ECTS - Architecture and the Person in the 20th Century

Architecture and the Person in the 20th Century (MMR442) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Architecture and the Person in the 20th Century MMR442 2 0 0 2 3
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type N/A
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Team/Group, Brain Storming.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Prof. Dr. Haluk Pamir
Course Assistants
Course Objectives To present and discuss issues of Architecture-Person relationships in the 20th century Architecture. This will be revealed by concentrating on the person, the user and the client in architectural discussions.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Understanding the person as client, user and designer of architecture. Understanding the developmental, cognitive and behavioural properties of the person interacting with buildings and architecture.
Course Content Introducing design concepts for the individual within the framework of the apprehension of architecture for the society; the intellectual and practical discourses of 20th. century European architects about such apprehension.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Remembering the Construct of Space.The place of Architecture in Space. Discussion of the Person/Culture/Social Spaces. Introduction to Man-Environment Research. Human Being as a person and personality.
2 Ecological Psychology, Environmental Psychology, Environmental Evaluation, building Appraisal and Architectural Design. Sensing, Perceiving, Cognition, Knowing in relation to Architecture.
3 Person as a Client, a User and as an architect. Types of behaviour in response to the built environment: Salience, Meaning, Satisfaction and Preference.
4 Person-Architecture Relationships in the Context of Human Development.
5 Person-Architecture Relationships in the Context of Gender Differences
6 Person-Architecture Relationships in the Context of Social Stratification and Communities
7 Structuralist-Constructivist Person-Environment Relations Theory by Haluk Pamir
8 A Humanist Approach to Person-Architecture Relations by Christopher Alexander.
9 Transhumanist Approaches to Person-Architecture Relationships (Examples from the ANY Group)
10 Person-Architecture Relationships in the Context of Culture. ( Examples from: Bauhaus and Aldo Van Eyck.)
11 Personal Experiencing of the Architectural: Haptic and Tectonic experiences
12 Discussion of Student Proposals for Field Work
13 Field Work
14 Student Presentations and Discussion
15 Student Presentations and Discussion
16 Final Evaluation

Sources

Other Sources 1. 1. Heynen, Hilde Mimarlık ve Modernlik Istanbul: Versus, 2011
2. 2. Paquot, Thierry Şehirsel Bedenler Istanbul: Everest, 2011
3. 3. Pallasma, Junahi Tenin Gözleri Istanbul: YEM, 2011
4. 4. Pamir, Haluk ve Pınarcıoğlu, Melih Konut Alanlarında Kentsel Çevresel Standartlar İçin Bir Değerler Sistemi Önerisi Ankara: TOKİ yayını, 2011
5. 5. Le Corbusier Bir Mimarlığa Doğru İstanbul: YKY, 2011
6. 6. Davidson, Cynthia (Der.) ANYTIME Ankara: Mimarlar Derneği, 2001
7. 7. Pamir, Haluk (Der.) ANY Seçmeler Ankara: Mimarlar Derneği,1998

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 10 10
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work 1 20
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar 1 10
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 60
Toplam 13 100
Percentage of Semester Work
Percentage of Final Work 100
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses X
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
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2 X
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6 X
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9 X
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ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 2 32
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship 1 6 6
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 1 4 4
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 8 8
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury
Total Workload 50