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| MIM5200 | Architectural Criticism | 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 | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Gaining of a critical look at the past, present and future of architecture. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | know how to establish positive fundamentals for architectural criticism. | 4,5,8 | 5,6 | | PO - 2 : | criticize any other building belonging either to the past or present. | 4,5,8 | 5,6 | | 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 | | |
| Establishing positive foundations for textual criticism in architecture. Looking for philosophical support for breaching of hermeneutical difficulties. Systematic lookinto philosophical trends. Structuralist and Post-structuralist contributions into architectural criticism. Assessment of ontological, phenomenological, epistemological and semantic influence of Eco, Foucault, Gadamer, Heidegger and Eliade on art and architecture critique. Presentation of a model of criticism for architecture with special emphasis on design concepts. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Criticism-Hermeunetics-Interpretation | | | Week 2 | The Architectonics of Meaning: Foundations of the New Pluralism | | | Week 3 | Perspective, truth, method and principles of criticism | | | Week 4 | Perspective, Truth | | | Week 5 | method and principles | | | Week 6 | Values and concepts in criticism.Assigment for the previous course | | | Week 7 | Types of critics and their method. Review of assignments. | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Reading and interpreting Colquhoun | | | Week 10 | Inquiry into Allan Megill's book and interpretations on how it can shed light on architectural criticism. | | | Week 11 | Inspection of concepts proposed by Colquhoun, Dinç and Gür. | | | Week 12 | Discussion and evaluation of students proposals for critical essays. | | | Week 13 | Critical approach of Paul-Allan Johson. | | | Week 14 | Methods of critical writing. | | | Week 15 | Students essays and their criticism. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Gür, Ş. Ö. (2004) Mimaride Eleştirinin Konstrüksiyonu: Perspektif, Gerçeklik, Yöntem ve İlke? Teori ve Eleştiri, Hüseyin Su (der.), Ankara: Hece, pp: 211-262.Watson, W. (1993) The Architectonics of Meaning: Foundations of the New Pluralism, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. | | | 2 | Gür, Ş. Ö. (2009) Mimarlıkta Eleştirinin Eleştirisi, Mimarlık 348 2009, 26-31 (tüm dosya). Saunders, W. S. (1999) From Taste to Jugement, Harvard Design magazine, Winter/Spring, No.7/ 1-8. | | | 3 | Attoe, W. (1981)Architecture and Critical Imagination, The Unwin Brothers Ltd. London.Beardsley, M. Aesthetics: Problems in the Philosophy of Criticism, Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing. | | | 4 | Gür, Ş. Ö. Mimariyi Eleştirmek (1), Yapı (194), Ocak 1998, 56-67Gür, Ş. Ö. Mimariyi Eleştirmek (2), Yapı (195), Şubat 1998, 49-56Gür, Ş. Ö., Eleştirel Yorumlarda Mimari Kavramlar (1), Yapı (196), Mart 1998, 48-56Gür, Ş. Ö., Eleştirel Yorumlarda Mimari Kavramlar (2), Yapı (197), Nisan 1998, 65-80Gür, Ş. Ö., Eleştirel Yorumlarda Mimari Kavramlar (3), Yapı (198), Mayıs 1998, 75-83 | | | 5 | Colquhoun, A. (1990) Mimari Eleştiri Yazıları. Ali Cengizkan (çev.). İstanbul: Şevki Vanlı MimarlıkVakfı.Dinç, P., Akademik Mimari Eleştiride Teknikler: A. Colquhoun?a ait iki çağdaş uygulama eleştirisi, Gazi Sanat Dergisi-3, 51-67 | | | 6 | Gür, Ş.Ö., UIA?96 Üzerine Öznel Bir Yorum, Yapı (178), Ekim 1996, 79-96; Gür, Ş. Ö., Güzel Olisipo ya da EXPO?98, Yapı (203), Ekim 1998, 87-97: Gür, Ş. Ö. Minimalizm-Fütürizm-Natüralizm-Yoksa?, Yapı (210), Mayıs 1999, 57-69; Gür, Ş. Ö. Minimalizm Yeniden Ziyaret mi ediliyor?, Yapı (211), Haziran, 1999, 79-83; Gür, Ş. Ö., Dokunma(ma)-Kavrama(ma), Yapı (212), Temmuz, 1999, 57-65. | | | 7 | Gür, Ş. Ö., Mekansal Söylenceler II. Gerçeküstü Mekanlar, Yapı 231, Şubat, 57-64Gür, Ş. Ö., Mekansal Söylenceler III: Gerçek Mekanlar, Yapı 232 , Mart. | | | |
| 1 | Düzenli, H.İ., 2004. ?Mimari Eleştiride Bütüncül Yaklaşım ve Mimarinin Ontolojik İdraki?, Ada,1,s.40-46. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | | 2 | 30 | | Practice | 1 | | 3 | 10 | | Oral exam | 1 | | 3 | 10 | | End-of-term exam | 1 | | | 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 | 16 | 48 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 16 | 1 | 16 | | Arasınav | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Uygulama | 3 | 16 | 48 | | Ödev | 10 | 4 | 40 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 30 | 1 | 30 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Total work load | | | 188 |
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