COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONSUMPTION AND ARCHITECTURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 4522 CONSUMPTION AND ARCHITECTURE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR INCI UZUN

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to develop the knowledge about consumption, consumer culture/society and their spatial impacts and products; to gain a critical view on consumption and architecture relationships by analyzing design criteria and characteristics of these consumption based spaces.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Get the knowledge of consumption and its theories
2   Outline the relations of consumption and architecture
3   Analyzing architectural design products as objects of consumption
4   Understanding the design criteria of consumption spaces
5   Evaluating the impacts of consumption on architectural design and environment

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Explaining the scope and the objectives of the course.
2 Emerging of consumption: Industrial revolution, mass production, capitalism and bourgeoisie relations
3 Consumer culture/consumer society arguments
4 Spatial reflections of modernism and consumption
5 Spatial reflections of postmodernism and consumption
6 Mid-term exam
7 Space as a means of consumption: Shopping/lifestyle centers
8 Space as a means of consumption: Stores
9 Space as a means of consumption: Entertainment spaces and restaurants
10 Space as a means of consumption: Touristic places, tourism facilities
11 Space as a means of consumption: House
12 Homework presentations
13 Homework presentations (continues)
14 Homework presentations (continues) and a brief summary of the course

Recomended or Required Reading

Baudrillard, J. (1997). Tüketim kültürü. (H. Deliceçaylı, Çev.). Istanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları.
Bocock, R. (1997). Tüketim. (I. Kutluk, Çev.). Ankara: Dost Kitabevi Yayınları.
Featherstone, M. (1996). Postmodernizm ve tüketim kültürü. (M. Küçük, Çev.). Istanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları.
Lodziak, C. (2003). Kapitalizm ve Kültür. (B. Kurt, Çev.). Istanbul, Çitlenbik Yayınları. Lefebre, H. (1998). Modern dünyada gündelik hayat. (I. Gürbüz, Çev.). Istanbul: Metis Yayınları.
Chaney, D. (1999). Yaşam tarzları. (I. Kutluk, Çev.). Ankara: Dost Kitabevi Yayınları.
Ritzer, G. (2000). Büyüsü bozulmuş dünyayı büyülemek. (Ş.S. Kaya, Çev.). Istanbul, Ayrıntı Yayınları.
Robins, K. (1999). Imaj. (N.Türkoğlu, Çev.). Istanbul, Ayrıntı Yayınları.
Urry, J. (1999). Mekanları tüketmek. (R.G. Öğdül, Çev.). Istanbul, Ayrıntı Yayınları.
Sennett, R. (1999). Gözün vicdanı. (S. Sertabiboğlu ve C. Kurultay, Çev.). Istanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları.
Erkip, F. (2003). The shopping mall as an emergent public space in Turkey.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

In the first weeks of course, instructors will give lectures enriched by visual presentations on determined issues. In the last weeks of the course, students homework presentations will be criticized.

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

Mid-term exam % 30 (LO1, LO2)
Homework / Presentation % 20 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
Final Exam % 50 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

inci.uzun@deu.edu.tr, 232 301 84 51

Office Hours

to be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 2 20
Tutorials 0 0 0
Student Presentations 3 2 6
Technical trips 0 0 0
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 6 2 12
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 8 8
Preparation for Final Exam 1 10 10
Preparation for Quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing Individual Assignments 0 0 0
Preparing Group Assignments 1 10 10
Preparing Presentations 1 4 4
Other (please indicate) 0 0 0
Final 1 2 2
Mid-term 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 74

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.255
LO.35
LO.45
LO.555

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