Cultural Interactions in the 18th and 19th Century Ottoman Architecture
Course Code
Semester
Course Name
LE/RC/LA
Course Type
Language of Instruction
ECTS
ARC0321
Cultural Interactions in the 18th and 19th Century Ottoman Architecture
3/0/0
DE
English
4
Course Goals
The interactions of the Ottoman Empire with other cultures through its history, but especially in the 18th and 19th Century, and the traces these interactions have left in the Empire’s architectural heritage will be examined. The aim is to acknowledge the heterogenous character of Ottoman art and architecture.
Foreign influences on Ottoman architecture before 18th Century
Traces of foreign architecture in the 18th Century Ottoman architecture
World Exhibitions and their effect on Ottoman Architecture
19th century historicism and its traces on Ottoman architecture
Other architectural styles in the 19th century Ottoman architecture
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
It would be advisable to take this class after passing “History of Anatolian Architecture”
Instructor(s)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Ceren GÖĞÜŞ (bu ders bahar döneminde açılmıştır)
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Wednesday, 09:00-12:00
Office Hour(s)
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ceren GÖĞÜŞ, Thursday, 11:00-13:00
Teaching Methods and Techniques
-Verbal presentation teaching method is used. In addition to course presentations it is expected to educate students in presentation techniques.
Principle Sources
-· Akın, Nur, Batur, Afife, Batur, Selçuk (eds), 1999, 7 Centuries of Ottoman Architecture : A Supra - National Heritage, YEM Yayınları
· Çelik, Zeynep, 2005, Şark’ın Sergilenişi : 19. yy Dünya Fuarlarında İslam Mimarisi, Tarih Vakfı
· Çelik, Zeynep, 2008, Empire, Architecture -- and the City : French-Ottoman Encounters, 1830-1914, University of Washington Press
· Çelik, Zeynep, 2012, İmparatorluk Mimari ve Kent : Osmanlı Fransız karşılaşmaları (1830-1914) = Empire Architecture and the City French-Ottoman encounters 1830-1914, Salt Yayınları
· Barillari, Diana (ed.), 2010, Osmanlı mimarı D’Aronco : 1893 - 1909 İstanbul projeleri / Daronco , İstanbul Araştırmaları Enstitüsü
· Goodwin, Godfrey, 2003, A History of Ottoman Architecture, Thames Hudson
· Goodwin, Godfrey, 2012, Osmanlı Mimarlığı Tarihi, Kabalcı Yayınevi
· Kuban, Doğan, 2007, Osmanlı Mimarisi, YEM Yayınları
· Necipoğlu, Gülru, 2005, Sinan Çağı, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları
Necipoğlu, Gülru, 2005, The Age of Sinan : Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire, Princeton University Press
Other Sources
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Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Informing the students about the aim and the scope of the course
Introduction
2. Week
Foreign influences on Ottoman architecture before 18th Century
Presentation
3. Week
Traces of foreign architecture in the 18th Century Ottoman architecture
Presentation
4. Week
World Exhibitions and their effect on Ottoman Architecture
Presentation
5. Week
Historicism syle in Ottoman Architecture
Presentation
6. Week
Student Presentations
Presentation of assignments
7. Week
Student Presentations
Presentation of assignments
8. Week
Student Presentations
Presentation of assignments
9. Week
Excursion according to the themes of the student presentations
Excursion
10. Week
Excursion according to the themes of the student presentations
Excursion
11. Week
Excursion according to the themes of the student presentations
Excursion
12. Week
Excursion according to the themes of the student presentations
Excursion
13. Week
Preparation of the written essay
Presentation
14. Week
Preparation of the written essay
Presentation
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
25
Attendance
1
15
Final Exam
1
60
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
Acquisition of knowledge about national and regional architecture including local architecture , national traditions in landscape and urban design, and effects of historical heritage (KNOWLEDGE).
LO-2
Acquiring theoretical knowledge about architectural history and related notions (KNOWLEDGE).
LO-3
Interpreting and evaluating structural concepts emerging throughout the history of architecture (SKILLS).
LO-4
Interpreting and evaluating the difference of the behavioural, social and spatial patterns, which characterize different cultures (SKILLS).
LO-5
Evaluating critically the relationship of the building with environmental conditions and human beings (COMPETENCE).