MTZ 532 - The City and the Home

Course Objectives

to examine the city and the home phenomenon, considering current discourses and approaches of culture and space interaction

Course Description

Globalization and the city: socio-cultural and spatial changes and reconstruction; various discourses, approaches; Istanbul in the globalization process; global cities and Istanbul. The city and the home: change and transformation in the home environment; discussion of home in the urban context and the importance of home as a social concept; daily life and the home, meaning of house and home; new design concepts and approaches.