Overview

This pro-seminar course focusing on the aspects of architectural culture, urban forms, uses and representations of spaces in Ottoman Architecture and Ottoman cities. The material presented in this course is drawn from the beginning of the 15^th century through the 19^th centuries and will focus particularly on the Ottoman architectural examples of Istanbul, Bursa, Edirne and other Ottoman provincial cities.

The students are expected to write a short essay (max. 2 double-spaced pages) for each week, describing and discussing the concept or issue in question each week, basing their essays on a selection of the provided readings for the week.

There will be a final poster assignment at the end of the semester. Students use keywords given by instructor during semester. Each student has to show the correlation with the given key words and articles we have read during the semester.  They are free to choose their methods for showing this relation with images, drawings, sketches, sections, paintings, words or all together.

Schedule

March 2 Presentation of the course outline, methods, objectives and requirements

March 9 Discussing on the history of the foundation Ottoman empire, historical background, the architecture of early Ottoman and the Byzantine legacy

March 16 Constructing the imperial capital: The urban development of Bursa and the 15^th century Istanbul

March 23 Sinan’s architecture and urbanism 1

March 30 Sinan’s architecture and urbanism 2

April 6 Provincial urban centers: the impact of the capital and local traditions / Discussion on the concept of style-canon

April 13 Midterm Exam

April 20 Discussing 16^th century architectural historiography

April 27 Discussing the patronage: shifting patterns of patronage and spatiality in the 17^th century

May 4 18^th century Ottoman architecture – Defining Ottoman Baroque Architecture

May 11 18^th century Ottoman architecture – Defining Ottoman Baroque Architecture II

May 18 Discussing the paradigms: 19^th century Ottoman Architecture -I

May 25 Discussing the paradigms: 19^th century Ottoman Architecture -II

June 1 Review

Evaluation

Weekly submitted essays and presentations – 10 %, Final Poster – 10%, Midterm Exam - 40%, Final Exam – 40%