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Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

ARCH082

Course Name:

Vocabulary of Modern Architecture

Semester:

Fall

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

English

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

Departmental Elective

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator:

Dr. Öğr. Üy. ZEHRA TONBUL

Course Lecturer(s):

Dr. Öğr. Üy. ZEHRA TONBUL

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:	The course aims to provide students with conceptual, historical and linguistic tools, with which they can read modern architecture.
Course Content:	The course will cover theoretical background to the emergence of modern architectural notions within 19th and 20th century discourses. The course will undertake discussion of these notions through examples of modern architecture and trace the history of their uses through the course of 20th and 21st centuries. The course covers readings of texts on modern architecture.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Ability to read, discuss and interpret modern architecture.
2) Literary and metaphorical thinking of architecture
3) Knowledge of texts on modern architecture
4) Knowledge of modern architects and buildings

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction: Modern in Architecture How does architecture communicate? Art of Literary Thinking
2)	An Architectural Dictionary	Zevi, Bruno. 1994. The modern language of architecture. New York: Da Capo Press. Pp. 3-6 (Introduction)
3)	Form, Gestalt, Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright	Le Corbusier. (1923). Vers une architecture. Paris: Les Editions G. Cres et cie. Trans. 1927. Towards a new architecture. Chicago: Harcourt. pp. 1-8 (Argument) pp. 21- 64 (Mass, Surface, Plan)
4)	Space, Perception and Mies van der Rohe	Zevi, Bruno. 1957. Architecture as Space: How to Look at Architecture. New York: Horizon Press. Pp. 22-44.
5)	Context: Genius Loci, Place, Situation	Norberg-Schulz, Christian. 1979. Genius loci: towards a phenomenology of architecture. New York: Rizzoli.
6)	User, Function, Functionalism, Flexibility	De Zurko, Edward Robert. 1957. Origins of functionalist theory. N.Y: Columbia Univ. Press. pp.3-14
7)	Expression, Daniel Liebeskind, Frank Gehry	Mitias, Michael H. 1994. Philosophy and architecture. Amsterdam [u.a.]: Olms. Pp. 85-106 (Expression in Architecture)
8)	Midterm
9)	Presentation proposals Exemplary readings	Atmospheres Zumthor, Peter. 2006. Atmospheres : architectural environments, surrounding objects. Basel: Birkhäuser. Read pp. 19-63
10)	Movement, Sequence, Scenography, Bernard Tschumi	Tschumi, Bernard. 1996. Architecture and Disjunction. Boston: MIT Press. Read pages 154-168 (Sequences).
11)	Façade, Pastiche, Sign-- Robert Venturi	Robert Venturi, Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, Perspecta, Vol. 9. (1965), pp. 17-56. Please read pp. 18-21.
12)	Student Presentations and Discussion I
13)	Student Presentations and Discussion II
14)	Student Presentations and Discussion III

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Forty, Adrian. 2004. Words and buildings: a vocabulary of modern architecture. New York: Thames & Hudson.

References:

Required Course Materials

De Zurko, Edward Robert. 1957. Origins of functionalist theory. N.Y: Columbia Univ. Press.
pp.3-14

Le Corbusier. (1923). Vers une architecture. Paris: Les Editions G. Cres et cie. Trans. 1927. Towards a new architecture. Chicago: Harcourt. pp. 1-8 (Argument) pp. 21- 64 (Mass, Surface, Plan)

Mitias, Michael H. 1994. Philosophy and architecture. Amsterdam [u.a.]: Olms. Pp. 85-106 (Expression in Architecture)

Norberg-Schulz, Christian. 1979. Genius loci: towards a phenomenology of architecture. New York: Rizzoli.
Please read the 2nd topic "2. The Structure of Place", pp. 11-18 and produce a critical text/interpretation of 300-500 words in length. (Times New Roman, 11, spacing 1.5)

Tschumi, Bernard. 1996. Architecture and Disjunction. Boston: MIT Press. Read pages 154-168 (Sequences).

Venturi, Robert, Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, Perspecta, Vol. 9. (1965), pp. 17-56.

Zevi, Bruno. 1957. Architecture as Space: How to Look at Architecture. New York: Horizon Press. Pp. 22-44.

Zevi, Bruno. 1994. The modern language of architecture. New York: Da Capo Press. Pp. 3-6 (Introduction)

Zumthor, Peter. 2006. Atmospheres : architectural environments, surrounding objects. Basel: Birkhäuser. pp. 19-63

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4
Program Outcomes
1) She/he gains knowledge of and develops values on technical, aesthetic, cultural, historical, social and ethical dimensions of architecture with a scientific and critical approach.	3	3	3	3
2) She/he integrates architectural practice with environmental, economic and social sustainability principles.
3) She/he has the knowledge and ability to provide and implement interactions between urban planning, urban design and architectural projects.
4) Gains the ability to identify architectural potentials and problems based on data collection, analysis, interpretation and critical thinking, in order to cultivate concepts and determine strategies for action.	3	3	3	3
5) She/he is able to interrelate theory, design and construction practices.	3	3	3	3
6) She/he will be able to produce architectural design, presentation, implementation, management and supervision stages both independently and collectively for different contexts and scales and through a responsive approach to social, functional, technical and aesthetic requirements.
7) In addition to traditional methods, she/he interactively uses the emerging information technologies required by the field.
8) To analyze and document the historical and conservation characteristics of the built environment; taking into account of the balance between protection and use, she/he has the ability and necessary knowledge in renovation and restoration issues.
9) She / he gains the ability to cooperate with different disciplines on the conception and design of the built environment, as an individual and/or as a team member.
10) Has knowledge on and comprehension of professional ethics and codes of conduct, legal and managerial regulations, standards, rights and responsibilities and processes in the field of architecture.
11) Can produce design, know-how and knowledge for the improvement of different and changing social needs, and for the enhancement of life quality.
12) She/he has the knowledge and responsibility to design solidly built structures and takes into account of the risks of natural disaster.
13) She/he monitors new developments in architectural theory and practice and is open to lifelong learning.	3	3	3	3
14) She/he takes responsibility for the improvement of social consciousness in the field of architecture, and for the endorsement and defense of ecological and urban rights.
15) Has architectural communication skills in a foreign language.	3	3	3	3

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	She/he gains knowledge of and develops values on technical, aesthetic, cultural, historical, social and ethical dimensions of architecture with a scientific and critical approach.	3
2)	She/he integrates architectural practice with environmental, economic and social sustainability principles.
3)	She/he has the knowledge and ability to provide and implement interactions between urban planning, urban design and architectural projects.
4)	Gains the ability to identify architectural potentials and problems based on data collection, analysis, interpretation and critical thinking, in order to cultivate concepts and determine strategies for action.	3
5)	She/he is able to interrelate theory, design and construction practices.	3
6)	She/he will be able to produce architectural design, presentation, implementation, management and supervision stages both independently and collectively for different contexts and scales and through a responsive approach to social, functional, technical and aesthetic requirements.
7)	In addition to traditional methods, she/he interactively uses the emerging information technologies required by the field.
8)	To analyze and document the historical and conservation characteristics of the built environment; taking into account of the balance between protection and use, she/he has the ability and necessary knowledge in renovation and restoration issues.
9)	She / he gains the ability to cooperate with different disciplines on the conception and design of the built environment, as an individual and/or as a team member.
10)	Has knowledge on and comprehension of professional ethics and codes of conduct, legal and managerial regulations, standards, rights and responsibilities and processes in the field of architecture.
11)	Can produce design, know-how and knowledge for the improvement of different and changing social needs, and for the enhancement of life quality.	3
12)	She/he has the knowledge and responsibility to design solidly built structures and takes into account of the risks of natural disaster.
13)	She/he monitors new developments in architectural theory and practice and is open to lifelong learning.	3
14)	She/he takes responsibility for the improvement of social consciousness in the field of architecture, and for the endorsement and defense of ecological and urban rights.
15)	Has architectural communication skills in a foreign language.	3

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 20
Homework Assignments	9	% 40
Final	1	% 40
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 40
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