Assignment Submission

You may submit your take-home assignments to the office of Bengi Bulut (Faculty Secretary - 5th floor) before noon on Friday, January 30th.

Do not forget to sign the class list when you submit your work.

Important Announcement!

The submission date for the take-home assignment has been postponed to Friday, January 30th. Time and location of submission will be announced tomorrow, after the final exam.

Final Exam - Part One

The first part of the Final Exam consists of the take-home assignment explained below.
This assignment is due 15:00 on January 28th, 2009.

Good luck...

Question 1

Compare the following two interiors, referring to the general concepts in interior design. Explain the concepts and ideas beyond the formation of each space, mentioning the similarities and differences between them.


L - Postal Savings Bank / O. Wagner / 1905
R - Consols Office, Bank of England / J. Soane / 1799

Question 2

Compare the following two interiors, referring to the general concepts in interior design. Explain the concepts and ideas beyond the formation of each space, mentioning the similarities and differences between them.




L - Antechambre, Versailles Palace / P. Le Pauvre / 1707
R - Villa Barbaro / A. Palladio / 1550

Question 3

Referring to the general concepts that we have studied throughout the course, comment on the following interior, explaining the significant components of the design and mentioning the concepts and ideas beyond the formation of space.


Tugendhat House / M. van der Rohe / 1928

Question 4

Referring to the general concepts that we have studied throughout the course, comment on the following interior, explaining the significant components of the design and mentioning the concepts and ideas beyond the formation of space.

Amsterdam Stock Exchange / H.P.Berlage / 1903

Question 5

Referring to the general concepts that we have studied throughout the course, comment on the following interior, explaining the significant components of the design and mentioning the concepts and ideas beyond the formation of space.

Tassel House / V.Horta / 1892

Question 6a

Keeping in mind the general concepts that we have studied throughout the course, formulate the best possible question whose answer, in your opinion, will explain the basic points about the following interior space.


Question 6b

Answer the question that you have asked in 6a.




The Red House / P.Webb / 1859

The Date of the Final Exam...

The Final Exam will be on the 28th of January, at 15:00 as previously announced.
The administration and your studio instructors have remarked that no change is necessary.

Mid-Term Grades

The take-home midterm grades have been announced at the comments section.

I am still expecting e-mails from Aybüke and Gülfem.

If your name is not on the list, make sure you come to class on Friday, so that we can talk about how to evaluate your mid-terms.

Good luck in the finals...

Interesting Papers and Articles!

The following papers are interesting, they are remotely connected to the subjects of our course.
They may look more familiar to some of you.
If you know where you have seen these papers before, contact me to get the good news!

http://www.camws.org/southernsection/meeting2006/abstracts/seo.html

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~carlas/GRRsep9.htm

Wikipedia is a very useful and reliable source for all of your courses. So please check out the link below as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism

Very Important Announcement !!!

The Mid-Terms will be announced here, soon :) Before Wednesday noon, I hope... Keep checking this site.

Aybüke, Gülfem & Melike, please contact me by e-mail. It is important...