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ARCHITECTURE IN ANATOLIA COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
ARC337 ARCHITECTURE IN ANATOLIA 5 2 2 5

Objectives and Contents
Objectives: The course offers an historical analysis of Anatolian Architecture to design principles. It aims to give the student a local perspective and pulls that influence on architecture and its meanings, whether these be historical, economic, political, religious or climatic.
Content: Pre-Islamic Anatolian architecture, Gobeklitepe, Mesopotamia, Catal Hüyük, Hattusas, Pergamon, Temple of Apollo at Didyma, Haghia Sophia, Seljuk architecture and the origins of the Anatolian Turkish architecture; space, mass, façade and structure design characteristics and form language of the early Anatolian emirates, Anatolian Seljuks, 14th c. emirates and Ottoman architecture until the end of the 17th c. with various examples of building types, such as mosques, madrasas, hospitals, tombs, caravanserails, palaces and building complexes.