COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORICAL SPACE READING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 3725 HISTORICAL SPACE READING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ESTER ETI AKYÜZ LEVI

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

Since historical buildings and environments are assets, which bring the past to the present and which reflect it on the future, they constitute a vital source in the transfer of information. Information about the life, architecture, construction tradition, materials and etc. of their periods is acquired by reading like a book. The aim of the course is to enable students to acquire skills of perceiving historical spaces, making inferences from these spaces, thinking over them, evaluating, discussing and interpreting them.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to explain the basic concepts regarding place, perception, image, meaning and perceiving.
2   Ability to interpret a historical place based on different points of view and materials, giving examples.
3   Ability to infer conclusions regarding historical places at different scales and qualities from written, oral and visual sources.
4   Ability to infer information on the historical place reading different materials.
5   Making a research about historical space reading and ability to communicate this in visual, written and oral form using up-to-date technology.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course, aim, method and contents of the course. (Lecture-showing method)
2 Concept of Space, the Physical and Social Elements of Space and Spatial Activities 2.1. Conceptual space 2.2. Living space 2.3. Personal space 2.4. Existing space 2.5. Virtual space 2.6. Empty space (Lecture-showing, question and answer teaching method)
3 Perception, image and meaning 3.1. Concept and process of perception (mental, intuitive, sensory, aesthetical perception) 3.2. Concept of image (spatial, temporal, relational, individual, value, affective image) 3.3. Concept of meaning (semiotic, symbolic, cooperative approach) (Lecture-showing, question and answer teaching method)
4 Perception 4.1. Factors affecting spatial perception 4.1.1. Individual factors 4.1.2. Physical environmental factors 4.2. Spatial and environmental perception 4.2.1. Physical properties of space 4.2.2. Qualitative evaluation of space Assignment of take-home subjects (Lecture-showing, question and answer teaching method) (Brain storming)
5 Spatial reading approaches 5.1. Concrete space readings (spatial, structural, semantic, symbolic and etc.) (Lecture-showing) (Spatial reading practice 1 - Individual teaching and discussion method)
6 Reading the selected historical spaces 6.1. Sample works (single building) (Lecture-showing) (Spatial reading practice 2 - Individual teaching and discussion method)
7 Midterm exam (Midterm week is the 7th or 8th week. Depending on the exam schedule, the midterm exam can be taken to the 8th week).
8 Reading the selected historical spaces 8.1. Sample works (fabric) (Lecture-showing) (Spatial reading practice 3 - Individual teaching and discussion method)
9 Reading the selected historical spaces 9.1. Sample works (urban) (Lecture-showing) (Spatial reading practice 4 - Individual teaching and discussion method)
10 Different approaches in spatial reading 10.1. Visual, written spatial readings, examinations 10.2. Oral history researches 10.3. Reading virtual spaces (Lecture-showing, question and answer teaching method, case-based method, discussion method)
11 Presentation of take-homes. (Presentation, discussion and question and answer teaching method)
12 Presentation of take-homes. (Presentation, discussion and question and answer teaching method)
13 Presentation of take-homes (Presentation, discussion and question and answer teaching method)
14 Presentation of take-homes (Presentation, discussion and question and answer teaching method)
15 General evaluation. (Lecture-showing, discussion method)

Recomended or Required Reading

*GÖREGENLI, Melek, 1986, Kentsel alanların algılanması ve kentsel imajlar. IV.Ulusal Psikoloji Kongresi. ODTÜ.

*GÖREGENLI, Melek, 2005, Çevre Psikolojisinde Temel Konular. Ege Üniversitesi Yayınları.

*LAWSON, Bryan, 2001, The Language of Space, Oxford, Architectural Press.

*LEFEBVRE, H., 1991, The Production of Space, Cambridge, MA: Blackwell.

*LYNCH, Kevin, 1960, The Image of the City, Cambridge, MA.

*RAPOPORT, Amos, 1990, The Meaning of the Built Environment, Tucson, The University of Arizona Press.

*TEKELI, I., 2010, Mekânsal ve Toplumsal Olanın Bilgibilimi Yazıları, Istanbul, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları.

*VELIOĞLU, S., 2013, Bir Açılış Olarak Mekân, Istanbul, YEM Yayın.

*Various articles from the journals entitled Taç, Egemimarlık, Mimarlık, Yapı, Vakıflar.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Dialectic method, structuralist method and comparative method are considered to be used.
The student is expected participating in the course actively.
* Literature research and archive inquiry.
* Field Study (on-site observation and examination).
* Ability to express thoughts on the matter visually, verbally and in writing by using up-to-date technology.
- Providing information with verbal and visual presentations.
- Developing the ideas discovered through in-class debates, evaluations, interpretations.
- Group works and discussions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.25 + PAR * 0.05 + FINS * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.25 + PAR * 0.05 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

In the course, which lacks a strict format and which is flexible and original, the student is expected to be explorative, analyzer and to have an extraordinary perspective besides participating in the course actively.

Assessment Criteria

Exam %20 (LO1, LO2, LO3)
Assignment / presentation %25 (LO2, LO3, LO5)
Class Participation % 5 (LO1, LO4, LO5)
Final assignment %50 (LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Informational aspect of learning outcomes (LO1) are measured by exam, class participation, while comprehension aspect (LO2, LO3) is measured by exam, final assignment and assignment; analysis aspect (LO4) is measured by final assignment and class participation; application aspect (LO5) is measured by final assignment, assignment and class participation.

The evaluation of participation in the lesson will be determined by the active participation of the student in the discussion during the lesson and his/her qualitative contribution in this context, his/her performance in various practices in the course.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

eti.akyuz@gmail.com
eti.levi@deu.edu.tr
tel.: 0232- 3018460; 0555-4128310

Office Hours

Thursday 13.00-13.45

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 2 20
Student presentations 4 2 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparing report 1 7 7
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 1 14 14
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.15
LO.254
LO.34
LO.44
LO.544

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