AH520 TOPICS ON URBAN FROM,PATTERNS AND ARCHITECTURE
| Course Code: | 8010520 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | History of Architecture |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Course Content
This course is a critical history survey on the conditions (anthropological, geographical, political) generating urban form, patterns and architecture. The course covers a cross-periodical survey; the architectural history of the urban form is studied with a specific emphasis on the city frontiers. It aims to cover multiple meanings of the urban form under three main headings: city and defense (fortifications bastions, garrisons, nuclear shelters), city and trade (customs, ports, tollhouses, entrepots), city and speed (terminals, gates, stations, way stations).