Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: ARCH082
Course Name: Vocabulary of Modern Architecture
Semester: Fall
Course Credits:
ECTS
4
Language of instruction: English
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
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):
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

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 % 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