Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
INTRODUCTION TO THE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND THE BASIC CONCEPTS USAN117 1. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 6.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Muharrem ÇEKEN
Assistants
Goals The aim of the course is to introduce the development history and samples of architecture in different cultures since the Prehistorical ages.
Course Content Starting from Prehistorical age architectural developments of Anatolian, Egyptian, Iran, Mesopotamian, Creten, Mycenean, Greek, and Roman cultures will be handled.
Learning Outcomes 1) Gaining knowledge about concepts of architect, architecture, and architectural history.
2) Gaining ability to identify the Ancient Egyptian architecture and building types in a general view.
3) Gaining ability to identify the Mesopotamian architecture and building types in a general view.
4) Gaining knowledge about the Hittite architecture and building types in a general view.
5) Learning about samples of Crete architecture in a general view.
6) Apprehension about Mycenean architecture in a general view.
7) Obesrvation of Greek architecture and samples of building types in a general view.
8) Learning about the Roman architecture and building types in a general view.
9) Identifying Partian and Sasanian architecture in a general view.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Concepts of Architect, Architecture, and Architectural History. Prehistorical ages and architecture in general view. Lecture; Discussion

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2. Week Ancient Egyptian architecture in general view, and building types. Lecture; Discussion

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3. Week Continuataion of Ancient Egyptian architecture in general view, and building types. Lecture; Discussion

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4. Week Mesopotamian architecture in general view, and introducing the building types. Lecture; Discussion

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5. Week Continuation of Mesopotamian architecture in general view, and introducing the building types. Lecture; Discussion

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6. Week General view on Hittite architecture. Lecture; Discussion

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7. Week Midterm

8. Week General view on Crete architecture. Lecture; Discussion

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9. Week General view on Mycenean architecture. Lecture; Discussion

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10. Week General view on Greek architecture and samples of building types. Lecture; Discussion

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11. Week Continuation of general view on Greek architecture and samples of building types. Lecture; Discussion

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12. Week General view on Roman architecture and samples of building types. Lecture; Discussion

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13. Week Continuation of general view on Roman architecture and samples of building types. Lecture; Discussion

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14. Week General view on Partian and Sasanian architecture and samples of building types. Lecture; Discussion

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Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Behçet Ünsal, Mimarî Tarihi, C.I (3.Baskı), İstanbul 1967
Christian Norberg-Schulz, Meaning in Western Architecture, London 1980
Cyril M. Haris (Ed.), Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture, New York 1983
Dora P. Crouch, History of Architecture, Stonehenge to Skyscrapers, USA 1985.
Jan Gympel, The Story of Architecture, From Antiquity to the Present, Köln 1996.
Marvin Trachtenberg-Isabelle Hyman, Architecture, From Prehistory to Post-Modernism/The Western Tradition, Netherlands 1986
Rudolf Naumann (Çev.B.Madra) Eski Anadolu Mimarlığı, Ankara 1975
Russel Sturgis et al., Sturgis’ Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Vol.I-III (An Unabridged Reprint of the 1901-2 Edition), New York 1989
Utarit İzgi, Mimarlıkta Süreç, Kavramlar-İlişkiler,İstanbul 1999.
Werner Müller-Günter Vogel, dtv-Atlas zur Baukunst, Band 1 (8.Auflage), München 1990; Band 2 (6. Auflage), München 1989

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 4
Homework 3 14
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 2 2
Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 16
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 16
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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