Urban space materializes in to a place interacted with visual culture. We give spaces meaning by how we represent them, the words we use about them, the stories, texts and the images of them we produce, the values we place on them. Different types of mediums and techniques of modern visual production, from visual and printed media to photography and cinema, come into view as interactive fields in the production of urban space. The course aims at examining these interactions mentioned above and evaluating today’s spatial productions in relation to the modernization process in the 20th century. In general, giving a criticism to the representations of space, it seeks to develop a new understanding on cityscapes and to visualize and depict the urban invisibles through the readings and mappings of urban space that the students work on.
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Contents
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1. Week
Introduction
Lecture
2. Week
Modernity, visual culture and representation of urban space
Lecture
3. Week
Visual culture and representation of urban space 1
Presentation and discussion
4. Week
Visual culture and representation of urban space 2
Presentation and discussion
5. Week
Visual culture and representation of urban space 3
Presentation and discussion
6. Week
General discussion and the assignments and explanations
Presentation and discussion
7. Week
Architectural representation in printed media 1
Presentation and discussion
8. Week
Architectural representation in printed media 2
Presentation and discussion
9. Week
General discussion and mid-term evaluation
Presentation and discussion
10. Week
Movie screening 1
Movie screening and discussion
11. Week
Movie screening 2
Movie screening and discussion
12. Week
Movie screening 3
Movie screening and discussion
13. Week
Movie screening 4
Movie screening and discussion
14. Week
Student presentations
Presentation and discussion
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
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20
Attendance
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20
Final Exam
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60
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Having knowledge to produce critical and original work in the fields of architectural theory, design methods and design philosophy. (KNOWLEDGE)
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Having knowledge to produce critical and original work in the fields of social and cultural geography and on the concepts of space and time. (KNOWLEDGE)
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Having knowledge to produce critical and original work in the field of built environment and human/society relationship within the framework of human-environment-behaviour. (KNOWLEDGE)
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Ability to direct the experience gained from architectural design and other knowledge areas to new fields and generate strategies. (ABILITY)
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Ability to conduct research, examination, interpretation; to use adequate techniques and produce original results in the field of academic knowledge and design process. (ABILITY)
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Ability to use the theoretical and practical knowledge of architectural design referring to undergraduate competence. (ABILITY)
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Competence for analyzing and interpreting architectural products within the framework of architectural concepts. (COMPETENCE)
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Competence for relating architectural design, architectural theory and building construction with social sciences and humanities such as psychology, philosophy and political economy. (COMPETENCE)
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Competence for presenting a work - made individually or in a group- systematically, in a foreign language, using the required computer programs, verbal, written and visual. (COMPETENCE)
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Competence for analyzing processes in the face of contemporary design problems and developing original designs and projects with their spatial, formal, social, structural and economic dimensions. (COMPETENCE)
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
I. Evaluate urban space in its socio-cultural context.
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II. Examine the representations of urban space with reference to the formation of visual cultural layers.
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III. Have knowledge about modern city culture in 20th century.
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IV. Discuss deeply on the representations of urban space and develop their critical reading skills.
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V. Comprehend interdisciplinary interactions in architectural production process and develop creative and critical thinking, and different point of views in architecture.
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VI. Prepare an urban research / mapping / visualization through the readings presented in the lectures and their own cultural/historical researches.
