TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) To recognize the concepts of structure, construction and tectonic, and their relations with each other to evaluate the architectural practice in this context. 2) To discuss the changing and transforming aspects of architectural tectonic culture through history. 3) To maintain their advanced research by mastering the basic texts in the related literature. 4) To learn and use the methods of analyzing a written text in terms of form and content.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	-
COURSE DEFINITION	Parallel to the concept of tectonic, which emerges and differs from the phenomenological analysis of the concepts of structure and construction, the general framework of the course aims to scan the contemporary tectonic cultural geography from the Antiquity to the Post-Structuralist understanding through architectural practice. Kenneth Frampton's pioneering book Studies in Tectonic Culture is used as a roadmap in scanning this topography of knowledge.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction, Basic Concepts: Structure / Construction / Tectonic 2nd Week Architecture and Tectonic Culture 3rd Week Tectonic Trajectories 1 (Pre-modern) 4th Week Tectonic Trajectories 2 (Modern, Post-modern) 5th Week Evaluation Session 6th Week MIDTERM 7th Week Tectonic Debates in Architectural Practice: Frank Lloyd Wright 8th Week Tectonic Debates in Architectural Practice: Auguste Perret 9th Week Tectonic Debates in Architectural Practice: Mies van der Rohe 10th Week Tectonic Debates in Architectural Practice: Louis Kahn 11th Week Tectonic Debates in Architectural Practice: Jorn Utzon 12th Week Tectonic Debates in Architectural Practice: Carlo Scarpa 13th Week Case Study Presentations 14th Week Case Study Presentations
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Sekler, Eduard F. ?Structure, Construction, Tectonics.? In Structure in Art and in Science, edited by Gyorgy Kepes, 89-95. New York: George Braziller Press, 1965. Frampton, Kenneth. Studies in Tectonic Culture: The Poetics of Construction in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Architecture. Edited by John Cava. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1995. Schwarzer, Mitchell. ?Tectonics Unbound.? ANY: Architecture New York 14 (1996): 13-15. Semper, Gottfried. The Four Elements of Architecture and Other Writings. Translated by Harry Francis Mallgrave and Wolfgang Hermann. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Case Study,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 10 Presentation of Case Study 1 20 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 4 4 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 10 2 20 Preparation for Final exam 1 10 10 Course hours 11 4 44 Preparation for Midterm exam Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam Homework 1 8 8 Presentation (including preperation) 1 25 25 Research Article Presentation Case Study Presentation 2 4 8 Article Weekly Articles and Resource Research Total Workload 119 Total Workload / 30 3,96 ECTS Credits of the Course 4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No