COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN ARCHITECTURAL THEORY AND DESIGN

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ARC 5157 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN ARCHITECTURAL THEORY AND DESIGN ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DENIZ GÜNER

Offered to

Architectural Design
Architectural Design

Course Objective

This course aims to raise awareness about different theories of contemporary architecture, philosophy and culture that establish a critical and discursive ground for architecture

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define fundamental knowledge of architectural theory and criticism
2   Relate philosophical, economic, social, cultural and historical paradigms with the discipline of architecture
3   Examplify critical frames of mind within the discipline of architecture and the others feeding it.
4   Compare different theories and criticisms
5   Interpret fundamental theories and criticisms in written and oral form

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General information on the scope, method, process and references of the course will be given. Evaluation criteria will be explained. Narrator, Moderator and Recorder will be determined.
2 Transformation of the Idea and Epistemology of Architecture
3 Early / Non-Western / Belated / Other / Multiple / Global Modernities
4 Orientalism: An Unfinished Discussion
5 Occidentalism: A Discussion That Has Not Yet Begun
6 Nation and Nationalism: Essentialist Quests
7 Postcolonial Criticism / Appropriation and Translation
8 Pure vs Mixed, Hybrid, Mongrel and Creole / Erosion of Essentialist Idea
9 Original-Copy-Simulakrum / Originality vs Anxiety to Affect
10 Place and Context & Non-Place and Space
11 Architecture in the Post-Truth Age: The Death of the Idea of Originality and Manipulation)
12 Sustainability and Ecocriticism in the Anthropocene Era
13 Architecture in the Age of Late Capitalism
14 Everyday Life, Banality and Popular Culture

Recomended or Required Reading

Ahıska, Meltem. Garbiyatçılık: Tarih ve Kuram, Radyonun Sihirli Kapısı: Garbiyatçılık ve Politik Öznellik, Metis Yayınları, 2005, Istanbul, ss. 51-99.
Akcan, Esra. Küresel Cağda Eleştirellik Öteki Coğrafyalar Sorunsalı, Arredamento Mimarlık, Mart 2002, Istanbul, ss. 70-81.
Anderson, Benedict, Hayali Cemaatler, Metis Yayınları, 1995, Istanbul.
Arditi, Benjamin. Populism as an Internal Periphery of Democratic Politics içinde Francisco Panizza (Ed.), Populism and the Mirror of Democracy, Verso, 2005, ss. 72-99.
Aysev Deneç, Evren. Architecture Beyond Construction içinde Hossein Sadri (Eds), Neo-liberalism and the Architecture of the Post Professional Era, Springer, 2018, ss 69-84
Aysev, Evren (Ed). Bugünün Türkiyesi'nde Mimarlık, Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, Istanbul, 2018.
Bhabha, K. Homi. Location of Culture, Routledge, 1994, London.
Buruma, Ian. Garbiyatçılık: Düşmanlarının Gözünde Batı, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2009
Chatterjee, Partha. Ulus ve Parçaları, Iletişim Yayınları, 2002, Istanbul.
Celik, Zeynep. Colonialism, Orientalism and the Canon, içinde Iain Boden, Jane Rendell (Eds.) Intersections: Architectural Histories and Critical Theories, Routledge, New York, 2000, ss.161-169.
Foucault, Michel. Entelektüelin Siyasi Işlevi, Ayrıntı Yayınları, 2005, Istanbul.
Gaonkar, Dilip Parameshwar. On Altarnative Modernities, Alternative Modernities, Duke University Press, London, 2001, p. 1-23.
Guha, Ranajit. Dünya-Tarihinin Sınırında Tarih, Metis Yayınları, 2006, Istanbul
Gürbilek, Nurdan. Mağdurun Dili: Tarihte Mağlup, Üslupta Galip, Mağdurun Dili, Metis Yayınları, 2008, Istanbul, s. 75-111.
Sadri, Hossein (Eds). Neo-liberalism and the Architecture of the Post Professional Era, Springer, 2018
Irwin, Robert. Oryantalizmin Düşmanları, Oryantalistler ve Düşmanları, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2007, s. 311-330.
Lefaivre, Liane. Populism Redux içinde Michael Shamiyeh (Ed.), What People Want: Populism in Architecture and Design. Birkhäuser, 2005, ss. 270-287.
Ozbek, Meral. Popüler Kültür ve Orhan Gencebay Arabeski, Iletişim Yayınları, 2006, Istanbul.
Said, Edward W. Şarkiyatçılık: Batı'nın Şark Anlayışları, Metis Yayınları, 1999, Istanbul
Spencer, Douglas. Neoliberalizmin Mimarlığı; Cağdaş Mimarlığın Denetim ve Itaat Aracına Dönüşme Süreci, Iletişim Yayınları, 2018, Istanbul.
Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty. Can Subaltern Speak, The Post-colonial Studies Reader, Routledge, 2003, ss 24-28.
Tanyeli, Uğur. Yer, Yer-Olmayan, Naziler, Auge ve Akla Getirdikleri, Arredamento Mimarlık, 257, Mayıs 2012, s. 106-111.
Tanyeli, Uğur. Yerötesilik Pratikleri ve Mimarlığın Icadı, Dosya, 33, 2014-1, s. 8-21

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

It is compulsory to attend classes where reading and discussions will be held every week.
It is necessary to be prepared for the lessons by reading the weekly texts.
Discussions will be held in the course under the direction of the predetermined Narrator, Recorder and Moderator.
The responsible are expected to write 2-page Short Assessment Texts in A4 size and send them via e-mail within the week following the lesson and upload them to the common sharing platform.
At the end of the semester, it is expected that the responsible will prepare a Research Homework, which will be determined by themselves and will agree with the Instructor, to examine the contemporary architectural example / figure / theme.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Classroom Practices (Reading, Active Participation and Short Evaluation Texts): 25%
Midterm Exam (Research Paper - Draft): 25%
Final Exam (Short Assessment Texts and Research Paper - Final): 50%

Assessment Criteria

Classroom Practices (Reading, Active Participation and Short Evaluation Texts) 25%: LO1, LO2, LO3
Midterm Exam (Research Paper - Draft) 25%: LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Final Exam (Short Assessment Texts and Research Paper - Final) 50%: LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

It is not considered as a valid excuse to be absent in class for late submissions of assignments.
Late submissions will be subject to a different evaluation.
The principles of Academic Honesty must be strictly followed, and any plagiarism attempt, such as cheating and resorting to academic dishonesty, is subject to disciplinary action in accordance with the instructions of the Higher Education Institution.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

deniz.guner@deu.edu.tr - 232 3018496

Office Hours

Thursday 1.00 pm to 2.40 pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Student Presentations 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Final Assignment 1 16 16
Midterm 1 16 16
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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