COURSE UNIT TITLE

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

It is an introductory course to present the concepts and basic theories related to architectural space. Focusing on the changing meanings of the phenomenon of space in history, its reception in different disciplines and its beginning to take a leading role in architectural theory, the course aims to convey the transformation of the phenomenon of "architectural space" over time through theoretical approaches.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Ayman Kassem. "A Performative Understanding of Spatial Design, Learning from Exhibitions", EAEA142019, SHS Web of Conferences 64, 03006, 2019, ss. 1-14.
Barney Warf, Santa Arias (Eds). The Spatial Turn: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Routledge, 2008
Benett, T., Grossberg, L., Morris, M. (Eds.), New Keywords A Revised Vocabulary of Culture and Society. Blackwell, 2005.
Bottomore, T. (Ed.), A Dictionary of Marxist Thought. Blackwell, 2001 (1983)
Copleston, F., A History of Philosophy (9 Vol). Image Books 1993-1994 (1946 - 1974)
David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change, Blackwell Pub, 1989
David Harvey, "Mekân ve Zaman Deneyimi" içinde Postmodernliğin Durumu; Kültürel Değişimin Kökenleri, Çev. Sungur Savran, Metis Yay., 1997, ss 227-360.
Edward S. Casey. "Giving a Face to Place in the Present: Bachelard, Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, Derrida, Irigaray" in The Fate of Place: A Philosophical History, University of California Press, 1997, ss. 285-330.
Gieseking, J J.; Mangold, W.; Katz, C.; Low, S.; Saegert, S. (Eds), People, Place and Space; A Reader, Routledge, 2012.
Henri Lefebvre. The Production of Space, Çev; Donald Nicholson-Smith, Blackwell, 1991
Henri Lefebvre. Mekânın Üretimi, Sel Yayıncılık, 2014.
Hubbard, P., Kitchin, R. (Eds.), Key Thinkers on Space and Place. SAGE Pub. 2010
Hubbard, P., Kitchin, R. (Eds.), Mekân ve Yer Üzerine Büyük Düşünürler, Litera Yayıncılık. 2018
John Urry. Consuming Places, Routledge, 1995
John Urry, Mekânları Tüketmek, Çev.:R. G. Öğdül, Istanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları, 1999
John Urry, Jonas Larsen. The Tourist Gaze 3.0, Sage Publications, 2011
John Urry, Turist Bakışı, Çev. Enis Tataroğlu, Ibrahim Yıldız, Bilge Su Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2009.
Lacey, A. R., Dictionary of Philosophy. Routledge, 1996 (1976)
Michel de Certeau. The Practice of Everyday Life, University of California Press, 1984
Michel Foucault, "Space, Knowledge, and Power" in Paul Rabinow, The Foucault Reader, New York: Pantheon Books, 1984, ss. 239-256.
Michael U. Hensel, Christopher Hight, Achim Menges. "Heterogeneous Space of Morpho-Ecologies" in M. U. Hensel, C. Hight, A. Menges (Eds), Space Reader; Heterogeneous Space in Architecture, AD Reader, Wiley & Sons, 2009, ss. 195-215.
Pierre Bourdieu. "The Kabyle House or the World Reversed" Algeria 1960, Cambridge University Press (1963), 1979, ss. 133-153.
Setha M. Low, Denise Lawrence-Zunigais. "Locating Culture" in Setha M. Low, Denise Lawrence-Zunigais (Eds), The Anthropology of Space and Place; Locating Culture, Blackwell, 2003, ss. 1-47.
Williams, R., Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society. Oxford Uni. Press, 1985 (1976)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be realized through theoretical lectures given by the lecturers as well as discussions in which students' individual research and presentations will be examined.

Students will prepare and present a final report on their chosen research topic.
The course will be realized through theoretical lectures given by the lecturers as well as discussions in which students' individual research and presentations will be examined.

Students will prepare and present a final report on their chosen research topic.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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

Assessment Criteria

The Short Assessment Texts and presentations will be evaluated based on the depth and sufficiency of the researches and the originality of the issues and problems argued by the student.
Active Participation to the lecture grade will depend on the student's attendance and active participation in the class discussions and their performances in the analysis studies.
In-Class Practices (Reading, Participation and Short Assessment Texts): 25% LO4, LO5
Midterm Exam (Research Paper - Draft Version): 25% LO1, LO2
Final Exam (Short Assessment Texts and Research Paper - Final Version): 50% LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is not considered as a valid excuse to be absent in class for late submissions of assignments.
2. Late submissions will be subject to a different evaluation.
3. 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 // 232 301 84 96

Office Hours

It will be announced later

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes