GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
MODERN CITY LANDSPACES AND ARCHITECTURE/6321311
Course Title: MODERN CITY LANDSPACES AND ARCHITECTURE
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish-English
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Dr. Zeynep ULUDAĞ
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/uzeynep
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  uzeynep@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
The course aims to introduce the student a conceptual framework for understanding urban landscapes and expand the scope of critical thinking about it.
The student will acquire an understanding of the emergence of urban landscapes from simultaneously spatial, social and historical perspectives.
The course is structured thematically in order to encourage an interdisciplinary approach.
The course aims to develop a comparative analysis of social history, urban history, architectural history, and urban society across time.
Learning conceptual and critical way of thinking. Gaining experience on reading, writing and presenting scientific studies.
To introduce to students methods of making scientific readings and researches on Architecture and Urban Landscape Studies.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The course will be taught through seminars/lectures at which students will be expected to make presentations, and supported by a reader and a series of visual material. Besides individual and/or group presentations discussions are expected to be developed
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Defining the conceptual framework.Outlining the spatial specificity of urban landscapes in terms of social, historical and spatial dimensions.
2. Week  The emergence of the early modern urban landscape. New rhythms, new perspectives. Public and private space in early modern urban landscape.
3. Week  Emergence of Public Parks as Elements of Modern Urban Landscape. The Changing Concept of Nature and Man-Nature Interaction are discussed.
4. Week  Impact of the Concept of Public Realm on the Urban Landscape. Modernization and the changing public domain. Discussions on changing urban landscape.
5. Week  Oral and written submission of the preliminary presentations and discussions. A review of the course up to this week via the discussions and critics.
6. Week  The Impact of ideology on the urban landscape. Dimensions of national identity and state ideology in architecture and urban design. Early Designed Ca
7. Week  The Impact of ideology on the urban landscape. Dimensions of national identity and state ideology in architecture and urban design.
8. Week  Towards postmodern urbanism. Theoretical perspectives on place, architecture and urban landscape. Discussion of contemporary critical issues.
9. Week  Discussion of contemporary critical and interpretive texts on urban landscapes. Conceptualizations of: H.Lefebvre, Edward W.Soja, D.Harvey, P.Eisenman
10. Week  Discussion of contemporary critical and interpretive texts on urban landscapes. Conceptualizations of: H.Lefebvre, Edward W.Soja, D.Harvey, P.Eisenman
11. Week  Oral and written submission of the second presentations and discussions. Discussions on conceptual issues.
12. Week  Introducing theoretical approaches to architectural and urban historiography in modern and post-modern era.
13. Week  Introducing theoretical approaches to architectural and urban historiography in modern and post-modern era.
14. Week  Presentations. Each student is proposed to submit his/her final assignment as a written report and make his/her oral presentation in the class.
15. Week  Presentations. Each student is proposed to submit his/her final assignment as a written report and make his/her oral presentation in the class.
16. Week  An overview of the course and discussions about the final assignments of the students on social, spatial and historical processes.
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Benjamin, Walter The Arcades Project. Berman, Marshall 1982: All That is Solid Melts into Air. New York: Simon and Schuster. Calhoun, Craig. (Ed.), 1994: Habermas and the Public Sphere. The MIT Press. Calvino Italo, 1974: Invisible Cities, tr. William Weawer. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Girouard, M., 1985: Cities and People, A Social and Architectural History. London, Yale University Press. Harvey, David, 1989: The Condition of Postmodernity. Oxford, UK, and Cambridge, MA: Blackwell. Harvey, David, 1985: Consciousness and the Urban Experience. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, and Oxford: Basil Blackwell. Harvey, David, 1973: Social Justice and the City. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. Lefebvre, Henri, 1993: The Production of Space. Tr. D. Nicholson – Smith, Oxford,Blackwell Publishers. Sennet, Richard, 1977: The Fall of Public Man. New York, Alfred A. Knopf Inc. Publication. Soja, W. Edward, 2000: Postmetropolis. Cornwall, UK, Blackwell
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  The course is taught through seminars/lectures at which students are expected to make presentations, and supported by a reader and a series of visual material. Besides individual and/or group presentations discussions are expected to be developed on the reading material of each week. The students are expected to submit one preliminary presentation and a final presentation open to the faculty.
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
0
0
 Assignment
2
40
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
14
0
0
 Reading
12
6
72
 Searching in Internet and Library
10
7
70
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
2
2
4
 Preparing Presentation
2
2
4
 Presentation
2
1
2
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
0
 Final and Studying for Final
2
2
4
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
198
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.92
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Has the advanced knowledge and understanding necessary for providing the basic work on area of architecture, planning and design on the basis of competencies gained at the undergraduate level.X
2Has a critical awareness of the problems related to the nature of the information, sources of information and the production and testing of knowledge through interfaces in between. Architecture / planning / design and the other fields.X
3Manages and converts the earned knowledge, understanding and problem-solving skills in new environments, outside the usual, broad, interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary areas that may be above context, complex or unpredictable working or learning contexts.X
4Has the specialized problem-solving skills which are necessary to develop new knowledge and methods in the Related research field and to integrate information coming from different areas.X
5Defines an academic study. Executes it with a critical and an independent manner. Academic dialogue is conducted for critical and categorical results. Presents and publishes papers at national and international congresses and media.X
6Contributes to the practical knowledge and applications of the teams working at the filed on the related research area and /or assume responsibilities for reviewing the strategic performance.X
7Has the qualifications and necessary skills to earn a valid certification at the professional postgraduate qualification and for professional practice.X
8Show that he/she can develop dialectical thinking on social norms and relationships, and leads to change.X
9Knows and uses at least one foreign language, at least European Language Portfolio B2 General Level, together with information on the required level of computer software and communication technologies as an interactively.X
10Being aware of the social and ethical responsibilities arising from the implementation of information and decisions he/she makes, handles complex cases and integrates knowledge and produces decisions with incomplete or limited information.X
11Develops strategies, policies and implementation plans on the related field and evaluates the results obtained from the work in the framework of quality processes.X