COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HALIL IBRAHIM ALPASLAN

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to examine the interaction between cosmos of human meaning, social structures and architecture through the concepts of mythology and ideology.
Narratives, which are included in the concepts of both mythology and ideology, are essentially efforts to understand and make sense of the world. However, most of the time, they are not satisfied with just that, they also make direct or indirect claims about how one should live. These dynamics are undoubtedly associated with architecture in different degrees and characters.
The relationship between mythological narratives and historical facts is a broad field of research that also includes architecture. While in this context, architectural situations that are the source of mythologies are generally discussed, in the context of ideologies, this relationship is discussed in the opposite direction, that is, how ideologies affect architecture.
The course, in which all these discussions and examples will be explained and some of them will be aimed to be discovered by the students, will support students in interpreting the ties between the world of thought and meaning and architecture from past to present.

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

Yunan Mitleri, Robert GRAVES. (There are different editions from different publishing houses in different years.)
Klasik Yunan Mitolojisi, Şefik Can, 2011, Ötüken.
Mitoloji ve Felsefe: Büyük Yunan Mitlerinin Anlamı, Luc Ferry, 2025, Alfa.
Batı Mitolojisi, Joseph Campbell, 2000, Imge.
Mit ve Mimarlık, Özen Eyüce (Ed.), 2018, Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi.
Neoliberalizmin Mimarlığı, Douglas Spencer, 2018, Iletişim.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

During the course, presentations will be made by the facilitator, homework will be prepared and presented by students, and discussions on the topics will be held.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The basic evaluation criteria are that the student demonstrates his/her interpretation and meaning skills, which he/she will develop from in-class presentations and discussions, through active participation in the class (10%), mid-term homework (40%) and end-of-term exam (60%).

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Active participation in discussions is important.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ibrahim.alpaslan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 14:50-16:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes