With this course it is aimed to present the principal historical, archaeological and architectural constituents of the cultural heritage in Istanbul, to evaluate their current state, and to discuss their conservation problems. In this context, the earliest remains in the city and the historic and cultural layers of the city beginning from the Classical era to the Byzantine and Ottoman times are represented. As the constituents of cultural heritage in Istanbul, historic sites, monuments and archaeological remains survived from different periods are reconsidered and their conservation problems are evaluated.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
ARC5031 Conservation and Restoration of Historic Buildings, IAD6002 Restoration
Instructor(s)
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Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
The course is not offered this semester.
Office Hour(s)
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Teaching Methods and Techniques
-Presenting the architectural and urban development of Istanbul and historical and cultural layers of the city, supported by visual materials.
-Research on the selected examples of cultural heritage in Istanbul by students (individually or in groups) and presentations of the researches by the students on site.
Principle Sources
Ahunbay, Z. (2012), Istanbul: A World Heritage Site, Istanbul: Rebuplic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism Publications.
Architectural Guide to Istanbul. (2005-2006). Director and editor: Afife Batur, Coordinatinor: Göze Üner. Istanbul: Chamber of Architects of Turkey Istanbul Metropolitan Branch.
İstanbul Ansiklopedisi. (1994). İstanbul Tarih Vakfı Yayınları.
Kuban, D. (1996). Istanbul: an urban history, Byzantion, Constantinopolis, Istanbul. İstanbul: The Economic and Social History Foundation of Turkey.
Mango, C. (1980). Byzantium: the empire of New Rome. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
Müller-Wiener, W. (2001). İstanbul’un Tarihsel Topoğrafyası: 17. yüzyıl başlarına kadar Byzantion-Konstantinopolis-İstanbul. İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
Yerasimos, S. (2000). İstanbul İmparatorluklar Başkenti. İstanbul: Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı.
Other Sources
Ahunbay, Z. (2011), İstanbul’da Kentsel Mimari, İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
Akın, N. (2002), 19. yüzyılın ikinci yarısında Galata ve Pera. İstanbul: Literatür Yayınları.
Bassett, S. (2004). The Urban Image of late Antique Constantinople. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Çelik, Z. (1986). The remaking of Istanbul: portrait of an Ottoman city in the nineteenth century. London: University of Washington Press.
Eyice, S. (2006). Tarih Boyunca İstanbul. İstanbul: Etkileşim Yayınları.
Kafesçioğlu, Ç. (1983). Constantinopolis / Istanbul: cultural encounter, imperial vision, and the construction of the Ottoman capital. University Park: Pennysylvania State University Press
Kuban, D. (2010). Ottoman Architecture. İstanbul
Kuban, D. (1998). İstanbul Yazıları. İstanbul: YEM Yayın.
Magdalino, P. (1996). Constantinople médiévale : études sur l'évolution des structures urbaines. Paris: Boccard.
Müller-Wiener, W. (1998). Bizans’tan Osmanlı’ya İstanbul Limanı. İstanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları.
Necipoğlu, G. (2005). The Age of Sinan: architectural culture in the Ottoman Empire. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Necipoğlu, N. (2009). Byzantium between the Ottomans and the Latins: politics and society in the late empire. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Informing the students about the aim and the scope of the course.
Oral presentation
2. Week
Presentation of the historical and cultural layers of the city. The earliest remains, and Byzantion as the Greek settlement of Classical era.
Establishment of Constantinople and the development of the Byzantine city in the Antiquity.
Presentation with visual materials
3. Week
Development of the Byzantine city in the Middle Ages. Byzantine remains survived in today’s Istanbul.
Presentation with visual materials
4. Week
Development of Istanbul beginning from its transformation into Ottoman capital until the 19th century.
Presentation with visual materials
5. Week
Urban change of the city in the 19th century. Urban development of Istanbul in the Republic period. First urban planning of Istanbul and construction activities from the 20th century to the present.Legislations for the conservation of the cultural heritage in Istanbul. Istanbul Historic Peninsula as a historic site and Historic Peninsula World Heritage Sites.
Conservation problems of urban, architectural and archaeological heritage in Istanbul.
Site management plan of Istanbul Historic Peninsula: Decisions and applications.
Presentation with visual materials
6. Week
Presentation of the assignments
Presentation on site
7. Week
Presentation of the assignments
Presentation on site
8. Week
Presentation of the assignments
Presentation on site
9. Week
Presentation of the assignments
Presentation on site
10. Week
Presentation of the assignments
Presentation on site
11. Week
Presentation of the assignments
Presentation on site
12. Week
Presentation of the assignments
Presentation on site
13. Week
1 May Workers' Day
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14. Week
Presentation of the assignments
Presentation on site
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
55
Attendance
1
10
Oral Presentation
1
35
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Critical Thinking: Ability to inquire, use abstract ideas to interpret information, consider diverse points of view, reach well-reasoned conclusions.
PO-2
Communication: Ability to use appropriate representational media to transmit essential formal elements at design process.
PO-3
Investigation: Ability to gather, record, apply, and comparatively evaluate relevant information within design processes.
PO-4
Design: Ability to reproduce the design information in the creative thinking process, to reach new and original results through universal design principles such as sustainability and accessibility.
PO-5
World Architecture: Understanding world architecture in terms of their historical, geographical and global factors.
PO-6
Local Architecture / Cultural Diversity: Understanding the architectural formations and samples of a geography through its historical and cultural context. Understanding the divergent canons of cultural values, behavioral, social and spatial patterns.
PO-7
Cultural Heritage and Conservation: Understanding of conservation discourses and methods, and the subjects of cultural heritage, conservation awareness, environmental concerns and ethical responsibility.
PO-8
Sustainability: Ability to design projects by using the information regarding the natural and built environment to reduce the undesirable environmental impacts on future generations through means.
PO-9
Social Responsibility: Understanding of the architect’s responsibility about protecting the commonweal, having respect for historical/cultural and natural resources and improving the life quality.
PO-10
Nature and Human: Understanding of the relationship between human, the natural environment and the design of the built environment.
PO-11
Geographical Conditions: Understanding the relationships of site selection, settlement and building design by considering the cultural, economical and social properties as well as the natural characteristics such as soil, topography, vegetation and watershed.
PO-12
Life Safety: Understanding the basic principles of security and life-safety systems in the conditions of natural disasters, fire, etc. through building and environment scales.
PO-13
Structural Systems: Understanding of the basic principles of structural behavior in withstanding gravity and lateral forces and the evolution, range, and appropriate application of contemporary structural systems.
PO-14
Environmental Systems: Understanding the principles of physical environmental systems’ design such as lighting, acoustics, climatization and the use of appropriate performance assessment tools.
PO-15
Building Envelope Systems: Understanding of the basic principles involved in the appropriate application of building envelope systems and associated assemblies.
PO-16
Building Service Systems: Understanding of the basic design principles of building service systems such as plumbing, electrical, vertical transportation, security, and fire protection systems.
PO-17
Building Materials and Assemblies: Understanding of the basic principles utilized in the appropriate selection of construction materials, products, components and assemblies, based on their inherent characteristics and performance, including their environmental impact and reuse.
PO-18
Integration of Building Service Systems: The ability of assessing, selecting and integrating the structural, environmental, security, envelope and service systems of the buildings for building design.
PO-19
Programming and Evaluation: Ability to prepare and evaluate an architectural project program by considering the public benefits in regards of client and user needs, appropriate examplers, space and equipment requirements, financial limitations, site conditions, relevant codes, laws and design principles.
PO-20
Comprehensive Project Development: Ability to produce a comprehensive architectural project that demonstrates to make design decisions across various scales.
PO-21
Considering Building Costs: Understanding the fundamentals of building construction and use costs.
PO-22
Architect-Client Relationship: Understanding of the responsibility of the architect to elicit, understand, and reconcile the needs of the client, owner, user groups, and the public and community domains.
PO-23
Collaboration: Ability to work in collaboration with others and in multidisciplinary teams to successfully complete design projects.
PO-24
Project Management: Understanding of the methods for competing for commissions, selecting consultants and assembling teams, and recommending project delivery methods.
PO-25
Practice Management: Understanding the basic principles in the architectural practice processes like financial management, business planning, quality management, risk management, discussion and reconciliation.
PO-26
Leadership: Understanding of the techniques and skills architects use to work collaboratively in the building design and construction process and on environmental, social, and aesthetic issues in their communities.
PO-27
Legal Rights and Responsibilities: Understanding of the architect’s responsibility to the public and the client as determined by regulations and legal considerations involving the practice of architecture.
PO-28
Professional Practice: Understanding and fulfillment of employer and intern rights and responsibilities for development of profession.
PO-29
Ethics of Profession: Understanding of the ethical issues involved in profession regarding social, political and cultural issues in architectural design and practice.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Getting informed about the historic and cultural layers of Istanbul.
LO-2
Learning the necessary approaches for the protection and conservation of urban, architectural and archaeological remains.
LO-3
Understanding the responsibility of to be respectful to the historic and cultural values and to provide their continuity and sustainability.
LO-4
Recognition of the components of cultural heritage in Istanbul, evaluation of their current state of conservation.
LO-5
Discussion for the proper approaches for the protection of cultural heritage in Istanbul.
