| Course Name | Visuality and Architecture |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCH 350 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | face to face | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | Group Work Critical feedback Lecture / Presentation | |||||
| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
| Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | The students will be introduced to visual methods and tools as a means to tackle spatial information and visual communication in architecture. The class will facilitate working across diverse visual media and scales; introduce visualization means to read and represent architectural space; form and interpret geographical, architectural and textual information for spatial analysis. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The course will be in the form of lectures and workshops (2+1). Each course will be followed by lectures in the first half, and in-class assignments in the second half. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
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| Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses | X | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction to Course | |
| 2 | Visualizing Architecture: Working Across Diverse Media & Scales | Visuality for Architects: Architectural Creativity and Modern Theories of Perception and Imagination. Branko Mitrovic, University of Virginia Press, 2013. |
| 3 | Visualizing Information: Forming Content & Sketching with Data | Assignment # I “Data Humanism, the Revolution will be Visualized”, Giorgia Lupi, 2017. Observe, Collect, Draw!: A Visual Journal. Giorgia Lupi & Stefanie Posavec, Princeton Architectural Press, 2018. |
| 4 | An Architecture of Bricolage: Visualizing Content with Mixed Media | Assignment # II Collage City. Colin Rowe, The MIT Press, 1984. |
| 5 | Architectural Diagramming | Assignment # III The Manhattan Transcripts. Bernard Tschumi, Wiley, 1994. |
| 6 | Architectural Photography: Reading Space through Images | Assignment # IV Learning From Las Vegas. Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour, The MIT Press, 1977. |
| 7 | What Maps Tell Us?: Maps as Spatial Visualizations | Assignment # V Mapping Istanbul, Pelin Derviş, & Meriç Öner (Eds.), Garanti Galeri, 2009. |
| 8 | Project I - Submission | |
| 9 | Midterm Week | |
| 10 | Forming Visual Dossier | Tutorials for digital representation techniques |
| 11 | Curating Visual Content: Publication as the Visual Medium | Tutorials for digital representation techniques |
| 12 | Exhibiting Architecture: Displaying Visual Content | Tutorials for digital representation techniques |
| 13 | Project Work Session | Project Overview |
| 14 | Project Work Session | Project overview |
| 15 | Review of the semester | |
| 16 | Project II - Submission |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Clark, H. & Brody, D. (Eds.) (2003). Design Studies: A Reader, Berg Publishers. ISBN: 9781847882363. Derviş, P. & Öner, M. (Eds.) (2009). Mapping Istanbul, Garanti Galeri. ISBN: 9789944731164. Koolhass, R., Mau, B., Werlemann, H. (1997). S, M, L, XL, Monacelli Press. ISBN: 9781885254863. Rowe, C. (1984). Collage City, The MIT Press. ISBN: 9780262180863. Lankow, J, Ritchie, J., Crooks, R. (2012). Infographics: The Power of Visual Storytelling, Wiley. ISBN: 1118314042 Lupi, G. & Posavec S. (2018). Observe, Collect, Draw!: A Visual Journal, Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN: 9781616897147. Tschumi, B. (2014). Notations: Diagram & Sequences, Artifice Books on Architecture. ISBN: 9781908967572. Tschumi, B. (1994). The Manhattan Transcripts, Wiley. ISBN: 9781854903815. Venturi, R., Brown, D. S., Izenour, S. (1977). Learning From Las Vegas, The MIT Press. ISBN: 9780262220200. Glisson, J. (Eds.) (2022). The Architecture of Collage: Marshall Brown. Park Books. ISBN 978-3- 03860-291-0 |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weighting |
| Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 25 |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 25 |
| Project | 1 | 40 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 2 | 50 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 2 | 50 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | ||
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 5 | 3 | |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 17 | |
| Project | 1 | 30 | |
| 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. | X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to understand methods to collaborate and coordinate with other disciplines in providing project delivery services.
| X | ||||
| 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. | |||||
| 6 | To be able to develop a critical understanding of historical traditions, global culture and diversity in the production of the built environment. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 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) | |||||
| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language 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. | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
