Interior Architecture

IThis course examines the history of contemporary architecture through architectural and interior design approaches that took shape with the emergence of modernity.
• At the beginning of the course, the concept of modernity and its fundamental components are discussed, and the defining influences of modern thought on the fields of architecture and interior design are evaluated within a conceptual framework.
• In the following weeks, the relationship between industrialization, production methods, craftsmanship, and aesthetics is examined within the contexts of the Victorian Era, the Arts and Crafts Movement, and the Craftsman Movement.
• The search for a new style, decorative philosophy, and holistic design approach are explored through the Beaux-Arts and early Art Nouveau movements. Early modern trends are discussed using examples from the Glasgow School and Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
• The course continues by evaluating the reflections of Art Nouveau in different regions—through the Wiener Werkstätte, the Vienna Secession, and the works of Frank Lloyd Wright—to explore the foundations of modern thought in architecture and interior design. The birth of the Modern Movement is examined within the context of Adolf Loos's critique of ornamentation and machine aesthetics. Early modernism and the International Style are discussed through examples such as the Deutscher Werkbund, the Bauhaus, and Le Corbusier.
• In the latter part of the course, Art Deco and American modernism are addressed, and the interpretations of modernism in different regions are examined in a comparative manner. The rise of the interior decoration profession and the process of institutionalization of interior architecture as a professional discipline are evaluated.
• The course expands to cover postwar modernism, postmodernism, and architectural debates at the end of the 20th century. The transformation of modernism is examined through the late works of Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, and Le Corbusier.
• In the final weeks, the historical development of the interior architecture profession and education, along with the dynamics of interior architecture in Turkey, are discussed, and the course concludes with a general evaluation.

The aim of this course is to examine contemporary design approaches that emerged in the fields of architecture and interior design from the late 19th century to the late 20th century, from a historical, theoretical, and critical perspective within the context of modernity. By discussing the social, cultural, technological, and ideological dynamics that shaped the development of contemporary architecture, the course aims to demonstrate that architecture and interior design are not merely formal but also intellectual and representation-based fields of production. In this context, the course examines the transformations in architectural and interior design production across the historical period spanning from the Arts and Crafts Movement to the Modern Movement, and from Art Deco to Postmodernism. The primary objective of the course is to enable students to understand the history of contemporary architecture not merely through knowledge of styles and periods, but by examining production conditions, design ideologies, and professional transformations.