Course Description
Exploration of the urban forms and developments within the historic context through on-site lectures and exposure to cities and sites. Students will visit selected historic and contemporary cities and investigate urban systems, city forms, architecture and the history of settlements, and complete on- site readings and observations
Athena Title
CLT LAND & URB FORM
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall, spring and summer
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Primary Objectives: • Develop a general understanding of the evolution of urban and architectural forms and systems within the cultural landscape. • Recognize the interaction between historic urban forms and contemporary urban functions. • Improve skills in conducting visual surveys, observations, visual communication and critical thinking. Secondary Objectives: •Understand the differences between Greece, Turkey and the United States in terms of architecture, landscape architecture, urban systems and culture which leads to increased understanding of one’s self, with sufficient immersion in the host countries. •Have greater visibility and recognition by returning from abroad and helping enhance an “understanding of global diversity” across campus. •Develop pedagogical methods for courses taught abroad and outside of classroom settings.
Topical Outline
The class covers topics on-site, at the actual locations, through first-hand experience, discussions, class assignments and selected readings from the following literature: •Akurgal, Ekrem. Ancient civilizations and ruins of Turkey. Turk Tarih Kurumu Basimevi: Ankara. 1983. •Bass, George F. “Oldest known shipwreck reveals splendors of the bronze age,” National Geographic. Vol. 172, No. 6. December 1987. •Camp, John M. The Athenian Agora: Excavations in the heart of classical Athens. Thames and Hudson Ltd. 1986. •Celik, Zeynep, Diane Favro, and Richard Ingersoll, Streets: Critical Perspectives on Public Space. University of California Press: Berkeley, 1994. •Conner, Jacob. E. “Homer’s Troy today,” National Geographic, Vol. XXVII, No. 5. May 1915. •Gallion, Arthur, B. and Simon Eisner, The Urban Pattern: City Planning and Design. Van Nostrand Co.: New York. 1975. •Green Peter. The Parthenon. Newsweek: New York. 1973. •Jacobs, B. Allan. Looking at cities. Harvard University Press: Cambridge: Mass. 1985. •Le Corbusier. Journey to the east. The MIT Press: Cambridge, Mass. 1987. •Necipoglu, Gulru. Architecture, ceremonial, and power: The Topkapi Palace in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The MIT Press: Cambridge, Mass. 1991. •Severy, Merle. “The Byzantine Empire: Rome of the east.” National Geographic, Vol. 164, No. 6, 1983. Pp. 709-722. •Sherrard, Philip. Byzantium. Time Incorporated: New York. 1966. •Trachtenberg, Marvin and Isabelle Hyman. Architecture: From Prehistory to Post- modernism. Harry N. Abrams, Inc.: New York. 1986. •Wood, Michael. In search of the Trojan war. New American Library: New York. 1985.