ISTANBUL OKAN UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE / COURSE CATALOGUE
| Architecture (English) | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
General course introduction information
| Course Code: | ARCDE102 | ||||||||
| Course Name: | Archıtecture Of The Cıty Form Throughout The Hıstory | ||||||||
| Course Semester: | Fall | ||||||||
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| Language of instruction: | TR-EN | ||||||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||||||
| Type of course: | Department Elective | ||||||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||||||
| Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. MEHMET EMRE AYSU | ||||||||
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Course Objective and Content
| Course Objectives: | Critical interpretation the formal evolution of cities and settlements within the context of natural, geographical, socio-cultural, economic, political, aesthetic, functional and other possible factors. Exploring planning urban design and architectural dimensions of the urban form. |
| Course Content: | This course explores the development, change, continuity of the city and settlement systems and their formal reflections throughout the history. It explores different philosophies, theories and practices in the creation of the urban environment in the historical context. |
Learning Outcomes
The students who have succeeded in this course;
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Lesson Plan
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction – Urban Form | Mumford Selected Chapters Kostof |
| 2) | Early period nature-human relationships | Lecture Notes |
| 3) | Greek and Roman City | Owens |
| 4) | Greek and Roman City – Formal Analysis | Owens |
| 5) | Medieval Towns | Mumford Lecture Notes |
| 6) | Ottoman City and Settlements | Lecture Notes |
| 7) | Renaissance and The City of Enlightenment | Mumford, Kostof |
| 8) | The Romantic City | Mumford, Kostof |
| 9) | Industrial City | Mumford |
| 10) | Industrial City - Revisions | Mumford Additional Readings |
| 11) | Modern City Understanding, Architecture and Planning | Mumford Lecture Notes |
| 12) | Modern City – Formal Analysis | Mumford Lecture Notes |
| 13) | Post Modern City | Soja |
| 14) | Contemporary City Teories and Formal Analysis – Digital Evolution | Soja Additional Readings |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Lewis Mumford, 1968. The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects. Mariner Books, London. E. J. Owens, 2018. The City in the Greek and Roman World, Routledge, London. Edward W. Soja, 2017. PostModern Geographies, Verso, London. Spiro Kostof, 1991. The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History: Little, Brown and Company, New York. |
| References: | Lewis Mumford, 1968. The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects. Mariner Books, London. E. J. Owens, 2018. The City in the Greek and Roman World, Routledge, London. Edward W. Soja, 2017. PostModern Geographies, Verso, London. Spiro Kostof, 1991. The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History: Little, Brown and Company, New York. |
Course-Program Learning Outcome Relationship
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| 1) - Gaining discursive, theoretical and factual information from various environments, in local, national and global context for related field, architectural design/ planning/ design activities and researches, she has required ability and comprehension to reflect the information on academic environment. | |||||||||
| 2) - Has intellectual, discursive, scientific, technologic, esthetic, artistic, historic and cultural information and comprehension about related field. | |||||||||
| 3) - Has knowledge and understanding on human and community oriented and sensitive to environment (natural and built) architectural design/ planning/ design/ research methods on the related field. | |||||||||
| 4) - Has multidimensional knowledge and understanding on economics, topics related to disasters and environmental and societal sustainability principles and standards. | |||||||||
| 5) - They have knowledge about the principles, laws, regulations and standards related to their field. | |||||||||
| 6) - Has knowledge and understanding about institutional and ethical values related to the concerned field. | |||||||||
| 7) - Has knowledge and understanding about the place / importance of the related field in its historical, geographical, social and cultural context. | |||||||||
| 8) - Has ability to develop concepts in architectural design/ planning/ design fields. | |||||||||
| 9) - Has ability to provide integrity between discourse, theory and practise for architectural design / planning / design activities and researches. | |||||||||
| 10) - Has ability to identify facts, potential, problems and required researches for these in architectural design/ planning/ design issues. | |||||||||
Course - Learning Outcome Relationship
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | - Gaining discursive, theoretical and factual information from various environments, in local, national and global context for related field, architectural design/ planning/ design activities and researches, she has required ability and comprehension to reflect the information on academic environment. | 5 |
| 2) | - Has intellectual, discursive, scientific, technologic, esthetic, artistic, historic and cultural information and comprehension about related field. | 5 |
| 3) | - Has knowledge and understanding on human and community oriented and sensitive to environment (natural and built) architectural design/ planning/ design/ research methods on the related field. | 5 |
| 4) | - Has multidimensional knowledge and understanding on economics, topics related to disasters and environmental and societal sustainability principles and standards. | 5 |
| 5) | - They have knowledge about the principles, laws, regulations and standards related to their field. | 5 |
| 6) | - Has knowledge and understanding about institutional and ethical values related to the concerned field. | 5 |
| 7) | - Has knowledge and understanding about the place / importance of the related field in its historical, geographical, social and cultural context. | 5 |
| 8) | - Has ability to develop concepts in architectural design/ planning/ design fields. | 5 |
| 9) | - Has ability to provide integrity between discourse, theory and practise for architectural design / planning / design activities and researches. | 5 |
| 10) | - Has ability to identify facts, potential, problems and required researches for these in architectural design/ planning/ design issues. | 5 |
Learning Activity and Teaching Methods
| Expression | |
| Brainstorming/ Six tihnking hats | |
| Individual study and homework | |
| Lesson | |
| Reading | |
| Homework |
Assessment & Grading Methods and Criteria
| Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true-false, matching, fill in the blanks, sequencing) | |
| Homework | |
| Presentation |
Assessment & Grading
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 14 | % 5 |
| Application | 2 | % 20 |
| Quizzes | 2 | % 20 |
| Homework Assignments | 2 | % 20 |
| Presentation | 2 | % 20 |
| Final | 2 | % 15 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 85 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 15 | |
| total | % 100 | |
Workload and ECTS Credit Grading
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Midterms | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Workload | 60 | ||