Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
2İCM554Contemporary World Architecture3+0+037,525.01.2022
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Doctorate's Degree
Department / Program Architecture (PhD)
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course 1) The emergence of Contemporary Architecture movements, the principles they advocate and
to have information about the manifestos they publish and other branches of art influenced by these movements
2) To have information about contemporary architectural movements and their effects on national architecture.
3) To gain an intellectual awareness and an architectural perspective about contemporary world architecture.
Course Content Industrialization and new building technologies, functionality in architecture, Chicago school, Bauhaus, W.Gropius, M.v.der Rohe, Le Courbusier, Werkbund and Modernism in the 1950s and 60s: Material Modernism; Regional Modernism; International Style; Late International Style; Brutalism; Contemporary Islam; Neo-Rationalism; Metabolism; His stance against Historicism and Modernism; Post-Modernism; semantic and formal searches; new historicism; European Post-Modernism; Engineering Modernism; Structuralism; HighTech; Digital Architecture, Deconstructivism; Tall and Green Towers; Architecture of Turkey after 1950
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Asist Prof.Dr. Tülay KARADAYI YENİCE
Assistants Research Assist. Meltem ARARAT
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Lecturer notes
Course Notes Trachtenberg, M., & Hyman, I.T. (1986). Architecture: From Prehistory to Post-Modernism : The Western Tradition.
Kruft, H.W., (1994). A history of Architectural Theory From; Vitruvius to the Present. New York: Princeton Architectural Press.
Ragon, M. (2010). Modern Mimarlık ve Şehircilik Tarihi. İstanbul: Kabalcı Yayınları.
Roth, L.M. (2000). Mimarlığın Öyküsü: Öğeleri, Tarihi ve Anlamı,
Çev. Ergün Akça, İstanbul: Kabalcı Yayınları.

Course Category
Social Sciences %20
Field %80

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 3 42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 12 168
Assignments 1 6 6
Mid-terms 1 3 3
Final examination 1 3 3
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 7,5 222

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 1) Have advanced knowledge and understanding about modern architectural movements
2 Criticize and interpret the emergence and effectiveness of contemporary architectural movements and the determinants of that movement.
3 Fikirsel, estetik, tarihsel ve kültürel anlamda ileri düzeyde bilgi edinir
4 To be able to present orally and in writing by researching modern architectural movements

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Understanding the definition and purpose of the course, introducing the curriculum to be taught throughout the semester
2 The developments after the 19th century Industrial Revolution and its effects on architecture
3 Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco ve Glasgow
4 Deutsche Werkbund, Futurism, Cubism and De Stijl, Cubism and De Stijl, Architecture and Chicago School in the USA, Frank Llyod Wright, Sullivan
5 Konstruktivizm, Alman Ekspresyonizmi ve Bauhaus Akımı, W Gropius, Mies Van der Rohe
6 Criticisms of Modern Architecture
7 Architecture in the 1950s and After and the Future of Modern Architecture
8 Midterm - Exam
9 movements against modernism; Expressionism Le Corbusier's late applications, Brutalism
10 The Collapse of Modernism and Pruitt-igoe, Post-modernism, Robert Venturi, Philip Johnson
11 Deconstructivism, High-Tech, Post-Structuralism, Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Peter Eisenman, Daniel Liebeskind, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Rem Koolhaas, OMA
12 Minimalism, Sustainability, and Ecological Designs, Herzog and De Meuron, Tadao Ando, Peter Zumthor, Fumihiko Maki, Renzo Piano
13 The Effect of Modern Architecture in Turkey: Examining through Examples
14 The Effect of Modern Architecture in Turkey: Examining through Examples

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10
All
C1
C2
C3
C4

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant