COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF MODERNITY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 3535 THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF MODERNITY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR HIKMET GÖKMEN

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

Examining the dynamics of modern world and its intellectual sources, as well as the reflections of these impetuses onto the praxis of architecture, city planning and urban design.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to define the social, economic, political, cultural aspects affecting the contemporary architecture
2   Recalling both design ideas and concepts through the examples of European and American modernisms
3   Gaining the ability to describe the differentiations among the phenomenon of modern, modernities, modernization process, and modernism
4   Interpreting the effects of modernity which shape our lives, ideas, mentalities and man-made environments
5   Associating the philosophical, social and historical paradigms with the realm of architecture

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Explanatory information about the objectives, methods, and the sources of references will be given in the course.
2 Introduction to the similarities and dissimilarities of the concepts and phenomena: An Attribute: Modern / A Condition: Modernity / A Process: Modernization / A Reaction: Modernism
3 Intellectual Roots: The Ideal of Liberation
4 Intellectual Roots: Rationalization
5 Intellectual Roots: Alienation
6 Models: The Rise of the Representation; Vision-Ratio-Body
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Models: Materialistic World and Industrial Revolution
9 Models: The Birth of Modern Cities: Manchester, London, Paris, Barcelona, Berlin, Vienna, Chicago
10 Models: Modern Movement in Architecture (Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Futurism, Modernism, International Style etc.)
11 Seminar given by students
12 Seminar given by students
13 Seminar given by students
14 Seminar given by students

Recomended or Required Reading

Berman, M. (1988). All That Is Solid Melts into Air: The Experience of Modernity. Penguin Books; Reissue edition.
Heynen, H. (2002). Architecture and Modernity: A Critique. Cambridge: MIT Press; Reissue edition.
Sennett, R. (1992). The Fall of Public Man. W. W. Norton & Company; Reissue edition.
Tournikiotis, P. (1999). The Historiography of Modern Architecture. Cambridge: MIT Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Addition to the theoretical lectures, the students will be contributed to the lectures by having prepared their personal research assignments and class presentations as well as to the discussions which will be organized after the reading sessions and watching movies.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.20 + PAR * 0.05 + FINS * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 +ASG * 0.20 + PAR * 0.05 +RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam % 25 (LO3, LO4, LO5)
Presentation % 20 (LO1, LO2)
Final exam % 50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
Active Participation % 5 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1.Attendance is required.
2.To be not participated in the class assignments and the activities will be not regarded as a valid excuse for the late submission.
3.Late submissions will be differently appraised.
4.Any kind of plagiarism attempts will be resulted in a disciplinary penalty.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

deniz.guner@deu.edu.tr 0090 232 301 84 96

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 9 2 18
Tutorials 4 2 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 9 2 18
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 7 7
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 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.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55

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