ARCH324 THINKING (READING/WRITING)ON ARCHITEC.
| Course Code: | 1200324 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 4.0 |
| Department: | Architecture |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assist.Prof.Dr PELİN YONCACI ARSLAN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The aim is to be familiarized students with architectural writing strategies, research skills, critical evaluation of architectural texts, and methods of incorporating background research in thinking on architecture in terms of reading and understanding an academic article. The structure of the course is centered on the process of preparing and writing an academic short article on a chosen topic – based on individual feedback.
Course Content
The course intends to improve students` skills in the practice of thinking in terms of reading and writing by emphasizing the significance of this practice in the process of architectural production. In a movement from simpler to complex reading and writing, it aims to acquaint students with basic and advanced strategies in the analysis, synthesis and critique of architectural texts (texts, acting as the medium through which these strategies are developed, are selected to overlap within a contextual framework and renewed each year). In this sense, the course attempts to play a preparatory role for advanced courses on history, theory and criticism that demand these strategies intensively in the practice of thinking on architecture.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course the successful students are expected to:
- widen the scope of their understanding of historical and contemporary concepts and themes related to architecture
- comprehend the relationship between the practical and theoretical aspects of architecture.
- acquire skills needed for basic and advanced strategies in the analysis, synthesis and critique of architectural texts.
- acquire practical skills to complete a set of readings to write one to five-page long undergraduate academic articles.