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KAC5023Women Designers and Their Desing Approaches3+0+0ECTS:7.5
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseSecond Cycle
Status Elective
Department
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of Delivery
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
LecturerDoç. Dr. Sema MUMCU
Co-Lecturer
Language of instruction
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
To reveal the struggle of women and the difficulties they face in spatial design disciplines, to discuss especially female designers and their approaches in landscape architecture and architecture professions, to understand the innovations and differences bring forward by female designers in the context of landscape architecture and architecture
 
Programme OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
PO - 1 : learn famous female designers and understand their design approcahes.6,95,6,
PO - 2 : discuss new approaches to spatial design that are developed by female designers. 6,93,5,
PO - 3 : generate ideas about achieving women-men equity in spatial design disciplines.6,95,6,
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

 
Contents of the Course
male domination in spatial design professions and reasons, female-male, home-city, nature-building dualism in the context of gender roles, women and design thinking and women's struggle to gain a place in the architectural profession, famous women landscape architects and architects; their works and design approaches
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Introduction, information about main concepts and and process of the course
 Week 2Male domination in spatial design professions, dichotomization of woman-man, house-city, nature-building in context of gender roles.
 Week 3Women and disegn thinking, the struggle of women designers to gain a place in architecture discipline.
 Week 4Famous female landscape architects and achitects; their design and design appracahes: Beaxrix Farrand, Ellen Shipman
 Week 5Famous female landscape architects and achitects; their design and design appracahes: Carol Johnson, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander,
 Week 6Famous female landscape architects and achitects; their design and design appracahes: Andrea Cochran, Mia Lehrer
 Week 7Famous female landscape architects and achitects; their design and design appracahes: Pamela Burton, Katrhryn Gustafson
 Week 8Famous female landscape architects and achitects; their design and design appracahes: Isabelle Greene, Katherine Spitz
 Week 9Exam week
 Week 10Famous female landscape architects and achitects; their design and design appracahes: Martha Schwartz, Gertrude Jekyll
 Week 11Famous female landscape architects and achitects; their design and design appracahes: Jennie Bethune, Natalie de Blois,
 Week 12Famous female landscape architects and achitects; their design and design appracahes: Zaha Hadid, Kazuyo Sejima, Marilyn Jordan Taylor
 Week 13Assesment of approaches and differences
 Week 14Student presentation
 Week 15final week
 Week 16final week
 
Textbook / Material
1Adams, A., & Tancred, P. 2000. 'Designing women' : Gender and the architectural profession.
 
Recommended Reading
1Lewis, A.2014. Women of Steel and Stone: 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Designers, Chicago Review Press.
2Borden, I., Penner, B., & Rendell, J. (Eds.). 1999. Gender space architecture: An interdisciplinary introduction.
3Deitz, P. 2010. Of gardens : Selected essays.
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Presentation 15 1,00 50
Homework/Assignment/Term-paper 9
12
1,00 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 3 13 39
Sınıf dışı çalışma 5 13 65
Ödev 8 4 32
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 10 4 40
Dönem sonu sınavı 1 1 1
Total work load177