ISTINYE UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code: | ARCH308 | ||||
| Course Name: | Topics in Contemporary 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: | Compulsory Courses | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Dr. Öğr. Üy. ZEHRA TONBUL | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Zehra Tonbul | ||||
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Course Objective and Content
| Course Objectives: | To discuss the historical and theoretical background and context of contemporary architectural thought |
| Course Content: | Discussion of the areas of the crisis of modernism after the Second World War. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) To develop transdisciplinary thought in architecture 2) To develop critical and theoretical approaches to architecture |
Course Flow Plan
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction | |
| 2) | What is modernity? | |
| 3) | Second World War and the Crisis of Modern Architecture | |
| 4) | The Change of Urban Planning Notions | |
| 5) | The Change of Architectural Design Notions | |
| 6) | The change of the notions of nature and environment in architecture | |
| 7) | Midterm | |
| 8) | The changes in architectural practice | |
| 9) | The emergence of techno-aesthetics | |
| 10) | The influence of digital technologies on architecture | |
| 11) | Humanitarian Crisis | |
| 12) | New Forms | |
| 13) | Performance Architecture | |
| 14) | Architectural Forensics |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | A. Krista Sykes, Constructing a New Agenda: Architectural Theory 1993-2009, Princeton Architectural Press, 2010. |
| References: | Étienne Turpin, Architecture in the Anthropocene: Encounters Among Design, Deep Time, Science and Philosophy, Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. Alberto Pérez-Gómez, Architecture and the Crisis of Modern Science, MIT Press, 1983. |
Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship
| Course Learning Outcomes | 1 |
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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 | 1 | % 20 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 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 | 42 |
| Midterms | 1 | 8 |
| Final | 1 | 8 |
| Total Workload | 100 | |