13 Eylül 2013 Cuma

course program


YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
2013-2014 FALL SEMESTER
MİM1051-BUILDING THEORY AND DESIGN 1
GROUP 2-CLASS 403-TUESDAY 9.00-11.00/GROUP 3-CLASS 409-TUESDAY 13.00-15.00
ASSOC. PROF. DR. AYŞEN CİRAVOĞLU

WEEK
DATE
SUBJECT
1
17.09.2013
INTRODUCTION, INFORMATION ON COURSE CONTENT
2
24.09.2013
WHAT IS ARCHITECTURE? HOW ARCHITECTS CREATE?
Watching the film: My Architect: A Son’s Journey
documentary film about the American architect Louis Kahn (1901-1974), by his son Nathaniel Kahn, detailing the architect's extraordinary career and his familial legacy after his death in 1974.
3
01.10.2013
FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE: Placing Architecture 
Reading of the course: The Fundamentals of Architecture, L. Farrelly, AVA Publishing, Switzerland, 2007, pp.0-33.
4
08.10.2013
5
15.10.2013
RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY
6
22.10.2013
7
29.10.2013
NATIONAL HOLIDAY
8
05.11.2013
EXAM 1
9
12.11.2013
10
19.11.2013
11
26.11.2013
12
03.12.2013
13
10.12.2013
EXAM 2
14
17.12.2013
FUNDAMENTALS OF ARCHITECTURE: Contemporary Ideas
Reading of the course: The Fundamentals of Architecture, L. Farrelly, AVA Publishing, Switzerland, 2007, pp.124-145.
15
24.12.2013
16
31.12.2013
MAKEUP EXAM

READING LIST (obligatory):
The Fundamentals of Architecture, L. Farrelly, AVA Publishing, Switzerland, 2007.
Experiencing Architecture, S. E. Rasmussen, MIT Press, Cambridge, 1962.
The Architecture of Happiness, A. D. Botton, Pantheon Books, NewYork, 2006.
The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses, J. Pallasmaa, John Wiley & Sons, 2005.

ADDITIONAL READING (optional):
The Story of Art, E. Gombrich, Phaidon Press, 1995.
Understanding Architecture, Its Elements, History and Meaning, L.M.Roth, WestviewPress, 2007.
Visual Dictionary of Architecture, G. Ambrose, P. Harris,AVA Publishing, Switzerland, 2008.