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| MIML7461 | Perception and Meaning in Architecture | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third 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. Derya ELMALI ŞEN | | Co-Lecturer | - | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The architectural object that interacts with its environment from the moment it is built is an indicator that has the ability to transmit meaning by itself. Architecture has conveyed concepts, ideas and emotions throughout the ages as a means of communication with its specific language. In this context, in the content of the course, it is aimed to discuss the elements of architecture that convey the meaning and the messages they convey, and to discuss how people perceive and interpret their environment, in short, to examine the relationship between man and his environment. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | learn how the meaning is formed and transmitted in the built environment. | 1,5 | 1,3,5, | | PO - 2 : | interpret the relationship between the man and his environment. | 1,5 | 1,3,5, | | PO - 3 : | interpret the messages that the architecture conveys. | 1,5 | 1,3,5, | | PO - 4 : | establish relations of architecture with different disciplines. | 1,5 | 1,3,5, | | 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 | | |
| Human-environment interaction, architecture as a communication language, architecture in terms of carrying multi-dimensional codes and transmitting meaning; psychology of perception (components, properties, effective factors, theories and approaches, etc.); the concept of perception in architecture; meaning and signification/interpretation (semantics, semiotics / semiology, theories and approaches); meaning and its levels in architecture (denotation, connotation), analyses on examples |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction of lecture; purpose and content | | | Week 2 | Architecture as a language of communication | | | Week 3 | Perception Psychology: concepts, components and characteristics of perception; factors affecting perception | | | Week 4 | Perception Psychology: perception theories and approaches, perception levels and types | | | Week 5 | Perception in architecture: visual, bodily, spatial, environmental, urban etc. | | | Week 6 | Presentations | | | Week 7 | The phenomenology of perception | | | Week 8 | Presentations | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Meaning and signification / interpretation | | | Week 11 | Semantic levels (denotation, connotation) | | | Week 12 | Meaning and signification / interpretation in architecture | | | Week 13 | Presentations | | | Week 14 | Meaning and signification / interpretation in architecture | | | Week 15 | Presentations | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Broadbent, G., Bunt, R., Jencks, C. (ed.), 1980. Signs, Symbols and Architecture, John Wiley & Sons Inc. | | | 2 | Fischer, G., 2015. Mimarlık ve Dil, Daimon Yayınları, İstanbul | | | 3 | Erkman, F., 1987. Göstergebilime Giriş, Alan Yayıncılık, İstanbul | | | |
| 1 | Arnheim, R., 1974. Art and Visual Perception, A Psychology of the Creative Eye, Unıversity of California Press | | | 2 | Elmalı Şen, D., 2009. Mimarlıkta Algılama ve Anlamlandırma (Düzanlam/Yananlam) Bağlamında Saydamlık ve Opaklık Kavramları Üzerine Bir Araştırma, Doktora Tezi, KTÜ Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Trabzon | | | 3 | Eco, U., 1991. Alımlama Göstergebilimi, Çeviren S. Rifat, Düzlem Yayınları, İstanbul | | | 4 | Pallasmaa, J., 2005. Tenin Gözleri Mimarlık ve Duyular, YEM Yayınevi, İstanbul | | | 5 | Rifat, M., 2014. Göstergebilimin ABC?si, 4. Basım, Say Yayınları, İstanbul | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 30 | | Presentation | 6
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15 | | 1 | 10 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 6
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15 | | 1 | 10 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 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 | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 7 | 1 | 7 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 10 | 9 | 90 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | | Diğer 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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