COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ARCHITECTURE AND FASHION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 4530 ARCHITECTURE AND FASHION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AÇALYA ALLMER

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

The basic aim of this course is to investigate the relationship between architecture and fashion design. Although architects often view fashion as ephemeral and superficial, many comparisons/metaphors between architecture and fashion exist. On this premise, students will set out to cross the boundaries of their own discipline into fashion design by interpreting the key buildings of twentieth century into wearable models.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To evaluate the relationship between fashion and architecture
2   To recognize the intersecting points of fashion and architectural disciplines
3   To identify the historical and theoretical framework of the clothing and space design practices
4   To interpret the works of the designers who relationship between body and space
5   To adapt twentieth century architectural works as clothing

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and overview
2 Drawing the historical framework of the relationship of architecture and fashion design
3 A general overview of the theory of cladding of Gottfried Semper and its effects on the late-twentieth-century European architecture Adolf Loos Men Fashion (1898), Clothing (1903), Principles of Cladding (1898)
4 Clothing designs of the 20. century architects: Henry van de Velde, Joseph Hoffman, Peter Behrens
5 Fashion designers who received architectural education Pierre Cardin, Roberto Capucci ve Gianfranco Ferre
6 Avangard designers Yohji Yamamato, Hüseyin Çağlayan, Issey Miyake
7 Mid-term exam
8 Fashion / Architecture exhibitions Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Architecture and Fashion The Fashion of Architecture
9 Fashion photography used in architecture
10 Concepts of temporariness and illusion in architecture and fashion
11 Criticism of the independence of the exterior cladding and the building
12 Textile tectonics of the selected contemporary buildings
13 Critics (model - clothing designs)
14 Fashion show

Recomended or Required Reading

Bradley Quinn, Fashion of Architecture (Berg Publishers, 2003).
Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture, Brooke Hodge et al (Thames and Hudson, 2006).
Architecture: In Fashion, ed. Deborah Fausch et al (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1994).
Mark Wigley, White Walls, Designer Dresses: The Fashioning of Modern Architecture (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995).
Açalya Allmer, "The Architecture of Gigantic Drapery: The Richard B. Fisher Center for Performing Arts, Bard College", ARQ: Architectural Research Quarterly, vol.11, no.3-4, December 2007, pp. 265-275.
Açalya Allmer, "Mimarlikta Yeni Cephe Yaklasimlari: Dominique Perrault'nun Telli Duvaklı Binalarindan Örnekler", Win&Art Proje Dergisi, no. 7, November-December 2007, pp. 167-168.
Açalya Allmer, "Archi-Couture", Arredamento Mimarlık, no. 213, May 2008, p. 38.
Açalya Allmer, Mimarlar Neden Siyah Giyer ", Yapı Dergisi, no. 329, April 2009, pp. 44-47.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

It is a lecture based course. At the end of the semester students will be asked to interpret the 20th century buildings as clothing, a catwalk will be organized to present the costumes.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Presentation %50 (PO1, PO2, PO3, PO4, PO5)
Final Exam % 50 (PO1, PO2, PO3, PO4, PO5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

-

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

acalya.allmer@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 13.00-15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Case study 1 1 1
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Design Project 1 30 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 72

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.45555
LO.5555

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