FACULTY OF FINE ARTS AND DESIGN
Department of Architecture
ARCH 403 | Course Introduction and Application Information
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Contemporary Architectural Discourse
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
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Application/Lab
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Local Credits
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ECTS
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ARCH 403
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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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| Course Objectives | By focusing on selected basic texts that address the interdisciplinary nature of architectural discourse and thinking, the aim of the course is to inculcate students' critical thinking abilities in architecture. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | Course is comprised of lectures and discussions based on chosen texts on postmodernism, semiotics and phenomenology, critical regionalism, green architecture, globalization, technology and space |
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Core Courses | |
| Major Area 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 of course topics | |
| 2 | Theory and Practice in Contemporary Architecture: Contradiction or Compromise? | Quiz 1 |
| 3 | From modernism to postmodernism | Quiz 2 Jencks, C. (2011) The Story of Post-Modernism: Five Decades of the Ironic, Iconic and Critical in Architecture 1st Edition p. 19-47 |
| 4 | Semiotics and phenomenology | Quiz 3 Read, S. (2003) Technicity and Publicness: Steps towards an Urban Space FOOTPRINT Architecture and Phenomenology, Autumn 2008, pp. 7-15 |
| 5 | Critical regionalism | Quiz 4 Frampton, K., 2002. Towards a Critical Regionalism: Six Points for an Architecture of Resistance. In: The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Postmodern Culture, Foster, H. (Ed.), New Press, New York, ISBN-10: 1565847423, pp: 16-29. |
| 6 | Project on Contemporary Architects: Each student will examine the works of a contemporary architect in terms of its theoretical foundations and ideas and submit a report. In class, the students will present their work and have a discussion. | Homework Submission/ Presentation |
| 7 | Sustainable architecture | Quiz 5 Owen, C. & K. Dovey (2008) ‘Fields of sustainable architecture’, Th e Journal of Architecture 13(1): 9-21. |
| 8 | Biomimicry and Biophilic Design | Quiz 6 Rao, R. (2014) “Biomimicry in Architecture” International Journal of Advanced Research in Civil,Structural,Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering and Developing Volume: 1 Issue: 3 08-Apr-2014,ISSN_NO: 2320-723X |
| 9 | Building taller and wiser? | Quiz 7 Martin Parker (2015) Vertical capitalism: Skyscrapers and organization, Culture and Organization, 21:3, 217-234, DOI: 10.1080/14759551.2013.845566 |
| 10 | Project on Building Tall: Creating Vertical Sustainability in the City, students will research sustainable skyscraper design and choose one such building project to review and critique . Students will submit a report. In class, students will present their work and have a discussion. | Homework Submission/ Presentation |
| 11 | Impact of globalization on architectural discourse | Quiz 8 Castillo-Villar, F. R. (2016). Urban icons and city branding development. Journal of Place Management and Development, 9(3), 255-268. doi:doi:10.1108/JPMD-03-2016-0013 |
| 12 | Urban Age and its Architecture | Quiz 9 Boano, C., y Vergara Perucich, F. (2016). Half-happy architecture. Viceversa, (4), 58-81. |
| 13 | Art and the City | Quiz 10 Miles, M. (2013) ‘Art and Culture: The Global Turn’, pp. 19–38 in Grierson and Sharp (eds) Re-Imagining the City. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press |
| 14 | Project on mega-events shaping the contemporary architectural discourse: Each student will examine a particular mega-event and how it has advanced/shaped/reflected on the contemporary architectural discourse. Students will submit a three-four page report. In class, students will present their work and have a discussion. | Homework Submission/ Presentation |
| 15 | Debate on the future trends in the contemporary architectural discourse | |
| 16 | Review of the Semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | C. Greg Crysler, Stephen Cairns and Hilde Heynen, eds. The SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory (Sage Publications 2012). Terry Eagleton, Literary Theory (Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press, 2003). Charles Jencks, The Iconic Building (New York, Rizzoli International, 2005). Paul L. Knox, Cities and Design (New York: Routledge, 2011). Ariane Lourie Harrison, Architectural Theories of the Environment (New York: Routledge, 2013). Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa and Aaaron Sprecher (eds) Architecture in Formation: On the Nature of Information in Digital Architecture (London: Routledge, 2013). Harry Francis Mallgrave and Christiana Contandriopoulos, eds. Architectural Theory: An Anthology from 1871-2005, Volume II (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing 2008). Malcolm McCullough. Digital Ground (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005). John Reader, Cities: A Magisterial Exploration of the Nature and Impact of the City from Its Beginnings to the Mega-Conurbations of Today (New York: Atlantic Monthly Press 2004). |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation |
1
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5
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| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
1
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50
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| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury |
3
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15
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| Project |
1
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30
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| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
6
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100
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| 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 |
16
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2
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32
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| Field Work |
0
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
1
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10
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10
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| Portfolio |
0
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| Homework / Assignments |
0
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| Presentation / Jury |
3
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2
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6
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| Project |
1
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24
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24
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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 |
120
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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. |
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