Bayburt University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
RSM308B2.2	Artıstıc Aesthetıc In Archıtecture	Elective	3	6	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

Discussion of the relationship between aesthetics and architecture; emphasizing the presence, significance, and role of aesthetics in social, cultural, and everyday life, in architecture, and at every stage of the design process.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Ümit Ayata

Learning Outcomes

1	They will be able to examine the concept of aesthetics within the process of historical change and development.
2	They will be able to define the function of the concepts of subject and object in aesthetic perception
3	They will be able to test the involvement of primary senses, particularly sight and hearing, in the experience of aesthetic perception.
4	They will be able to establish connections with other courses.

Mode of Delivery

Normal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

none

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Roberto Masiero,2006, Mimaride Estetik, Dost Kitabevi, İstanbul Semra Aydınlı,1992, Mimarlıkta Görsel Analiz, İTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Yayını, İstanbul. Gençosmanoğlu Beşgen, A. , 2001, Estetik ve Mimarlıkta Kavram, Kavramsal Analiz, Kavramlaştırma / 1980 Sonrası Mimarlık Ürünleri Üzerine Örneklemeler, Doktora Tezi, Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Trabzon.

Course Contents

Basic concepts: Aesthetics, beauty, art, and architecture. The science of aesthetics and its problem areas, aesthetic doctrines, environmental aesthetics, Gestalt theory in perception, aesthetics as a criterion of evaluation in architecture, volumetric aesthetics in architecture, visual balance. Concepts related to form characteristics: Unit size, unity and scale, proportion, rhythm, symmetry.Form-making approaches: Thinking about form, visualization and abstract/concrete form, abstraction/concretization, formation of form, development of ideas and concepts, deriving from product characteristics. Perceptual aesthetics, symbolic aesthetics, formal aesthetics. Presentation through examples, project work, implementation, and production.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Definition and scope of the course. aesthetics as science
2	Subjectivist- psychological aesthetics, aesthetic attitudes.
3	Aesthetic object analysis- Art and artistic creation
4		Artistic content. Demonstration with examples, working on a project, its application.
5		Artistic Form. Demonstration with examples, working on a project, its application
6	Concept of Beauty, beauty in nature, beauty in art.
7	Development and change of the concepts of beauty and aesthetics in the historical process; 20th century introduction to aesthetic theories.
8	MIDTERM EXAM	MIDTERM EXAM	MIDTERM EXAM
9	Art in terms of aesthetics, spatial analysis. with examples
10	Perception, introduction to the concepts of perception; the place of beauty and aesthetics in human-perception-perception fiction; types of perception auditory, tactile, olfactory and visual perception; detection conditions; the concepts of intuition, emotion, feeling, thinking in perception and aesthetics. Demonstration with examples, working on a project, its application.	Perception, introduction to the concepts of perception; the place of beauty and aesthetics in human-perception-perception fiction; types of perception auditory, tactile, olfactory and visual perception; detection conditions; the concepts of intuition, emotion, feeling, thinking in perception and aesthetics. Demonstration with examples, working on a project, its application.	Perception, introduction to the concepts of perception; the place of beauty and aesthetics in human-perception-perception fiction; types of perception auditory, tactile, olfactory and visual perception; detection conditions; the concepts of intuition, emotion, feeling, thinking in perception and aesthetics. Demonstration with examples, working on a project, its application.
11	Relationship between perception, aesthetics and architecture; changing definitions of aesthetics in the context of perception in the historical process of architecture; the place and importance of the concepts of beauty and aesthetics in architecture. Demonstration with examples, working on a project, its application.	Relationship between perception, aesthetics and architecture; changing definitions of aesthetics in the context of perception in the historical process of architecture; the place and importance of the concepts of beauty and aesthetics in architecture. Demonstration with examples, working on a project, its application.	Relationship between perception, aesthetics and architecture; changing definitions of aesthetics in the context of perception in the historical process of architecture; the place and importance of the concepts of beauty and aesthetics in architecture. Demonstration with examples, working on a project, its application.
12	Aesthetic evaluation methods in architecture: Sensory aesthetics; sensation, pleasure concepts; Discussion on sensory aesthetics in architecture. Demonstration with examples, working on a project, its application.	Aesthetic evaluation methods in architecture: Sensory aesthetics; sensation, pleasure concepts; Discussion on sensory aesthetics in architecture. Demonstration with examples, working on a project, its application.	Aesthetic evaluation methods in architecture: Sensory aesthetics; sensation, pleasure concepts; Discussion on sensory aesthetics in architecture. Demonstration with examples, working on a project, its application.
13	Aesthetic evaluation methods in architecture: Introduction to symbolic aesthetics; introduction to the concepts of symbol, image, meaning, symbolic meaning; building form, spatial configurations, materials, the essence of enlightenment, the concept of inherent color; Discussion on symbolic aesthetics in architecture. Demonstration with examples, project study, implementation and production.	Aesthetic evaluation methods in architecture: Introduction to symbolic aesthetics; introduction to the concepts of symbol, image, meaning, symbolic meaning; building form, spatial configurations, materials, the essence of enlightenment, the concept of inherent color; Discussion on symbolic aesthetics in architecture. Demonstration with examples, project study, implementation and production.	Aesthetic evaluation methods in architecture: Introduction to symbolic aesthetics; introduction to the concepts of symbol, image, meaning, symbolic meaning; building form, spatial configurations, materials, the essence of enlightenment, the concept of inherent color; Discussion on symbolic aesthetics in architecture. Demonstration with examples, project study, implementation and production.
14	Methods of aesthetic evaluation in architecture: Introduction to formal aesthetics; concepts of composition, gestalt, order, proportion, movement, rhythm, dominance, balance, unity; Discussion on formal aesthetics in architecture.
15	Homework submission, course evaluation and discussion.
16	END OF SEMESTER EXAM	END OF SEMESTER EXAM	END OF SEMESTER EXAM