|
|
| MIM5180 | Aesthetics in Architecture | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of ARCHITECTURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Asu BEŞGEN | | Co-Lecturer | none | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Interpretation and learning principles of aesthetic evaluation from the point of architectural, basic design and Gestalt theories. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | learn the process of historical development-change and make contact with aesthetic in architecture. | 4 | | | PO - 2 : | learn the basic design principles and the Gestalt theory and also their aims. | 4 | | | PO - 3 : | learn forming approaches in architectural design, considering and making them visual and techniques of aesthetic analysis. | 4 | | | PO - 4 : | evaulate and interpret architectural examples related to forming approaches. | 4 | | | PO - 5 : | grasp what the factors affecting aesthetic in architectural design are and can make conclusions. | 4 | | | PO - 6 : | establish relations with perception-aesthetic environment and enviromental comforts by making contact with aesthetic and physical environment. | 4 | | | PO - 7 : | learn aesthetical evaluation techniques and can make research by using one of them. | 4 | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Meaning of aesthetics in architecture, aesthetics as a philosophy, aeshetics as an art theory and aesthetics as a science. Rules and tendencies of aesthetics related to architecture. Syntax in architecture. Architectural form and aesthetics in architecture. Architectural evolution based on aesthetics. |
| |
| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Aesthetics concept, aesthetics science and aesthetics problems. | | | Week 2 | Aesthetics doctrines, environmental aesthetics, environmental psychology, environmental design. | | | Week 3 | Environmental measurement / assessment; experimental aesthetics, aesthetic perception, Gestalt theory in perception. | | | Week 4 | Aesthetic judgement, data processing, aesthetic experience. | | | Week 5 | Aesthetics as an assessment criteria in architecture, formal aesthetics in architecture. | | | Week 6 | Expression gain of the form and Gestalt principles in architecture, arrangement concept in architecture, proportional arrangements / quantitative aesthetics, the movement of architectural form. | | | Week 7 | Visual stability in architecture, rhythm in architecture, unidity / wholeness in architecture | | | Week 8 | The factual characters of architectural form, symbolic aesthetics in architecture, symbolic meaning. | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Analogy / simulation in architecture, semilogy and architecture, architectural variables that bears symbolic meaning. | | | Week 11 | Aesthetic assessment criterias in architecture; cultural criteria, perceptual behavioral criteria, environmental image criteria, semantic criteria. | | | Week 12 | The illustration and interpretation of the effects of visual pollution in built environment on human psychology. | | | Week 13 | The illustration of aesthetic quality in built environment and the discussion of the preventions that are handled to improve the quality and the examination on the examples. | | | Week 14 | The investigation and the interpretation of basic design and Gestalt principles on architectural examples. | | | Week 15 | The investigation and the interpretation of basic design and Gestalt principles on architectural examples. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Kutsal Öztürk, 1978; Mimarlıkta Tasarım Sürecinde Cephelerin Estetik Ağırlıklı Sayısal/Nesnel Değerlendirilmesi İçin Bir Yöntem Araştırması, Doktora Tezi, KTÜ, Trabzon. | | | 2 | Semra Aydınlı, 1993; Mimarlıkta Estetik Değerler, İTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi, İstanbul.
| | | 3 | Semra Aydınlı, 1992; Mimarlıkta Görsel Analiz, İTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Yayını, İstanbul, . | | | 4 | İsmail Tunalı,1979; Estetik, Bahar Matbaası, İstanbul. | | | |
| 1 | George Lucas,1978; Estetik I-II (çeviren: Ahmet Cemal) , Payel Yayınevi, İstanbul. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 18/11/2021 | 2 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 11 | 09/12/2021 | 2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 06/01/2022 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 9 | 14 | 126 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 4 | 1 | 4 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 180 |
|