| Code |
Course Name |
Language |
Type |
| MIM 4052E |
Cities and Architecture |
English |
Elective |
| Local Credits |
ECTS |
Theoretical |
Tutorial |
Laboratory |
| 2 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction |
| Prerequisites |
None |
| Class Restriction |
None |
| Course Description |
| The basic content of the course is the discussions about the place of architecture in the city and the city in architecture. Firstly, what
the city is and how it is defined by various people is examined. The acts and methods of observation, reading, deciphering for
understanding the city; urban experience, various representations of experience are among the subjects of the course. The spatial
design of cities and the design principles that are utilized are explored by examples. Urban transformation, transformation strategies
and iconic structures of the city are discussed. Modernist architecture, visionary architecture, holistic narratives, urban and
architectural utopias are also some of the topics. |
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