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: ARCH5011
Course Name: Philosophy of Architecture
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. 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 Barthes, Roland, Bir Deneme Bir Ders: Eiffel Kulesi ve Açılış Dersi (Çev. Sema Rifat), YKY, 2008
3) Aisthesis 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 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 Okumalar: Eyal Weizman, Foucault Foucault Michel Paul Rabinow and Robert Hurley. 1994. Ethics : Subjectivity and Truth. London: Penguin Books.
7) Epistemology
8) Poststructuralism Okumalar: 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 Okumalar: Deleuze Frichot Hélène. 2013. Deleuze and Architecture. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

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 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.

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
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.

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 14 126
Final 3 27
Total Workload 195