At the end of this course, the students; 1) The students examine the possible definitions of "modern", "modernity" and "modernization". 2) Starting from these definitions, they analyze the social, economic and intellectual background of what is known as modern architecture. 3) By going through the historical period, they can evaluate different "modernities" and their possible criticisms. 4) They begin to recognize the criticism developed on "Modern Architecture" and the built environments.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
-
COURSE DEFINITION
This course explores twentieth century architectural production, its material and intellectual contexts.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
On the concepts of "Modern", "Modernity" and "Modernization"
2nd Week
CIAM (1st, 2nd and 3rd Term, 1928-59), Effects
3rd Week
Monumentalism and Historical Approaches
4th Week
Structuralism, On its Approach/ Discussions
5th Week
Brutalism, On its Approach/ Discussions
6th Week
Metabolism, On its Approach/ Discussions
7th Week
Submissions and Student Presentations I
8th Week
Late Modern and New York 5, On their Approaches/ Discussions
9th Week
Miesian Skyscrapers and On the New Construction Systems / Discussions
10th Week
Submissions and Student Presentations II
11th Week
Archigram and 60s / Discussions
12th Week
High-Tech, On its Approach/ Discussions
13th Week
Post-Modernism / Discussions
14th Week
Post-Modernism, On its Approach/ Discussions
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Bozdoğan, S. 2008. ?Democracy, Development, and the Americanization of Turkish Architectural Culture in the 1950s?, in S. Isenstadt & K. Rizvi, eds. Modernism and the Middle East Architecture and Politics in the Twentieth Century. University of Washington Press.
Bozdoğan, S. & E. Akcan. 2012. Turkey. Modern Architectures in History. Reaktion Books.
Ching, F.D.K., M.M.Jarzombek & V. Prakash. 2007. A Global History of Architecture. John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Doordan, D. 2002. Twentieth Century Architecture. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers. Frampton, K. 1980. Modern Architecture. New York and Toronto: Oxford University Press. Hilde Heynen. 1999. Architecture and Modernity: A Critique. New York: MIT Press. Jurgen Habermas, 1987. The Anti-Aesthetic, Washington: Bay Press. Iggers, G. & Q.E. Wang. 2008. A Global History of Modern Historiography. Longman. Iggers, G.G. 1997. Historiography in the Twentieth Century: from Scientific Objectivity to the Postmodern Challenge. Hanover and London: Wesleyan University Press. Lambert, P. & P. Schofield. 2004. Making History: An Introduction to the History and Practices of a Discipline. London and New York: Routledge. Leach, A. 2010. What is Architectural History?. Polity Press.
