It is aimed to give the students the general information on Seljuk and Byzantine Architectural Styles, theoretical knowledge on the Ottoman Architectural Heritage that forms the majority of architectural heritage within the borders of Turkey, its social, economic context and typological characteristics, the skills for interpretation of Ottoman Period buildings within their political, economic, and cultural contexts, a better understanding of critical turning points of Ottoman Period Architecture, its inspirations from and its effects on other periods/cultures, the development of the building technology, the phases of construction, to introduce bibliographical sources for more detailed research studies, to give the ability for the critical approach in evaluation of theoretical knowledge and skills and the ability to continue and complete an independent research on the subject.
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)
Special Requisite(s)
Instructor(s)
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Office Hour(s)
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lecture, Reading/Discussion, Trip, Term Paper.
Principle Sources
BELGE, M., 1997, İstanbul Gezi Rehberi, TETTV, İstanbul
BUSSAGLI, M., 1999, Rome: Art and Architecture, Könemann, Cologne
ÇELİK, Z., 1998, 19. yüzyılda Osmanlı Başkenti, Değişen İstanbul, TETTV, İstanbul
KUBAN, D., 1998, İstanbul Yazıları, Yem, İstanbul
MÜLLER-WIENER, W., 1998, İstanbul’un Tarihsel Topoğrafyası, YKY, İstanbul
YERASIMOS, S., 2000, İstanbul: İmparatorluklar Başkenti, TETTV, İstanbul
Sanat Dünyamız; Bizans Özel Sayısı, 1998, 3 Aylık Kültür ve Sanat Dergisi, s.69-70, Yıl:6, İstanbul
Other Sources
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Byzantine Architecture, Building Typology, Technology and Materials
Lecture
2. Week
Byzantine Architecture, Building Typology, Technology and Materials
Lecture, Reading/Discussion
3. Week
Seljukid Period Architecture, Building Typology, Technology and Materials
Lecture, Distribution of Term Paper
4. Week
Seljukid Period Architecture, Building Typology, Technology and Materials
Lecture
5. Week
Site Trip- Byzantine Urban Spaces and Buildings
Site Trip, Submission of Site Trip Report
6. Week
Early Ottoman Period Buildings, Building Typology, Technology and Materials
Lecture, Reading/Discussion
7. Week
The urban transformation of Istanbul after its conquest by Ottomans, changes in city form, first development works, first building complexes (kulliyes)
Lecture
8. Week
Mid-Term Exam
9. Week
Works of Master Architect Sinan, Building Typology, Technology and Materials
Lecture
10. Week
Works of Master Architect Sinan, Building Typology, Technology and Materials
Lecture, Reading/Discussion
11. Week
Works of Master Architect Sinan, Building Typology, Technology and Materials
Lecture
12. Week
Site Trip- Works of Master Architect Sinan
Site Trip, Submission of Site Trip Report
13. Week
The followers of Master Architect Sinan,The beginning of Westernization in Turkey
Lecture, Submission and Presentation of of Term Papers
14. Week
Urban and Architectural Transformations in Ottoman World in 18th-19th centuries, New Building Typologies and Technologies
Presentation of of Term Papers
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
20
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
4
30
Attendance
1
10
Site visit
2
10
Final Exam
1
30
Program Outcomes
PO-1
To have advenced level knowledge and realization about two different scale monument and site conservation.
PO-2
To have advenced level knowledge and realization about basic issues of conservation which are restoration theories, international modern conservation principles, national and international legal and organizational regulations and recording cultural heritage.
PO-3
To have advenced level of knowledge and realization about design principles of new addition to the historic building and infill building in historic settlement, measured drawing, restitution and restoration projects of historic building.
PO-4
To be informed and own critical awareness for utilizing from national and international examples of conservation of historical sites that are rapidly disappearing, preparing analytical surveys, preparing morphology and typology study and evaluating the data reunited from these studies.
PO-5
To gain cognitive and practice knowledge for proficiency in practice about monument and site conservation.
PO-6
To apply and integrate the knowledge, conception and problem solving ability about monument and site conservation with the knowledges from architectural history, city planning, urban design, archeology, civil engineering and such discipline areas and to apply within interdisciplinary, multi-disciplinary and upper-disciplinary contexts.
PO-7
To develop new data and methods on monument and site conservation and to have ability for merging the gained knowledge with the knowledge from the other discipline areas.
PO-8
To have ability for performing research, survey and critical evaluation on academic knowledge and design process, using approprate technics and producing unique outcomes.
PO-9
To have ability for carrying out individual study on monument and site conservation.
PO-10
To have ability for making a decision in analysis stage about monument and site conservation area, to lead projects/academic studies, to produce a work in a group by taking individual responsibility and to have ability for leading and changing complex processes.
PO-11
To have ability for transfering the gained knowledge by oral, written and visual techics in a foreign language, by using modern computer aided programs and techniques.
PO-12
To have ability for preparing a unique academic/scientific study, presenting and discussing in a dialectical frame.
PO-13
To have ability for taking strategic decisions about monument and site conservation projects and concerning ethic values while producing unique solutions.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To gain theoretical knowledge of the heritage of Ottoman Architecture with its social, physical, typological features.
LO-2
To gain knowledge and ability to interpret the buildings of Ottoman Empire within the political, economic, cultural media.
LO-3
To gain knowledge and ability to interpret the thesholds in the different periods of Ottoman Architecture within its relation of typological development, architectural styles, building and construction technologies.
LO-4
To gain knowledge about the sources for research of Ottoman Construction stages.
LO-5
To evaluate the theoretical knowledge and skills obtained in the course for making a research individually.
