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 |
Course Coordinator: |
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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).