Basic Information
Course Name:
History of Architecture II
Language of Instruction:
English
Instructor:
Öğr. Gör. SELİN AKDEĞİRMEN ERCAN
Course Objectives
The course aims to provide a critical approach to the students after acquiring them with the fundamental knowledge about the history of architecture from the medieval period up to the 19th century. By analysing the formal, spatial and environmental aspects of architectural structures, raising awareness about the development of architectural thoughts and practices is aimed within the course.
Course Content
A thematic study on the history of architecture based on some underlying themes, subjects and issues in the history of architectural thought and production. By means of lectures, reading comparative case studies, the students are expected to develop an understanding of the complexities of continuity and progress in the history of architectural discourse in relation to its both intellectual and practical appearances within the global history of civilization.
Course Books / Materials / Recommended Resources
[1] Kostof, S. (2010). A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals. New York: Oxford University Press. [2] Ching, F., Jarzombek, M., & Prakash, V. (2006). A Global History of Architecture. Hoboken, N.J: J. Wiley & Sons. [3] Fazio, M. W., Moffett, M., Wodehouse, L., & Moffett, M. (2008). A World History of Architecture. Boston: McGrawHill. Kenneth Frampton, 2007. Modern architecture: a critical history, Thames & Hudson. [4] Sibel Bozdoğan, Modernism and Nation Building. Turkish Architectural Culture in the Early Republic, University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, 2001, ch. 4-5. [5] Trachtenberg, M. & Hyman, Isabelle. Architecture from Prehistory to Postmodernity, second edition, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. [6] Erzen, Jale, Sinan: Ottoman Architect, An Aesthetic Analysis. Ankara: METU Faculty of Architecture, 2004. [7] Goodwin, Godfrey, A History of Ottoman architecture. London: Thames & Hudson, 1971. [8] Kuban, Doğan, Ottoman Architecture. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 2010. [9] Ballantyne, Andrew. Architecture, A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press. [10] Roth Leland M. (2006). Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History, And Meaning. Westview Press, 2nd edition.
Academic Integrity and Artificial Intelligence
It includes violations of school integrity, but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, but also handing over the work of others, using the work of a lecturer or someone else without permission. Any breach of integrity is a serious academic offense and is subject to disciplinary action.