At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learns architectural memory in the design process. 2) Learns the important archaeological examples in world history of the reflection of the memory of societies on architecture. 3) Understands the role of memory spaces in the transfer of culture. 4) Develops sensitivity about preserving memory places in Turkish culture.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
-
COURSE DEFINITION
The intersection of memory and architecture is investigated through various archaeological examples. Long before the books were made in paper, constructions and written monuments can be regarded as "books" in which the social stories of mankind are written / written. Constructions have been the mediators of the past, with the most powerful presence showing strength and often their turbulent past. Individual or community-shared stories, memoirs, and experiential architectural spaces are meant. This course is not merely a matter of individual mind? will be examined in the dimension of archaeological architecture how the concept is manifested in our daily life.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
What is the memorial? Memorial, Power and Memory Relationship
2nd Week
Sumer cities and ziggurats
3rd Week
Construction of Egyptian pyramids
4th Week
Hittite Landmarks and Examples of Cultural Representation (Orthostats, Public Buildings)
5th Week
Archive structures in Anatolia (Hittite temples)
6th Week
Cures in Anatolia (Memory and water)
7th Week
Library buildings in Anatolia; Ephesus Celcus Library and Pergamon Library
8th Week
1.st. MIDTERM EXAM
9th Week
Power and architecture relation (Police)
10th Week
Structures that are the symbol of power in Roman architecture
11th Week
Göktürk Stone Monuments and Balbals
12th Week
The Holy Tombs of the Turks: Kurgans
13th Week
Memory and violence; Examples of collection houses I
14th Week
Memory and violence; Examples of collection houses II
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
"Archaeologies of Memory" in Archaeologies of the Greek Past: landscape, monuments and memories, Susan E. Alcock, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, 1-35. Bellek ve Akdeniz. Braudel, Fedinand, 2007, İstanbul: Metis Yayınları. Eski Yakındoğu?da Kent, Bellek, Anıt, Ömür Harmanşah, İstanbul: KÜY, 2015. Archaeology and Memory, Olivier Laurent, Altamira Press, The Dark Abyss of Time, 2011. Bellek ve Mimarlık İlişkisi Kalıcı Bellekte Mekansal Öğeler, Özak Özmen Nilüfer (İTÜ, Doktora Tezi), 2008.
