The aim of the course is to evaluate the effects of utopian approach on the development of the physical environment, at urban and architectural scales
Prerequisite(s)
None
Corequisite(s)
None
Special Requisite(s)
None
Instructor(s)
PROF DR EVREN ENGİNÖZ
Course Assistant(s)
None
Schedule
Wednesday, 09:00-12:00,1B-01
Office Hour(s)
Monday, 14:00-16:00,2C-11
Teaching Methods and Techniques
-The course will consist of theoretical presentations. The presentations will be carried out as seminars, providing a discussion environment to enable students to participate in the course.
Principle Sources
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Benevolo, L., The Origins of Modern Town Planning, Cambridge: MIT Press, 1971.
Dostoğlu, N. T., “Ütopya, Kent ve Mimarlık Üzerine Düşünceler”, Arredamento Mimarlık, 5: 73-76, 2001.
Fishman, R., Urban Utopias in the Twentieth Century: Ebenezer Howard, Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier, Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1982.
Kostof, S., The City Assembled, The Elements of Urban Form Through History, London: Thames and Hudson, 1999.
Manuel, F. E. ve Manuel, F. P., Utopian Thought in the Western World, Cambridge, Mass: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1979
Rossi, A., The Architecture of The City, Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1982.
Rowe, C. ve Koetter, F., Collage City, Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1978.
Other Sources
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Alexander, C., Isikawa, S., Silverstein, M., A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction, New York: Oxford University Press,1977.
Broadbent, G., Emerging Concepts in Urban Space Design, London and New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold International, 1995.
Choay, F., The Modern City: Planning in the 19th Century, New York: George Braziller, 1969.
Evans, R., "Bentham's Panopticon", Architectural Association Quarterly, v.3, n.2, April/July 1971.
Fourier, C., Design for Utopia: Selected Writings of Charles Fourier, New York: Schocken Books, 1971.
Gottschalk, S. S., Communities and Alternatives, Cambridge, Mass.: Schenkman Publishing Company Inc., 1975.
Hardy, D., Alternative Communities in Nineteenth Century England, Londra ve New York: Longman Group Ltd., 1979.
Henket, H.-J. & Heynen, H., Back from Utopia: The Challenge of the Modern Movement, Rotterdam: 010 Publishers, 2002.
Lynch, K., The Image of The City, Cambridge, MA: M.I.T. Press, 1960.
Mumford, L., "Utopia, the City and the Machine", Daedalus 94, Bahar 1965.
Owen, R., A New View of Society, 3. Makale, Londra: Richard Taylor and Co., 1813.
Vidler, A., "News from the Realm of No-where", Oppositions, n.1, Eylül 1973.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Explanation of the Content and Aims of the Course
Presentation and Discussion in Class
2. Week
Definition and Historical Development of the Concept of Utopia
Presentation and Discussion in Class
3. Week
Architectural And Urban Utopias in the Middle Ages and Renaissance Periods
Presentation and Discussion in Class
4. Week
Architectural And Urban Utopias in the Middle Ages and Renaissance Periods
Presentation and Discussion in Class
5. Week
Industrial Revolution and Utopias During the 19th Century
Presentation and Discussion in Class
6. Week
Industrial Revolution and Utopias During the 19th Century
Presentation and Discussion in Class
7. Week
Modern Architecture and 20th Century Utopias
Presentation and Discussion in Class
8. Week
Modern Architecture and 20th Century Utopias
Presentation and Discussion in Class
9. Week
Modern Architecture and 20th Century Utopias
Presentation and Discussion in Class
10. Week
Modern Architecture and 20th Century Utopias
Presentation and Discussion in Class
11. Week
The Effects of Utopias on Contemporary Architecture and Urban Planning
Presentation and Discussion in Class
12. Week
The Effects of Utopias on Contemporary Architecture and Urban Planning
Presentation and Discussion in Class
13. Week
Planning, Programming and Designing for the Future
Presentation and Discussion in Class
14. Week
Planning, Programming and Designing for the Future
Presentation and Discussion in Class
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
40
Final Exam
1
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)
PO-2
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)
PO-3
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)
PO-4
Ability to direct the experience gained from architectural design and other knowledge areas to new fields and generate strategies. (ABILITY)
PO-5
Ability to conduct research, examination, interpretation; to use adequate techniques and produce original results in the field of academic knowledge and design process. (ABILITY)
PO-6
Ability to use the theoretical and practical knowledge of architectural design referring to undergraduate competence. (ABILITY)
PO-7
Competence for analyzing and interpreting architectural products within the framework of architectural concepts. (COMPETENCE)
PO-8
Competence for relating architectural design, architectural theory and building construction with social sciences and humanities such as psychology, philosophy and political economy. (COMPETENCE)
PO-9
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)
PO-10
Competence for conducting an original academic/scientific study. (COMPETENCE)
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To gain the ability to read, speak and write effectively.
LO-2
To gain information about urban and architectural processes in history and to be able to make interpretations,
LO-3
To develop explicit and direct questions, to use abstract concepts for expressing thoughts, to be able to evaluate opposite ideas, to be able to reach conclusions which are well inquired and to test these with similar criteria and standarts,
LO-4
To comprehend the concept of culture which comprises all material and spiritual accumulation of society, and its importance in architectural design through various applications of housing spaces in the world,
LO-5
To become aware and comprehend the methods for designing livable and qualified housing areas and units for various income groups,
LO-6
To understand the concept of utopia which constitutes a crucial dimension of architecture and urban planning, since architectural design and urban planning processes are projections for the future,
LO-7
To be able to plan, program and design for the future.
