Course Contents

On one hand it is intended to introduce theories that can be used in architectural research by readings and classroom discussions. On the other hand, it is expected that students define a research problem in the fields of architecture-design-planning, achieve literature research, accomplish field studies such as measurements and interviews, and evaluate the data obtained through scientific methods.

It is a non-credit, compulsory course. It aims to provide students with an academic discussion and sharing environment on the areas they are interested in and plan to work as a thesis topic. Within the scope of this course, each student is expected to conduct scientific research on current information, discussions and resources in their area of interest. Students present these studies orally and in writing at the end of the semester. At the end of this course, it is aimed that the students will be able to master the current information, discussions and literature in the field they are interested in and plan to work at the thesis stage.

This course is the main course of the Master’s program with Thesis. It is a non-credit, compulsory course. It covers the thesis study of the students whose thesis has been approved under the supervision of their advisors. At the end of this course, the student is expected to complete his thesis in accordance with academic and ethical criteria and the Institute of Science Writing Rules.

In Master’s studies theoretical knowledge and practical knowledge are both researched and developed. In this context, as a studio course with a holistic approach, in which theoretical and practical knowledge will be reinforced, this course has an important place in the master’s program. It is an elective course. Students are expected to analyze information in the field of design and synthesize them with an integrated approach. Design solutions are sought within the scope of the project, which is determined for the design problems where many different systems in the construction processes are integrated. Students present their studies as architectural projects at the end of the semester. With this course, it is aimed that students become more aware of the importance of integrating the different systems of the building in the design process. It is also aimed in this course to students to learn how to demonstrate and develop different methods in this integration process, to comprehend the importance and collaboration with other stakeholders in order to develop design knowledge, to transform theoretical knowledge into professionally applicable information and to increase their design power.

This course explores the principles of structural system modifications. During the course structural integrity, structural loads and structural logic in architecture will be discussed. This course also covers the history, technology and structural philosophy of the case studies. The objective of this course is to create an awareness of principles of structural system modifications in the minds of students of architecture and to provide them with a base of knowledge about the rights and wrongs of the structural system modifications. This course also aims to raise awareness among students about the need for cooperation between architects and engineers in the early stages of design.

As an assistive tool to architectural design: modeling of structural systems with finite element analysis method under linear elastic behavior and static loads. Definition of the modeling environment, definition of material properties, definition of the analysis method and scenarios. Modeling of frame elements. Modeling of support conditions. Modeling of 2D and 3D trusses. Modeling of 2D and 3D frames. Analysis under gravity and dead loads.

The main aim of this course is to make students question the architectural environment and its production in parallel with the developments in the 19th century and the early 20th century that took its place in the historiography as the “longest century of the Ottoman Empire”. The new program needs that emerged in the Ottoman Empire in this century and their architectural reflections will be questioned within the framework of writing style and architectural history.  

Within the scope of this course, architecture and settlement history extending from Neolithic period mounds to today will be analyzed through readings focusing on Cappadocia. Through these readings, it will be possible to look at the Anatolian geography and history, the interactions of cultures that have followed and / or faced each other on these lands, and the relationships between the changing administrative centers and the geographical establishments that this geography has established. Lessons will be conducted through readings and their discussion. In addition, each student is expected to write an article on a research topic to be determined.

This course will focus on the residential architecture in the Eastern Mediterranean basin and Anatolia in the Middle Ages. The course, which questions the architecture of the residence between the Late Antique period and the Ottoman period, aims to investigate the intercultural interactions and the origin and continuity of architectural elements such as atrium, courtyard and ‘hayat’. Lessons will be conducted through readings and their discussion. In addition, each student is expected to write an article on a research topic to be determined.

In this course, the basic principles of lighting, light, color, perception and the way they are reflected in architectural design, lighting physics, brightness level calculation, artificial lighting, natural lighting, sun / shadow analysis, daylight factor, appropriate lighting design options for different building types will be analyzed.

Within the scope of this course, current information about the basic principles of sustainable building design, structure-environment relationship, environmental sustainability, life cycle assessment, resource conservation, waste management and related legislation is conveyed.

For the most part of the course, the discussions will be on the emergence and rationale of the legislations on protection from the last century of the Ottoman Empire to the present day. In the last part, discussions will be made on the issues of unresolved legislation in the context of protection, to what extent it will be sufficient in the protection processes on its own. The term will be completed with a general repetition.

Conservation terminology and brief history of architectural restoration will be emphasized at the beginning of the period. Then, the concepts of value, culture, education, needs and demand, belonging and ownership, legislation, politics, media that shape today’s architectural conservation will be discussed. The last three weeks will include a review of the knowledge gained from previous discussion processes and the presentation of term papers to be prepared by students on previously selected topics.

Bu ders ‘biliş’, ‘tasarım bilişi’ ve ‘yaratıcılık’ alanlarını karşılaştırmalı olarak incelerken, mimari This course aims to examine the effects of cognitive structures and processes that are effective in architectural design on architectural creativity while comparing the areas of “cognition”, “design cognition” and “creativity”. Within the scope of the course, the concepts of cognition, cognitive schemes, cognition and creativity, and design cognition and architectural design will be examined.

This course aims to reveal the cognitive effects of cultural schemes and architectural types in architectural design while comparing the fields of “culture”, “cognition” and “architectural design” comparatively. Within the scope of the course, respectively: the concept of culture (definition of culture, its place in human cognition, importance and use; relations with cognitive representation structures), cognitive schemas (cognitive schema definition, schema theory, schema types and schema production), cultural schemas (definition of cultural schema, cultural the place, types and use of schemas in cognition, the place and importance of cultural schemas in creativity (the place and importance of culture and cultural context in creativity), the place and cognitive use of cultural schemes in architectural design (the place of culture, cultural schemes and prior knowledge in architectural design), architectural design types of prior knowledge specific to the area used (architectural types and preliminary examples), the concept of architectural type (definition, history, types and criticism of the concept of architectural type), cognitive relationship of the concept of architectural type with cultural schemes, cognitive use of the concept of architectural type in architectural design, and the social role of the use of architectural type will be examined and in the light of these theoretical studies selected cases will be studied. (Aga Khan award-winning residential projects in Turkey will be examined for use in architectural types, the context in which they take place will be studied traditional architecture types).

In the Social Sciences dictionary, art is a special form of social consciousness and human motion that reflects reality with beautiful designs. In this course, the basic concepts of art will be discussed through architecture, and the connections of the concept, called style, with which we can generalize with certain forms in certain periods, will be investigated. In the course, concepts such as art, style, form, function, view of society, rationalism, romance, irrational, classical, baroque and western culture will be studied.

Semiotic is the field of study that shows that all cultural creations of the society can be analyzed as a system of signs, that all cultural phenomena are a means of communication as a sign system and this communication is a tool for understanding cultures. In a simpler way, semioticists are dealing with not only communication, but also ways of deciphering reality through studies on how meaning is produced. It is designed to construct a research area on course sign systems and how they are deciphered.

In this course, the role of physical and environmental factors as well as the political, socio-economic and cultural context in the relationship between pre-modern housing formation and settlement in the Eastern Mediterranean basin will be evaluated comparatively from a historical perspective. The transformation of settlements and housing in the Eastern Mediterranean will be discussed in parallel with the changes in power and power balances that are effective beyond today’s political boundaries.

In this course, the formation and development of vernacular architecture and traditional settlement in distinctive natural, cultural and historical environments will be examined through a region selected for case study; in this respect continuity and change will be questioned; there will be discussions on cultural and social sustainability.