FACULTY OF FINE ARTS AND DESIGN

Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design

IAED 352 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name
Introduction to Housing Studies
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
IAED 352
Fall/Spring
3
0
3
4

Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery face to face
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
Group Work
Case Study
Q&A
Lecture / Presentation
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives This is a foundational course on the notions and typologies of housing. This course aims to introduce the historical journey, evolution, spatial properties and typologies of residential space with an emphasis on interior design to the students of related departments in relation to the larger contextual frameworks.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • discuss the history of housing practices and compare different eras
  • analyze the key concepts of housing, dwelling and home
  • identify holistic compositions of housing interiors cross-historically
  • identify housing as a multidimensional phenomenon
  • develop wide variety of responses to the needs and problems in the housing sector in relation to the accumulated historical experiences
  • recognize and present the processes of materialization of housing projects with a central focus on interior design
Course Description This course includes lectures and discussions on architectural and urban aspects of Housing in relation to wide range of architectural precedents that varies from historical to contemporary works chosen according to the weekly contextual framework. First module of the course will predominantly introduce the history of housing from the antiquity (pre-urban house) to 19th Century Housing practices following the core source of Norbert Schoenauer 2003 book "6000 Years of Housing", and second module will cover the 20th century and beyond with the critique on variety of interiors, typologies and precedents selected concurrently with the previous stage. This course will end with a case study that will enable the students to demonstrate the material covered through the semester.

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
X
Media and Management Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Related Preparation
1 Introduction to the course themes No Preparation
2 Definition of Housing No Preparation
3 The Pre-Urban House No Preparation
4 The Oriental Urban House No Preparation
5 The Occidental Urban House: Part 1 * Dark Ages and Medieval Cities * Middle Ages * Renaissance No Preparation
6 The Occidental Urban House: Part 2 * 19th Century Industrialism and Urbanism > Tenements > Row Houses > Apartment Buildings Review submission
7 The Occidental Urban House: Part 3 * 19th Century Industrialism and Urbanism > Villas > Suburbs No Preparation
8 Ramadan Holiday No Preparation
9 The Occidental Urban House: Part 4 * 19th Century Industrialism and Urbanism > Social Housing Review 2 Submission
10 Mid-term Exam No Preparation
11 20th Century Housing: 1900-1950 No Preparation
12 20th Century Housing: 1950-20XX: Part 1 > High-Rises > Sky-scrapers ** Quiz No Preparation
13 20th Century Housing: 1950-20XX: Part 2 > Gated-Communities > Mixed-Use Projects ** Quiz No Preparation
14 21st Century Housing > Urban Renewals > Competition Projects ** No Preparation
15 Submission and Presentations Final Project
16 Review of the Semester No Preparation

 

Course Notes/Textbooks

Here are no textbooks for this course. Related concepts and research are given with PowerPoint presentations.

Suggested Readings/Materials

 

Selected Books:

 

* Amos Rapoport (1969) House Form and Culture. Prentice-Hall, Inc. NJ: New Jersey. (ISBN-13: 978-0133956733)

* Anthony King (1984) The Bungalow. The Production of a Global Culture. Routledge and Kegan Paul. (ISBN-13: 978-0710095381)

* Dolores Hayden (2004) Building Suburbia: Green Fields and Urban Growth: 1820-2000. NY: New York. Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, Inc. (ISBN-13: 978-0375727214)

* Norbert Schoenauer (2003) 6000 Years of Housing (revised and Expanded Edition). New York and London: W.W. Norton and Company. (ISBN-13: 978-0393731200)

* Paul Oliver (2003) Dwellings: The Vernacular House World Wide. NY: New York. Phaidon Press Limeted. (ISBN-13: 978-0714847931)

 

Selected Articles:

 

* Şerife Geniş (2007). Producing Elite Localities: The Rise of Gated Communities in İstanbul. Urban Studies, 44(4):771-798.

* Görgülü, T., & Koca, S.K. (2007). Türkiye’de Barınma Biçimlerinde Yaşanan Değişimler: Son Dönemde Yapılan Tüketim Odaklı Konutlar. Mimarlık 337: Türkiye’de Konut Eğilimleri.

* Grant, J. (2002). Mixed Use in Theory and Practice: Canadian Experience with Implementing a Planning Principle. Journal of the American Planning Association, 68(1), 71-84.

* Koster, H. R. A., & Rouwendal, J. (2012). The Impact of Mixed Land Use on Residential Property Values. Journal of Regional Science, 52(5), 733-761.

 

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
5
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
1
10
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
15
Presentation / Jury
1
40
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
1
30
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
4
60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Theoretical Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
16
0
Study Hours Out of Class
16
3
48
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
1
3
3
Portfolio
0
Homework / Assignments
1
10
10
Presentation / Jury
1
3
3
Project
-
-
0
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
1
3
3
Final Exam
0
    Total
115

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to perform, execute and manage the various responsibilities and duties of an interior architecture and environmental design professional

2

To be able to recognize, analyze and integrate within their practice the particular local and regional needs and developments of their profession

X
3

To be able to communicate and collaborate with other individuals and groups on a national and international level within their profession

4

To be able to develop, integrate and promote independent critical approaches for their professional practice

X
5

To be able to understand the social and environmental issues and responsibilities of their profession

X
6

To be able identify, assess and utilize the most up to date research, innovations, trends and technologies

7

To be able to consider the national and international standards and regulations of their field

8

To be able to develop the abilities to communicate and present design ideas within visual, oral and textual formats

9

To be able to adopt a multidisciplinary approach to design on a national and international level

X
10

To be able to recognize their own strengths, and develop them within an environment

11

To be able to collect data in the areas of interior architecture and environmental design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language

12

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently

13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise

X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 


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