ARCH611 Gender and the Built EnvironmentIstanbul Okan UniversityDegree Programs PhD in Architecture (English) with a master's degreeGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational Qualifications
PhD in Architecture (English) with a master's degree
PhD TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 QF-EHEA: Third Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 8

General course introduction information

Course Code: ARCH611
Course Name: Gender and the Built Environment
Course Semester: Fall
Course Credits:
Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
3 0 3 6
Language of instruction: EN
Course Requisites:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: Department Elective
Course Level:
PhD TR-NQF-HE:8. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:Third Cycle EQF-LLL:8. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr.Öğr.Üyesi ÖZGÜN ARIN
Course Lecturer(s): Dr.Öğr.Üyesi BAHARAK TABİBİ
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: This course aims to evaluate the effects of gender issues on shaping and directing the history of architecture and
architectural production within the critical and theoretical frameworks.
Course Content: -

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Learning Outcomes
1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
1) -
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
Learning Competence
Field Specific Competence
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Lesson Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) - -
2) Feminist Theory Rendell, J. B. Penner and I..Borden; (2000) ‘Editor’s General Introduction; Introduction: Gender,’ in J. Rendell, B. Penner & I. Borden (eds.) Gender Space Architecture. An Interdisciplinary Introduction, New York & London: Routledge. Woolf, V. ‘A Room of One’s Own,’ in J. Rendell, B. Penner & I. Borden (eds.) (pp. 25-28)
2) Feminist Theory Rendell, J. B. Penner and I..Borden; (2000) ‘Editor’s General Introduction; Introduction: Gender,’ in J. Rendell, B. Penner & I. Borden (eds.) Gender Space Architecture. An Interdisciplinary Introduction, New York & London: Routledge. Woolf, V. ‘A Room of One’s Own,’ in J. Rendell, B. Penner & I. Borden (eds.) (pp. 25-28)
3) Women in Architectural Profession Mcleod, M. (1996) ‘Everday and “Other” Spaces’ in D.Coleman, E. Danze & C. Henderson in (eds.) (pp.1-37) Scott Browm, Denise, 1989, “Room at the Top? Sexism and the Star Systemin Architecture,” in J. Rendell, B. Penner & I. Borden (eds.), (pp. 258-265)
4) - Urbach, H. (1996) ‘Closets, Clothes, disClosure,’ in Assemblage, 30, ( pp.62-73)
5) Gender and Space Rendell, J. ‘Gender, Space,’ in J. Rendell, B. Penner & I. Borden (eds.) (pp.101-111) Adener, S. ‘The Partition of Space’ in J. Rendell, B. Penner & I. Borden (eds.) (pp.112- 117) Spain, D. ‘The Contemporary Workplace’ in J. Rendell, B. Penner & I. Borden (eds.) (pp.118-127)
6) - Colomina, B. (1992) ‘The Split Wall: Domestic Voyeurism’, in B. Colomina (ed.) Sexuality and Space (pp.73-128), New York: Princeton Architectural Press
7) Architectural Patronage Thys-Şenocak, L. 2007, Ottoman Women Builders: The Architectural Patronage of Hadice Turhan Sultan Women and Gender in the Early Modern World, Routledge. Lawrence, C., Women and Art in Early Modern Europe: Patrons, Collectors, and Connoisseurs, Pennsylvania State University Press.
8) Gender & Architectural History Friedman, A. 1998, Family Matters: The Schroder House, by Gerrit Rietveld and Truus Schroder in Women and the Making of the Modern House, A Social and Architectural History (pp.64 -91) New York Harry N.Abrams, Inc., Publishers. Altınyıldız Artun, 2012, Y. “Arzunun Bedeli: Eileen Gray ve Le Corbusier,” Arzu Mimarlığı, Mimarlığı Düşünmek ve Düşlemek, der. Nur Altınyıldız Artun ve Roysi Ojalvo, İletişim: İstanbul.
9) - Friedman, A. 1998, Family Matters: The Schroder House, by Gerrit Rietveld and Truus Schroder in Women and the Making of the Modern House, A Social and Architectural History (pp.64 -91) New York Harry N.Abrams, Inc., Publishers. Stratigakos, D., 2003, “Women and the Werkbund, Gender Politics and German Design Reform: The House that Women Built,” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 62 (4
10) - Friedman, A. 1998, ‘People Who Live in Glass Houses: Edith Farnsworth, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson,’ in Women and the Making of the Modern House, A Social and Architectural History (pp.126-160) New York Harry N.Abrams, Inc., Publishers. Colomina, B., 1996, “Battle Lines: E1029,” in Diana Agrest, Patricia Conway, Leslie Kanes Weisman (ed.) The Sex of Architecture, Harry N. Abrams, New York
11) - Lewis, R., “Harems and Hotels: Segregated City Spaces and Narratives of Identity in the Work of Oriental Women Writers” in Louise Durning & Richard Wrigley (eds) Gender and Architecture: History, Practice and Interpretation, ?: John Wiley and Sons.
12) - Zeynep Hanım, 2001, Zeynep Hanım: Özgürlük Peşinde Bir Osmanlı kadını, A Turkish Woman’s European Impressions, İstanbul: Büke.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: -
References: -

Course-Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Learning Outcomes

1

Program Outcomes

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution

Learning Activity and Teaching Methods

Field Study
Expression
Individual study and homework
Lesson

Assessment & Grading Methods and Criteria

Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true-false, matching, fill in the blanks, sequencing)
Homework
Observation
Reporting

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 1 % 20
Homework Assignments 1 % 40
Final 1 % 40
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Grading

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 7 3 21
Application 6 3 18
Study Hours Out of Class 14 2 28
Presentations / Seminar 1 24 24
Homework Assignments 6 6 36
Midterms 1 2 2
Paper Submission 1 36 36
Final 1 2 2
Total Workload 167