ISTINYE UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code: | ARCH077 | ||||
| Course Name: | Visionary Architecture | ||||
| 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. HALE SİNİRLİOĞLU | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Hale Sinirlioğlu | ||||
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Course Objective and Content
| Course Objectives: | This course examines examples of visionary and utopian architecture, which existed only on paper; yet their imaginative production shaped the architectural vision of their time. |
| Course Content: | The course explores the role of the “unbuilt” in architectural history and practice through discussions on examples of visionary architecture in relation to the social, political and architectural developments of their period. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Students who successfully complete the course will have a broader understanding of the unbuilt architecture and it’s importance in shaping the built; will be able to critically examine unbuilt and built architecture, cities and manifestoes; will be able to discuss new examples and/or create new visions with this knowledge. |
Course Flow Plan
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Meet & Greet Introduction to the course. Discussion on the concepts of visionary architecture, paper architecture, utopias and dystopias. | |
| 2) | Terminology Early examples of visionary architecture (Renaissance and beyond) | |
| 3) | Industrial Revolution, Industrial Cities and late 19th Century (Ideal cities, new influences) | |
| 4) | 1st World War: Futurism and beyond | |
| 5) | Dystopia and the 20. century | |
| 6) | Modernist dreams on the new city | |
| 7) | Archigram | |
| 8) | Midterm exam | |
| 9) | Metabolism | |
| 10) | Constant and New Babylon | |
| 12) | Paper architecture of the late 20th century | |
| 13) | Student presentations. | |
| 14) | Student presentations. |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Spiller, N. (2008). Visionary Architecture: Blueprints of the Modern Imagination. London: Thames and Hudson. Thomson, C. W. (1997). Visionary Architecture: From Babylon to Virtual Reality. London: Prestel. |
| References: | Spiller, N. (2008). Visionary Architecture: Blueprints of the Modern Imagination. London: Thames and Hudson. Thomson, C. W. (1997). Visionary Architecture: From Babylon to Virtual Reality. London: Prestel. |
Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship
| Course Learning Outcomes | 1 |
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| Program Outcomes |
Course - Learning Outcome Relationship
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution |
Assessment & Grading
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | % 20 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
| Final | 1 | % 30 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 70 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 30 | |
| total | % 100 | |
Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 28 |
| Midterms | 1 | 2 |
| Final | 1 | 3 |
| Total Workload | 75 | |