Academic Catalog

AH520 TOPICS ON URBAN FROM.PATTERNS AND ARCHITECTURE

Course Code: 8010520
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: History Of Architecture
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

This course is a critical history survey on the conditions (anthropological. geographical. political) generating urban form. patterns and architecture. The course covers a cross-periodical survey; the architectural history of the urban form is studied with a specific emphasis on the city frontiers. It aims to cover multiple meanings of the urban form under three main headings: city and defense (fortifications bastions. garrisons. nuclear shelters). city and trade (customs. ports. tollhouses. entrepots). city and speed (terminals. gates. stations. way stations).