| Course Name | Spatial Practices |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 advance specialized architectural knowledge based on qualifications acquired at the undergraduate level. | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to conceive the interdisciplinary nature of the architectural field and apply such knowledge and analytical capacity to interdisciplinary studies. | X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to apply specialized knowledge in architecture in theoretical or practical work. | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to produce new knowledge by integrating architectural knowledge with knowledge in other disciplines. | X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to diagnose and evaluate a specific problem in architecture and to relate this ability to publishing or practice. | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able critically evaluate knowledge peculiar to the architectural field, facilitate self-directed learning and produce advanced work independently. | X | ||||
| 7 | To be able to communicate contemporary developments in architecture and one’s own work in professional and interdisciplinary environments in written, oral or visual forms. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to consider, control and communicate social, scientific and ethical values in the accumulation, interpretation, publication and/or application of architectural data. | X | ||||
| 9 | To be able to critically analyze the norms that inform spatial relationships and their social implications and to develop original thesis according to guidelines. | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to keep up with developing knowledge in Architecture and participate in academic and professional discussions using at least one foreign language. | X | ||||
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