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Language of Instruction
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English
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Level of Course Unit
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Bachelor's Degree
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Department / Program
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Interior Architecture and Environmental Design (English)
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Type of Program
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Formal Education
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Type of Course Unit
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Compulsory
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Course Delivery Method
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Face To Face
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Objectives of the Course
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The first semester on architectural history covers the structures, sites, events and innovations related to the built-environment up to the industrial revolution. In the scope of the course, the architectural history is handled within its intertwinement to culture that transmits and responds to the conflicts, ideologies, aspirations and traditions of the zeitgeist. The exposition of how buildings and architectural ideas were formed in specific time and place within cultural, political, and institutional contexts offer a multitude ways of thinking in the production of architecture or knowledge. Through in-depth study and analysis of influential architects, styles, and cultural contexts, students will gain insights into the social, technological, and ideological forces that have shaped the built environment. By examining modern architecture with its totality, students will develop critical thinking skills and explore the multi-layered interplay between architecture, art, culture, politics and history. The course covers not only the European counterparts, but also the related themes in our and other geographies.
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Course Content
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The course covers the evolution of architectural movements, theories, and structures from the beginning to the industrial revolution. Beginning with the theoretical concepts, starting from what is architectural history, the students explore a wide variety of issues such as formal tendencies and movements with their philosophical underpinnings, theoretical concepts, technology and material, biographical sketches, political and economic parameters, social and cultural influences.
Through the study of significant buildings, urban design projects, and cultural contexts, students gain insight into the dynamic interplay between architecture, art, society, culture and technology. The selection of the cases is accomplished regardless to the place of origin, their racial and theological identities in order to cast a wide net over the traditional historical accounts as well as key monuments and iconic structures represented equally profound transformations in the global built-environment. The course covers not only the European counterparts, but also the related themes in our and other geographies.
In the context of the course, the issues, embodied in every lecture, are:
1- Material Aspect
- construction and technology, decoration, building program, typology, function….
2- Cultural Aspect
- religion and philosophy- rituals, cosmological beliefs…
- socio-politic- urban practices, social conditions, ruling authority, daily life, power, patronage, professionalization, role and identity of architect…
- economy- methods of trading, economical exchange, technical development…
3- Physical Context
- climate, topography, landscape, flora and fauna…
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Course Methods and Techniques
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Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Practice.
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Prerequisites and co-requisities
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None
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Course Coordinator
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None
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Name of Lecturers
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Asist Prof.Dr. Hüma Tülce Uman
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Assistants
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None
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Work Placement(s)
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No
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Recommended or Required Reading
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Resources
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Global History of Architecture”, NJ: Hoboken. • Gombrich, Ernst H., 2009, “The Story of Art”, NY: Phaidon. • Ingersoll, Richard. & Kostof, Spiro, 2013, “World Architecture: A Cross-Cultural History”, NY: Oxford University Press. • Kostof, Spiro, 1985, “A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals”, NY: Oxford University Press. • Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1982, “An Outline of European Architecture”, London: Penguin Books. • Roth, Leland, 2007, “Understanding Architecture: It’s Elements, History and Meaning”, US: Westview Press. • Watkin, David, 2005, “A History of Western Architecture”, London: Laurence King Publishing4.
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Course Notes
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• Ching, Francis. D. K. Jarzombek, Mark M. Prakash, Vikramaditya, 2016, “A Global History of Architecture”, NJ: Hoboken.
• Gombrich, Ernst H., 2009, “The Story of Art”, NY: Phaidon.
• Ingersoll, Richard. & Kostof, Spiro, 2013, “World Architecture: A Cross-Cultural History”, NY: Oxford University Press.
• Kostof, Spiro, 1985, “A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals”, NY: Oxford University Press.
• Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1982, “An Outline of European Architecture”, London: Penguin Books.
• Roth, Leland, 2007, “Understanding Architecture: It’s Elements, History and Meaning”, US: Westview Press.
• Watkin, David, 2005, “A History of Western Architecture”, London: Laurence King Publishing4.
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