COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF TRADITIONAL TURKISH HOUSES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 3525 SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF TRADITIONAL TURKISH HOUSES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

This course aims to provide an overview of the relationship between the spatial structure of traditional homes across Anatolia and the social factors that might be built in them.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of the course, the students should be able to demonstrate the ability to classify different approaches to traditional homes.
2   At the end of the course, the students should be able to recognize the analytical principles beneath the surface appearances of traditional Turkish homes.
3   At the end of the course, the students should be able to summarise the spatial transformations in traditional Turkish homes through time.
4   At the end of the course, the students should be able to describe the space and gender relationships in traditional Turkish homes.
5   At the end of the course, the students be able to interpret the variability of houses across Anatolia in a historical context.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Different approaches to traditional homes.
2 Domestic space in Anatolia since the Neolithic.
3 Examples of houses in Anatolia between the 17th and the 19th centuries
4 Spatial analysis of house plans from different regions of Anatolia
5 Mid-term exam
6 Spatial structure of living-integrating houses
7 The social content of spatial structure in the living-integrating houses
8 Spatial structure of cooking-integrating houses
9 The social content of spatial structure in the cooking-integrating houses
10 Spatial transformations in traditional Turkish houses through time
11 Space and gender in traditional Turkish houses
12 Spatial types of traditional Turkish houses in a historical context
13 Presentation of research assignment
14 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Orhun, D. (2010) The Relationship between Space and Gender in Traditional Homes across Turkey. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 27:4 (Winter, 2010) 340.
Orhun, D. & Orhun, E., (2004) What Has Changed Can Change Again: The Living-Integrating Traditional Houses of Turkey, The International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE) Working Paper Series Vol.161 The Traditional House; also in Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review Journal of The International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments, Volume XVI, Number 1, 27.
Orhun, D. (1999) Türk Evi mi, yaşamada tümleşik ev mi , Yapı, vol. 217, 76-83.
Orhun, D., Hillier, B. and Hanson, J. (1996) Socialising spatial types in traditional Turkish houses, Environmental and Planning B: Planning and Design, no. 23, 329-351.
Orhun, D., Hillier, B. and Hanson, J. (1995) Spatial types in traditional Turkish houses, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, no. 22, 475-498.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and discussion.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTE * 0.60 + ASG * 0.40
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.50 +RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

30 % Mid-term (LO 1)
20 % Presentation of the research paper (LO2, LO3, LO4)
50 % Final (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, Lo5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

deniz.orhun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Student presentations 1 2 2
Preparing Presentations 1 20 20
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 10 10
Preparation for Final Exam 1 15 15
Mid-term 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.55

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