okumak, Akın Nalça, İstanbul, 2004.

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes

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2

Program Outcomes
1) To see architecture as a transdisciplinary intellectual and critical field 3 3
2) To develop the ability to express architectural thought with appropriate terminology, verbally and in writing. 3 1
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.
5) To follow, understand and apply current research methods in architectural design and to produce new research methods. 2 1
6) To evaluate new technical/technological developments in terms of architecture, to recognize hybrid applications and creative practices and to develop a critical perspective. 1
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 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

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

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. 3
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. 2

Assessment & Grading

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

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 42
Study Hours Out of Class 14 112
Total Workload 154