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| SEC 405 | Aesthetics in Architecture | 2+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of ARCHITECTURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | Related lecturers of Department of Architecture | | 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 theory. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | learn the process of historical development-change and make contact with aesthetic in architecture. | 6 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | learn the basic design principles and the Gestalt theory and also their aims. | 2 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | learn forming approaches in architectural design, considering and making them visual and techniques of aesthetic analysis | 1,3 | 1 | | LO - 4 : | evaulate and interpret architectural examples related to forming approaches. | 3,6,8 | 1,5 | | LO - 5 : | grasp what the factors affecting aesthetic in architectural design are and can make conclusions. | 3,8 | 1 | | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Definition of aesthetics, beauty, art and architecture, aesthetics and its problem areas, aesthetical doctrines, environmental aesthetics, Gestalt theory in perception, capacities aesthetics in architecture, visual balance, concepts related to form features; unit dimension (module) , concept of union, measurement and proportion, rhythm, symmetry, basic design elements and design principles, formation approaches; envision of form, visualization and imaginary, real form, imagination, realization, construction of form, developing idea and concept. |
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| 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 | Semra Aydınlı, 1993; Mimarlıkta Estetik Değerler, İTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi,İstanbul | | | 2 | Semra Aydınlı, 1992; Mimarlıkta Görsel Analiz, İTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Yayını, İstanbul. | | | 3 | İsmail Tunalı,1979; Estetik, Bahar Matbaası, İstanbul. | | | 4 | Kutsal Öztürk, 1978; Mimarlıkta Tasarım Sürecinde Cephelerin Estetik Ağırlıklı Sayısal/Nesnel Değerlendirilmesi İçin Bir Yöntem Araştırması, Doktora Tezi, KTÜ, Trabzon.
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| 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 | 20/11/2012 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 28/01/2013 | 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 | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 7 | 28 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 5 | 1 | 5 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 6 | 2 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Total work load | | | 106 |
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