ECTS - - Architecture
Compulsory Departmental Courses
MMR650 - Building Science Workshop (3 + 0) 5
Building-environmental factors relation; applications on designs of different scales and feasibilities; practices of access to and interpretation of information; interpretation of the research to be done by PhD students on their subjects, conveying theoretical knowledge, criticism of applications assigned.
MMR662 - Architectural and Urban Research (3 + 0) 10
Introduction of theories related with research techniques in architecture through readings, expositions and discussions; defining by students of a research subject related to architecture-design-planning, evaluating and interpreting information obtained through literature survey and field work (e.g., questionnaires, surveys) with scientific methods.
Elective Courses
MMR512 - Design and Communication (3 + 0) 5
In our day of high speed developments in communication, role of efforts in creating effective visual images on design;examples of theories and methods used in communication and design; understanding the generation of the criteria in design communication through study of interdisciplinary work on semantics and developing trends in contemporary
MMR518 - Advanced Color Theory (3 + 0) 5
Dimensions of color and basic factors in perception of color; psychological and physiological effects of color and their roles in two and three dimensional designs; comparisons of color systems (Munsell, CIE XYZ, NCS, etc.); analysis of scientific research in the field.
MMR523 - Viennese Secession (3 + 0) 5
Emergence of the Viennese Secession movement that was founded in 1897 in Vienna, its philosophy and extensions in the world; Gustav Klimt, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Otto Wagener, Joseph Hoffmann and other architects and artists, their works; foundation of the Wiener Werkstaette/Viennese Ateliers and their reflections until today.
MMR543 - Studies on Urban Housing (3 + 0) 5
Studies on responses of architecture and related disciplines to emerging questions on urban housing issues and development of awareness, through analysis of selected housing areas, readings and discussions on individual/social preferences, and upper scale (political, social, planning) parameters that shape the phenomenon of urban housing.
MMR546 - Political Economy of Space (3 + 0) 5
Political-economic structuring as the basis of spatial processes; production and organization of space within the framework of the conditions specific to capitalism; space in terms of social relations; concepts related with production and organization of space; links between these concepts and the perceived space; discussion of essays related with the subject and definition of research topics.
MMR564 - Architecture Art and Propaganda (3 + 0) 5
Use of architecture as means of propaganda for different belief systems, aims and ideologies since Antiquity; theoretical knowledge and examples related with the subject; relation of architecture, art, and politics; study of the impact on mass culture through examples of painting, graphic arts, photography, film, sculpture, etc., besides the images created in architectural works.
MMR573 - Energy Efficient Building Design for A Sustainable Future (3 + 0) 5
1. Natural and artificial sustainable energy sources, 2. Different design methods (fractile design, parametric design, BIM) and the applications of these systems in historical buildings, 3. Re-interpreting the use of historical and natural sustainable energy sources and adapting the design methods to today's modern building design.
MMR581 - Research on Preservation and Restoration of Historic Environment (3 + 0) 5
Research on sources, legal statute, and archival documents in relevant institutions (maps, gravure, photograph, probable restoration projects, etc.) in relation with a subject related to the PhD thesis; synthesis based on knowledge obtained through study of the findings.
MMR582 - Cultural Heritage Management (3 + 0) 5
Research, preservation, promotion and management of the sources within the scope of cultural heritage; international and national institutions, laws, and resolutions; theoretical and methodical approaches related to the definition and management of cultural heritage; relation between cultural heritage and culture economy-industry (historic sites and ruins, museums, re-functionalization - with examples from Turkey and abroad).
MMR584 - Research Methods for Historic Buildings (3 + 0) 5
Research methods intended for restitution of historic buildings prior to restoration and renovation; access to information about the legal and preservation status of buildings; archival search, research and methods about the history, geography, and archeology of the region that the buildings are found, previous renovations and restorations intended for use; study and assessment of selected historic buildings.