Academic Catalog

ARCH610 ADV.THEMES IN ARCH.AND URBAN DESIGN II

Course Code: 1200610
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 6(3-6)
ECTS Credit: 14.0
Department: Architecture
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Assoc.Prof.Dr. EMEL AKÖZER
Offered Semester: Fall Semesters.

Course Content

An experimental design course focusing on the implications of current debates in aesthetics for contemporary architectural and urban design situations. Postpositivism in aesthetics and in architectural theory. Theories of the beautiful and the sublime. Contemporary modes of aesthetic experience. Morality and aesthetics in architecture and urban design.