INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

General Information about the Course

Course Code: ICM107
Course Title: Introduction to Art, Design and Architecture-I
Course Semester: 1. Semester / Fall
Course Credits:
Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
3 0 3 3
Language of instruction: TR
Prerequisite of the course: No
Type of course: Necessary
Level of course:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Course Lecturer(s): Prof. Dr. Tansel Korkmaz, Research Assistant Rümeysa Reyna Erşan

Purpose and content of the course

Course Objectives: Introduction to Art, Design and Architecture I is an introductory course to the thinking mediums of things. It is a narrative introduction to the profession and to the design education. The course aims to think, read and discuss creative productions in a diverse scale of from object to city, by associating them with different disciplines. Thus, students get acquainted a critical perspective and awareness to experience things. A theoretical, phenomenological, cognitive and aesthetic ground is built to encourage creative perception and intuition. Poetry, music, painting, cinema, drawing, photography and building trips, mainly appear as environments for creative and critical thinking, reading and discussion, and narration. They can be renewed depending on the course plan and theme every year. It is among the promises of the course that people from different disciplines participate in some weekly sessions to share their work and/or experts in a theme to discuss the works.
Course Objective: • To provide basics about design culture.
• To relate architecture with various disciplines: painting, music, cinema etc.
• To raise awareness of critically experiencing the ways of thinking about architecture.
• To introduce students to the tools for thinking about artifacts.
• To get the ability to argue about a design topic.
• To provide students the ability to read, interpret and explain a creative production that he or she may encounter at various scales.
• To create a theoretical, phenomenological, cognitive and aesthetic ground that will encourage creative perception and intuition about architecture.
• To give students an idea about manifold perspectives related to architecture.
• To associate design history in Turkey to the world.
Mode of Delivery: Face to face

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge (Described as Theoritical and/or Factual Knowledge.)
  1) The student knows that the mediums of thinking are diverse so that his/her mind expands.
  2) The student discovers interdisciplinary creative methods to think.
  3) The student will gain knowledge about different perspectives related to design practice.
  4) The student know creative people producing at different scales and their works from Turkey.
Skills (Describe as Cognitive and/or Practical Skills.)
  1) The student gains the ability to think via the production tools and methods, mediums of other disciplines.
  2) The student gains the ability to critically and creatively read and discuss, interpret and tell around a design subject and object.
  3) The student becomes conscious and aware of critical ways of experiencing and thinking about architecture.
Competences (Described as "Ability of the learner to apply knowledge and skills autonomously with responsibility", "Learning to learn"," Communication and social" and "Field specific" competences.)
  1) The student gains the competence of reading, interpreting and narrating a creative production in various scales belonging to his/her own discipline or different disciplines.

Course Topics

Week Subject
Related Preparation Pekiştirme
1) Introduction: "We are thinking about things."
2) Medium I to think about things & Discussion
3) Medium II to think about things & Discussion
4) Medium III to think about things & Discussion
5) Medium IV to think about things & Discussion
6) Medium V to think about things & Discussion
7) Medium VI to think about things & Discussion
8) Medium VII to think about things & Discussion
9) Medium VIII to think about things & Discussion
10) Medium IX to think about things & Discussion
11) Medium X to think about things & Discussion
12) Medium XI to think about things & Discussion
13) Medium XII to think about things & Discussion
14) Medium XIII to think about things & Discussion
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Barthes, R. (2018). Çağdaş Söylenler. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları.
Barthes, R. (2017). Görüntünün Retoriği: Sanat ve Müzik. İstanbul: YKY.
Barthes, R. (1992). Camera Lucida, Fotoğraf Üzerine Düşünceler. İstanbul: Altıkırkbeş Yayınları.
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Foucault, M. (2017), Kelimeler ve Şeyler, İnsan Bilimlerinin Bir Arkeolojisi. İstanbul: İmge Kitabevi.
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Ceylan, N. B. (1999). Mayıs Sıkıntısı (film).
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Erdem, R. (1988). A Ay (film).

Ders - Program Öğrenme Kazanım İlişkisi

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Program Outcomes

Course Teaching, Learning Methods

Q & A
Case Problem Solving/ Drama- Role/ Case Management
Laboratory
Quantitative Problem Solving
Fieldwork
Group Study / Assignment
Individual Assignment
WEB-based Learning
Internship
Practice in Field
Project Preparation
Report Writing
Seminar
Supervision
Social Activity
Occupational Activity
Occupational Trip
Application (Modelling, Design, Model, Simulation, Experiment et.)
Reading
Thesis Preparation
Field Study
Student Club and Council Activities
Other
Logbook
Interview and Oral Conversation
Research
Watching a movie
Bibliography preparation
Oral, inscribed and visual knowledge production
Taking photographs
Sketching
Mapping and marking
Reading maps
Copying textures
Creating a library of materials
Presentation

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance % 0
Laboratory % 0
Application % 0
Practice Exam % 0
Quizzes % 0
Homework Assignments % 0
Presentation % 0
Project % 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) % 0
Field Study % 0
Article Critical % 0
Article Writing % 0
Module Group Study % 0
Brainstorming % 0
Role Playing + Dramatizing % 0
Out of Class Study % 0
Preliminary Work, Reinforcement % 0
Application Repetition etc. % 0
Homework (reading, writing, watching movies, etc.) % 0
Project Preparation + Presentation % 0
Report Preparation + Presentation % 0
Presentation / Seminar Preparation + Presenting % 0
Oral examination % 0
Midterms % 0
Final 1 % 60
Report Submission % 0
Bütünleme % 0
Kanaat Notu % 0
Committee % 0
Yazma Ödev Dosyası % 0
Portfolio % 0
Take-Home Exam % 0
Logbook 14 % 40
Discussion % 0
Participation % 0
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
total % 100

Calculation of Workload and ECTS Credits

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 42
Laboratory
Application
Practice Exam
Special Course Internship (Work Placement)
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class
Article Critical
Article Writing
Module Group Study
Brainstorming
Role Playing + Dramatizing
Out-of-Class Study (Pre-study, Reinforcement, Practice Review, etc.)
Homework (reading, writing, watching movies, etc.)
Project Preparation + Presentation
Report Preparation + Presentation
Presentation / Seminar Preparation + Presenting
Oral examination
Preparing for Midterm Exams
MIDTERM EXAM (Visa)
Preparing for the General Exam 1 4
GENERAL EXAM (Final) 1 2
Participation
Discussion
Portfolio
Take-Home Exam
Logbook 14 42
Total Workload 90
ECTS (30 saat = 1 AKTS ) 3