Course Code	Semester	Course Name	LE/RC/LA	Course Type	Language of Instruction	ECTS
MIMY0111		CONTEMPORARY CONCEPTS IN ARCHITECTURE	3/0/0	DE		12

Course Goals	To provide/canalize the students to think and discuss different concepts in his/her research field and the other fields critically and deeply.
Prerequisite(s)	none
Corequisite(s)	none
Special Requisite(s)	The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
Instructor(s)	PROF. DR. NESLİHAN DOSTOĞLU
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule	It is updated for every academic semester.
Office Hour(s)	Due to request
Teaching Methods and Techniques	Lecture and discussion
Principle Sources	Anderson, B. (1983), Imagined Communities / Reflections on the Origins and Spread of Nationalism, Verso   Auge, M. (1992), Non-lieux, Seuil [Yer Olmayanlar, çev.: Turhan Ilgaz, Kesit, 1997].   Banham, R. (1960), Theory and Design in the First Machine Age, The Architectural Press.   Barthes, R. (1983), Semiotics and the City, Arnhem.   Baudrillard, J. (1988), Selected Writings, ed. Mark Poster, Polity.   Berman, M. (1982), All That Is Solid Melts Into Air, Verso [Katı Olan Her Şey Buharlaşıyor, çev.: Ümit Altuğ ve Bülent Peker, İletişim, 1994].   Debord, G. (1977), Society of the Spectacle, Black & Red/Detroit   Giddens, A. (1990), The Consequences of Modernity, Polity   Harvey, D. (1990), The Condition of Postmodernism, Blackwell   Jencks, C. (1977), The Language of Postmodern Architecture, Academy Editions.   Koolhaas, R. (1994), Delirious New York, Monacelli.   Le Corbusier (1927), The City of To-morrow and Its Planning, Payson & Clarke.   Lefebvre, H. (1991), The Production of Space, Blackwell.   Sennet, R. (1992), The Fall of Public Man, W.W. Norton & Company   Soja, E. (1989), Postmodern Geographies, Verso.   Urry, J. (1995), Consuming Places, Routledge
Other Sources	-

Course Schedules
Week	Contents	Learning Methods
1. Week	General information and discussion
2. Week	The behavioural process in design
3. Week	Space and globalization
4. Week	Architecture and everyday life
5. Week	Architecture and sustainability
6. Week	The changing perception of the city and space
7. Week	After un-industrialization, the life buoy of the city geography: 'transformation'
8. Week	'Gated-communities' in the socio-spacial context
9. Week	Inclusive approach in design: the principles of universal design
10. Week	Public/social memory, language and architecture
11. Week	Ecology and design
12. Week	Collaboration in architectural design process
13. Week	The shelter needs of disaster victims
14. Week	Parametric design
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week

Assessments
Evaluation tools	Quantity	Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations	1	30
Final Exam	1	70

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 Knowledge acquisition about the current/recent concepts in architecture LO-2 To comprehend the relations between humanbeing and the cities and spaces LO-3 To comprehend the relations between sustainability, ecology facts and architecture. LO-4 To understand the cognitive process of design. LO-5 The ability to think dialectically and critically

Course Assessment Matrix:

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