Course Name | Architecture and The Utopian Imagination |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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ARCH 332 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | ||||||
Course Coordinator | - | |||||
Course Lecturer(s) | - | |||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | The main objective of the course to introduce the term of utopia in architecture and help to students to gain intellectual background to build new ideas on architectural utopias in the digital age. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | The course will act as a threshold between the term of utopia and contemporary utopias in architecture. Following the examples of utopist ideas from different fields, the students will explore the blurring boundaries between architecture and other disciplines. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
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Major Area Courses | ||
Supportive Courses | X | |
Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction: Course Structure and Requirements | Link: http://www.waithinktank.com/A-Map-to-Utopia |
2 | Utopia as a travelling concept | Bal, M. (2002). Travelling Concepts in The Humanities: A Rough Guide, Toronto, s.24. (optional reading) |
3 | 17th century architectural utopias | HA#1 |
4 | 18th century architectural utopias | |
5 | 19th century architectural utopias | Mitchell, W. (1996). City of Bits, Space, Place, and the Infobahn, The MIT Press, p. 22. (required) |
6 | 20th century & utopias | |
7 | 20th century architectural utopias | Friedman, J. (2000). The Good City: In Defense of Utopian Thinking, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, p. 460-472. (required) |
8 | 20th century architectural utopias | HA#2 |
9 | 21th century utopias & digital age | HA#3 |
10 | 21th century architectural utopias & digital tools | Hadid, Z. ve Schumacher, P. (2002). Latent Utopias, Introduction to: LATENT UTOPIAS - Experiments within Contemporary Architecture. Lectures & Interviews - Theorizing Architecture. Link: http://www.patrikschumacher.com/Texts/latent.htm (optional reading) HA#4 |
11 | 21th century architectural utopias & open source | Link:http://www.openwikitopia.org/index.php?title=Main_Page HA#5 |
12 | 21th century architectural utopias & computer games | |
13 | 21th century utopia & contemporary art | HA#6 |
14 | 21th century architectural utopias & Labs | HA#7 |
15 | Architects' role in digital age | HA#8 |
16 | Booklet Submission |
Course Notes/Textbooks | |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Mitchell, W. (1996). City of Bits, Space, Place, and the Infobahn, The MIT Press. Lifetime reading booklist: (not required) http://utopyalab.com/2015/01/05/utopya-mimarlik-konusu-ile-ilgili-kitaplar-2/ Web-dictionary of architectural utopias: http://aporee.org/parole/ |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 16 | 20 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 8 | 50 |
Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | 1 | 30 |
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | ||
Final Exam | ||
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 24 | 100 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 1 | 14 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 8 | 3 | |
Presentation / Jury | |||
Project | 1 | 24 | |
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | |||
Final Exams | |||
Total | 110 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to offer a professional level of architectural services. | |||||
2 | To be able to take on responsibility as an individual and as a team member to solve complex problems in the practice of design and construction. | |||||
3 | To be able to understand methods to collaborate and coordinate with other disciplines in providing project delivery services.
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4 | To be able to understand, interpret, and evaluate methods, concepts, and theories in architecture emerging from both research and practice. | |||||
5 | To be able to develop environmentally and socially responsible architectural strategies at multiple scales. | X | ||||
6 | To be able to develop a critical understanding of historical traditions, global culture and diversity in the production of the built environment. | X | ||||
7 | To be able to apply theoretical and technical knowledge in construction materials, products, components, and assemblies based on their performance within building systems. | |||||
8 | To be able to present architectural ideas and proposals in visual, written, and oral form through using contemporary computer-based information and communication technologies and media. | X | ||||
9 | To be able to demonstrate a critical evaluation of acquired knowledge and skills to diagnose individual educational needs and direct self-education skills for developing solutions to architectural problems and design execution. | X | ||||
10 | To be able to take the initiative for continuous knowledge update and education as well as demonstrate a lifelong learning approach in the field of Architecture. | X | ||||
11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Architecture and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1) | X | ||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | X |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest