COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: THEORIES OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ARCH 474	D	8	3	0	0	3	6

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Edmond Manahasa , Wednesday 16:30-17.30
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Elective
Classroom and Meeting Time:	Friday 10:30-13:30
Course Description:	-
Course Objectives:	This course will make the discourse of contemporary architecture more intelligible and ground the idea of an experimental or critical modern/contemporary practice and the relationship between architectural theories and projects.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction
2	Denise Scott Brown “Learning from Pop” Casabella 359-360 (December 1971)
3	Colin Rowe -Introduction to Five Architects (1972)- [from Michael Hays-p. 72-86]
4	Jane Jacobs- The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961)-[from Charles Jencks : p. 24-26] , Aldo Rossi-Architecture of the City (1966)- [from Charles Jencks : p. 36-39], Juhanni Pallasmaa-Introduction-Touching the World [from The Eyes of the Skin p.9-14]
5	Kisho Kurukawa-Metabolism in Architecture- [from Charles Jencks : p. 68-70], Kristian Norberg-Schultz-Intentions in Architecture- [from Charles Jencks : p. 68-70], Juhanni Pallasmaa-Vision and Knowledge+Critics of Ocularcentrism– [from The Eyes of the Skin p.15-22]
6	Colin Row and Fred Koetter- Collage City-1973-[from Michael Hays-p. 88-109]
7	Juhanni Pallasmaa-The Narcisticist and Nihilistic Eye [from The Eyes of the Skin p.22-24] Arila Juhanni Pallasmaa- Oral Versus Visual Space [from The Eyes of the Skin p.24-26], Juhanni Pallasmaa- Retinal Architecture+Loss of Plasticity [from The Eyes of the Skin p.26-30], Juhanni Pallasmaa- An Architecture of Visual Images [from The Eyes of the Skin p.30-31]
8	Juhanni Pallasmaa-Mimesis of Body [from The Eyes of the Skin p.66-67], Juhanni Pallasmaa- The Taste of Stone [from The Eyes of the Skin p.59-60], Juhanni Pallasmaa- Image of Muscle and Bone [from The Eyes of the Skin p.60-62], Juhanni Pallasmaa- Image of Action-Bodily Identification [from The Eyes of the Skin p.63-65]
9	Mario Gandelsonas- Linguistics in Architecture-(1973)- [from Michael Hays-p. 112-121]
10	Charles Jencks, Semiology in Architecture-(1969)-[from Charles Jencks : p. 43-46], Aldo Rossi-An Analogical Architecture (1976)-[from Charles Jencks : p. 66-67], Anthony Vidler- Third Typology (1978)- [from Charles Jencks: p. 77-79]
11	Peter Eisenman-Post-Functionalism-1976-[from Michael Hays-p. 234-239]
12	Jacques-Derrida- Point de Folie- Maintenant l’Architecture -(1986)- [from Michael Hays-p. 566-584]
13	Keneth Frampton-Critical Regionalism: Six Points for an Architecture of Resistance-1983)-[from Charles Jencks : p. 97-100], Ignasi De Sola Morales-Weak Architecture-1987, [from Michael Hays-p. 614-624]
14	Henri Lefebvre- The Production of Space-(1991)- [from Michael Hays-p. 174-190]

Prerequisite(s):	no
Textbook:	Hays, K. Michael, ed., Architecture Theory since 1968
Other References:	Banham, Reyner, Theory and Design in the First Machine Age Conrads, Ulrich, ed., Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-Century Architecture Frampton, Kenneth, Modern Architecture: A Critical History Giedion, Sigfried, Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition Hitchcock, Henry-Russell and Philip Johnson, The International Style Le Corbusier, Towards a New Architecture, tr. Frederick Etchells Mallgrave, Harry Francis and Christina Contandriopoulos, eds., Architectural Theory, Volume 2: An Anthology from 1871-2005 Mallgrave, Harry Francis, Modern Architectural Theory: A Historical Survey, 1673–1968 Ockman, Joan, ed., Architecture and Culture 1943-1968: A Documentary Anthology Five Architects: Eisenman, Graves, Gwathmey, Hejduk, Meier Hays, K. Michael, ed., Architecture Theory since 1968 Koolhaas, Rem, S,M,L,XL
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Students will come to understand and interpret the key texts and to work out their different terms and issues
2	They will learn ways to comprehend and analyze some of the most important architectural projects and to consider and question the constantly changing role of the architect.
3	An increased confidence in researching and making scholarly verbal and written presentations in relation to architectural theory.

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Integrated second cycle study program in Architecture (5 years) Program

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Homework	4	15
Midterm Exam(s)	1	10
Attendance		5
Other	1	25
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	14	3	42
Mid-terms	1	14	14
Assignments	4	4	16
Final examination	1	30	30
Other			0
Total Work Load:			150
Total Work Load/25(h):			6
ECTS Credit of the Course:			6