Course Name | Spatial Practices |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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FFD 551 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||
Course Level | Second Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | ||||||
Course Coordinator | - | |||||
Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | This course aims to examine and understand multidimensional aspects of specific spatial practices and their articulation with the materiality of space. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | Readings and discussions on critical spatial theories and the reading of a particular urban or architectural space based on these discussions. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
| Core Courses | |
Major Area Courses | X | |
Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction to the course themes | No preparation |
2 | Definition of Space in history | Doing the compulsory reading and filling out the related worksheet |
3 | Multidimensionality of Space in Architecture | Doing the compulsory reading and filling out the related worksheet |
4 | Multidimensionality of Space in Architecture | Doing the compulsory reading and filling out the related worksheet |
5 | Multidimensionality of Space in Architecture | Doing the compulsory reading and filling out the related worksheet |
6 | Multidimensionality of Space in Architecture | Doing the compulsory reading and filling out the related worksheet |
7 | Space and Culture | Doing the compulsory reading and filling out the related worksheet |
8 | Space and Time | Doing the compulsory reading and filling out the related worksheet |
9 | Space and Function | Doing the compulsory reading and filling out the related worksheet |
10 | Space and Form | Doing the compulsory reading and filling out the related worksheet |
11 | Proposal Submission and Critique | Literature Research on Individual Topics |
12 | Presentation of Research Outputs | Preparation for presentation of term papers |
13 | Presentation and critique of term projects | Preparation for presentation of term papers |
14 | Presentation and critique of term projects | No preparation |
15 | Final presentations and Feedback on Critical Essay/Project | No preparation |
16 | Overall evaluation | No preparation |
Course Notes/Textbooks | None |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Stephen Kern, The Culture of Time and Space (Cambridge Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1983), pp. 131-180. Kate Nesbitt (ed) (1996) Introduction, in Theorizing a New Agenda for Architecture: An Anthology of Architectural Theory 1965-1995, NY: New York, Princeton Architectural Press, 16-17. Henri Lefebvre (1991) Plan of the present work, in (Trans.) Donald-Nicholson Smith, The Production of Space. Oxford: Blackwell, 1-67. Michel de Certeau, Chapter IX Spatial Stories, The Practice of Everyday Life. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984) 115-130. Bruno Zevi, Architecture as Space (New York: Horizon Press, 1974 [1957]). Piere Bourdieu, Distinction. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984). Mustafa Pultar, A Structural Approach to Cultural Studies of Architectural Space. (Eds.) S.M. Ünügür, O. Hacıhasanoğlu and H. Turgut, Culture and Space in the Home Environment: Critical Evolutions and New Paradigms. (İstanbul: İstanbul Technical University, 1997) 27-32. Anthony King, The Bungalow: The Production of a global culture, (London, Melbourne and Henley: Routledge&Kegan Paul, 1984). S.Giedion, “Part 6: Space-Time in art, architecture and construction. Space, Time and Architecture.” Hüseyin Kahvecioğlu (2008) Mekanın Üreticisi ve Tüketicisi olarak Zaman. Zaman-Mekan, Yem Yayınları, 142-149. Adolf Loos (1998) Ornament and Crime. Riverside, CA: Ariadne Press. Theodor Adorno (1997) Functionalism Today, in (ed.) Neil Leach, Rethinking Architecture: A Reader in Cultural Theory. Routledge, 5-18. Stanford Anderson (1987) The Fiction of Function. Assemblage, no:2, 18-31. C. Rowe and R. Slutzky, Transparency: Literal and Phenomenal, Perspecta 8:45-54. Daniel Naegele (2001) Savoye Space: The Sensation of Object. Harvard Design Magazine: 15. |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 16 | |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 40 |
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 20 |
Project | 1 | 40 |
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | ||
Final Exam | - | - |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 100 | |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
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 | 16 | 7 | 112 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 40 | |
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 5 | |
Project | 1 | 20 | |
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | |||
Final Exams | - | - | |
Total | 225 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | to be able to expand the practical knowledge gained in undergraduate programs with theoretical field of design research, | X | ||||
2 | to be able to examine, interpret data and assess concepts and ideas with research methods of design theory and social sciences, | X | ||||
3 | to be able to identify problems of design disciplines in times of global / environmental crisis and to be able to develop possible solutions for design practitioners, | X | ||||
4 | to be able to expand knowledge on the history of material culture as it relates to design practices of the past, | X | ||||
5 | to be able to promote research on local practices of everyday life and assess the outcome to implement design solutions, | X | ||||
6 | to be able to facilitate interactions in between varied design disciplines and to promote collaborative work to solve complex problems, | X | ||||
7 | to be able to process outcome of design research to be applied in design education, | X | ||||
8 | to be able to instigate research on the new tools, technologies and materials of production in order to accelerate changes in design practices, | X | ||||
9 | to be able to develop an ethical approach towards design professions in order to install social and environmental responsibilities, | X | ||||
10 | to be able to use a foreign language for both chasing the scientific publication and developing proper communication with colleagues from other countries, in written and verbal ways. | X | ||||
11 | to be able to use computer programs needed in the field design as well as information and communication technologies in advanced levels (“European Computer Driving Licence”, Advanced Level”). |
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