FACULTY OF FINE ARTS AND DESIGN
Department of Architecture
ARCH 350 | Course Introduction and Application Information
Course Name |
Visuality and Architecture
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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ARCH 350
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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4
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Prerequisites |
None
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Course Language |
English
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Course Type |
Elective
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Course Level |
First Cycle
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Mode of Delivery | face to face | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | Group WorkCritical feedbackLecture / 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. |
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Core Courses | |
Major Area Courses | ||
Supportive Courses |
X
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Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
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 | Forming Visual Dossier | Tutorials for digital representation techniques |
10 | Curating Visual Content: Publication as the Visual Medium | Tutorials for digital representation techniques |
11 | Exhibiting Architecture: Displaying Visual Content | Tutorials for digital representation techniques |
12 | Project Work Session | Project Overview |
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 |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation |
1
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10
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Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments |
1
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25
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Presentation / Jury |
1
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25
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Project |
1
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40
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Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exams | ||
Midterm | ||
Final Exam | ||
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
2
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50
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Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
2
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50
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Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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Study Hours Out of Class |
0
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Field Work |
0
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Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
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Portfolio |
0
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Homework / Assignments |
5
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3
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15
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Presentation / Jury |
1
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17
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17
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Project |
1
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30
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30
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Seminar / Workshop |
0
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Oral Exam |
0
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Midterms |
0
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Final Exam |
0
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Total |
110
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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1 | To be able to offer a professional level of architectural services. |
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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. |
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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. |
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5 | To be able to develop environmentally and socially responsible architectural strategies at multiple scales. |
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6 | To be able to develop a critical understanding of historical traditions, global culture and diversity in the production of the built environment. |
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7 | To be able to apply theoretical and technical knowledge in construction materials, products, components, and assemblies based on their performance within building systems. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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) |
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12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently. |
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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
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