COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ARCHITECTURE AND UTOPIA

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 3540 ARCHITECTURE AND UTOPIA ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZLEM ARITAN

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

Through the interactive discussions, examining the concept of Utopia
on the main utopia samples produced in the fields of literature and architecture in the period from the past to the present-day. With this kind of examinations, to enable students to produce some ideas and questionings in the context of different life, space, city, system alternatives.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe the concepts of utopia and distopia,the historical development of these concepts, and the transformations of literary, architectural, cinematic utopias/distopias lived in the historical process and present day
2   Associate the information special to the concepts and transformations of literary and architectural utopias with concrete examples, productions
3   Use the data obtained- in the researches, presentations and visualization/ objectification studies realized on the extent of literary or architectural utopia/ distopia examples selected from the different periods
4   With the class presantations, question the potentials of the researches and visualization/ objectification studies developed on the base of the selected examples, in terms of reflecting
5   Develop the researches and presentations in the light of critics expressed in questionings

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Meeting, giving general information of the course content
2 Presenting the conceptual expansion related to utopia; in this context, discussing the definitions of utopia/distopia phenomena, the general features special to utopia, the transformations of utopia and its spatial reflections lived in the historical process, the development of utopia in different disciplines such as philosophy, literature, architecture, cinema.
3 Utopia and space readings on literary texts, discussing the general features and the important ones of Ancient Utopias
4 Via the student presentations, discussing the selected examples from Ancient Utopias
5 Discussing the general features and the important ones of Renaissance Utopias
6 Via the student presentations, discussing the selected examples from Renaissance Utopias
7 Discussing the general features and the important ones of utopias and distopias special to Post Industrialization Period
8 Via the student presentations, discussing the selected examples from utopias and distopias special to Post Industrialization Period
9 Mid-term exam
10 Making a study of reading utopia/distopia and space on a cinematic example
11 Discussing the concept of utopia in architectural field, the general features and the important ones of architectural utopias dating Ancient and Renaissance Periods
12 Discussing the general features and the important ones of architectural utopias and distopias special to Post Industrialization Period
13 Making visualization/ objectification study related to the literary or architectural utopias searched and presented
14 Continuation of the visualization/ objectification study

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Supplementary Book(s):
Kumar, K. (2005). Ütopyacılık. Somel, Ali, çev. Ankara: Imge Kitabevi.
More, T. (2010). Utopia (Mina Urgan ın Incelemesiyle). Eyüboğlu, Sabahattin, Günyol, Vedat, & Urgan, Mina, çev. Istanbul: Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları.
Sarcey, M. R., Bouchet, T. & Picon, A. (2003). Ütopyalar Sözlüğü. Ilgaz, Turhan, çev. Istanbul: Sel Yayıncılık.
Sevinç, A. (2004). Ütopya: Hayali Ahali Projesi. Istanbul: Okuyan Us Yayınları.
Tafuri, M. (1979). Architecture and Utopia, Design and Capitalist Development. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Pres.
Usta, S. (2005). Platon dan Jambulos a Antik Çağ Ütopyaları. Istanbul: Iş Bankası Yayınları.
Other literary texts used in the course.
References: Reading Texts
Materials: Technical model materials and ready made materials used by students in the visualization-objectification studies

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical Lectures:
In the course, theoretical lectures related with the subjects will be realized accompanied by the student discussions
Student Presentations: The student researches and visualization/ objectification studies developed on the base of the literary or architectural utopia examples selected from the different periods will be presented and discussed. The assignments belonging to of the presentations will be gathered at the end of the term.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTE * 0.70 +ASG * 0.30
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

Mid-term Exam: %35 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
Assignment/Presentation: %15 (LO3, LO4, LO5)
Final Exam: %50 (LO1, LO2, LO3)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozlem.aritan@deu.edu.tr 0090 232 301 84 52

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 2 16
Student presentations 5 2 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 3 2 6
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 3 3
Preparing presentations 2 13 26
Midterm 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.1555
LO.25555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.5555

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