To discuss the social, economical and political phenomenons that effect the politics of urbanisation and architecture in Turkey.
Prerequisite(s)
none
Corequisite(s)
none
Special Requisite(s)
none
Instructor(s)
PROF. DR. EVRİM TÖRE
Course Assistant(s)
none
Schedule
Wednesday, 09:00-11:45
Office Hour(s)
Friday10:00-11:00 2C05
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lecture and discussion via examples
Principle Sources
§Aydemir, M.E. (2019). Dünyada ve Türkiye’de Mega Proje Gerçeği, Sokak Yayın Grubu.
§Canetti, E. (2022) Kitle ve İktidar (çev. Gülşat Aygen), 22. Basım, Ayrıntı. (Canetti, E. (1962) (translated by Carol Stewart). Crowds and Power. New York: The Viking Press)
§Çavuşoğlu, E. (2014). İktidar ve Megalomani, Mega Projeler ve İstanbul. 12 Şubat 2014. Kilit Yayıncılık/DAKAM Publishing.
§Çınar Mühendislik (2019) Kanal İstanbul Projesi (Kıyı Yapıları [Yat Limanları, Konteyner Limanları ve Lojistik Merkezleri], denizden Alan kazanımı, Dip Taraması, Beton Santralleri Dahil) Çevresel Etki Değerlendirme Raporu, Son şekli Verilen ÇED Raporu, TC Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanlığı Altyapı Yatırımları Genel Müdürlüğü, Ankara.
§Gülay, T., Yıldırım, S., Erik, Ö., Erkek, E. (2019) İstanbul Havalimanı Projesi, İstanbul Büyük Ölçekli Kentsel Projeler ve Planlama Süreçleri (ed. Filiz A.M., Kıvanç, E., Fatih, E., Cansu, K.), Nobel Yayınları.
§İBB (2006) İstanbul Çevre Düzeni Planı Özet Rapor.
§İstanbul İli Avrupa Yakası Rezerv Yapı Alanı 1/100.000 Ölçekli Çevre Düzeni Planı Değişikliği Plan Açıklama Raporu (2019).
§Öğdül, H. (2014). Doğa Hakkı, Mega Projeler ve İstanbul. 12 Şubat 2014. Kilit Yayıncılık/DAKAM Publishing.
§Öymen, On, Saydam, C., Polat, S., Gürdeniz, C., Tuncer, H., Radek, K. (2014) Çılgın Proje Kanal İstanbul (yayına hazırlayan Musa S.), Kaynak Yayınları.
§Sönmez; M. (2017) (der. Gül Köksal). Mega Projelerin Ekonomi Politiği, Mimarist, 58.
§Tekeli, i. (2014). Siyasetçiler ve Mega Projeler Üzerine, Mega Projeler ve İstanbul. 12 Şubat 2014. Kilit Yayıncılık/DAKAM Publishing.
§Uzunçarşılı Baysal, C. (2017) Mega Projelere Genel Çerçeveden Bakmak, Mimarist, 58.
Course content
Definitions and features
Mega Projects in Historical Perspective: Europe and Ottoman
Presentation
2. Week
Categories for Mega Projects
Flagship projects/Starchitecture
Presentation
3. Week
Risks/Problems
Economical-Political Perspective for Mega Projects
Presentation
4. Week
Crowds and Power
Presentation
5. Week
Mega Projects in Turkiye: Financial Models
Mega Problems
Presentation
6. Week
Discussion via Examples
Canal Istanbul
Presentation
7. Week
Developing students' presentations
Critics
8. Week
Developing students' presentations
Critics
9. Week
Developing students' presentations
Critics
10. Week
Discussion of the students' presentations
presentation-discussion
11. Week
Discussion of the students' presentations
presentation-discussion
12. Week
Discussion of the students' presentations
presentation-discussion
13. Week
Developing drafts of the final papers
Critics
14. Week
Developing drafts of the final papers
Critics
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
100
Program Outcomes
PO-1
To gain knowledge and understand the socio-economical and spatial components and processes which are both the subjects and the outcomes of an urban design project.
PO-2
To gain knowledge and critical awareness about the relations in between urban design and the other disciplines like architecture, urban planning, economy and sociology; and the opportunuties and threats that will arise by these relations.
PO-3
Ability to realize an urban design project or a research on urban design in a multidisciplinary process, using both the theoretical and practical knowledge infrastructure, developing new methods and techniques.
PO-4
Ability to direct socio-economical and spatial components and processes in the urban design process.
PO-5
Ability to make research, to analyse and to criticise in the area of academical knowledge and design processes, using the appropriate techniques, producing original results.
PO-6
To gain competency on conducting an indivudial research or project on urban design.
PO-7
To gain competency on working as a group member and to work out the complicated processes that will occur during the urban design.
PO-8
To gain competency to transfer the knowledge gained using a foreign language, both in verbal and visual way, via contemporary computer programmes and techniques.
PO-9
To gain competancy to produce an original academical/scientific research, to present and to discuss in a dialectical framework.
PO-10
To gain competency on strategical decision making as a component of the urban design project and to produce original solutions considering ethical values.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To define and discuss the relationship between urbanization, architecture, and politics
LO-2
To understand the political-economical background the megaprojects are produced.
LO-3
To do research and present a mega project example with a critical perspective
LO-4
Expressing an example of a mega-project in writing by discussing it in the format of a scientific paper from a dialectical point of view.
