The aim of the course; to inform students about the basic concepts and processes related to urban economy and urban geography, and to provide skills and competence by creating a rethinking and discussion environment with the help of a case study, about the creative city, creative industries and creative class relations.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
Course Code Course Name…
Special Requisite(s)
The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
Instructor(s)
Professor Evrim ÖZKAN (bu ders güz dönemi açılmıştır)
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Monday 12-15 MTS I
Office Hour(s)
Wednesday 14:00-15:00 2C05
Teaching Methods and Techniques
-Lectures, group studies on creative cities (presentations and discussions).
Principle Sources
- Hall, P (1996). Cities of Tomorrow. Blackwell.
- Parker, S. (2004). Urban Theory and the Urban Experience. Taylor and Francis Group
- Duru, B. ve Alkan, A. (der. ve çev.) (2002) 20. Yüzyıl Kenti. Ankara: İmge Kitabevi
- Keat, R. ve Urry, J. (2001). Bilim Olarak Sosyal Teori. İmge Kitabevi.
- Power, D. and Scott, A.J. (eds.) (2004). Cultural Industries and the Production of Culture.
USA: Routledge
-Töre, E. (2010). İstanbul Film Endüstrisi. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları
-Landry, C. (2000). The Creative City. London: COMEDIA
-Enlil, Z. Ve Evren, Y. (der.) (2011). Yaratıcı İstanbul. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi
Yayınları
-Landry, C. (2006). The Art of City Making. London: COMEDIA
-Flodia, R. (2005). Cities and the Creative Class. NY: Routledge.
Other Sources
-Mitchell, W.J. (2000). Space, Place and the Infobahn: City of Bits. The MIT Press. -
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
General information about the programme, expectations and methods, The relation in between urban geography and urban economy.
CATS
2. Week
The relation in between urban geography and urban economy.
CATS
3. Week
Pre-industrial city, industrial city and creative city
CATS
4. Week
Pre-industrial city, industrial city and creative city
CATS
5. Week
Discussing "creative city", creative industries and creative class, with the help of examples.
CATS
6. Week
Discussing "creative city", creative industries and creative class, with the help of examples.
CATS
7. Week
Midterm exam
CATS
8. Week
Group researches on creative cities.
CATS
9. Week
Group researches on creative cities.
CATS
10. Week
Group researches on creative cities.
CATS
11. Week
Group researches on creative cities.
CATS
12. Week
Group presentations
CATS
13. Week
Group presentations
CATS
14. Week
Group presentations
CATS
15. Week
Group presentations
CATS
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
40
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
60
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Critical Thinking: Ability to inquire, use abstract ideas to interpret information, consider diverse points of view, reach well-reasoned conclusions.
PO-2
Communication: Ability to use appropriate representational media to transmit essential formal elements at design process.
PO-3
Investigation: Ability to gather, record, apply, and comparatively evaluate relevant information within design processes.
PO-4
Design: Ability to reproduce the design information in the creative thinking process, to reach new and original results through universal design principles such as sustainability and accessibility.
PO-5
World Architecture: Understanding world architecture in terms of their historical, geographical and global factors.
PO-6
Local Architecture / Cultural Diversity: Understanding the architectural formations and samples of a geography through its historical and cultural context. Understanding the divergent canons of cultural values, behavioral, social and spatial patterns.
PO-7
Cultural Heritage and Conservation: Understanding of conservation discourses and methods, and the subjects of cultural heritage, conservation awareness, environmental concerns and ethical responsibility.
PO-8
Sustainability: Ability to design projects by using the information regarding the natural and built environment to reduce the undesirable environmental impacts on future generations through means.
PO-9
Social Responsibility: Understanding of the architect’s responsibility about protecting the commonweal, having respect for historical/cultural and natural resources and improving the life quality.
PO-10
Nature and Human: Understanding of the relationship between human, the natural environment and the design of the built environment.
PO-11
Geographical Conditions: Understanding the relationships of site selection, settlement and building design by considering the cultural, economical and social properties as well as the natural characteristics such as soil, topography, vegetation and watershed.
PO-12
Life Safety: Understanding the basic principles of security and life-safety systems in the conditions of natural disasters, fire, etc. through building and environment scales.
PO-13
Structural Systems: Understanding of the basic principles of structural behavior in withstanding gravity and lateral forces and the evolution, range, and appropriate application of contemporary structural systems.
PO-14
Environmental Systems: Understanding the principles of physical environmental systems’ design such as lighting, acoustics, climatization and the use of appropriate performance assessment tools.
PO-15
Building Envelope Systems: Understanding of the basic principles involved in the appropriate application of building envelope systems and associated assemblies.
PO-16
Building Service Systems: Understanding of the basic design principles of building service systems such as plumbing, electrical, vertical transportation, security, and fire protection systems.
PO-17
Building Materials and Assemblies: Understanding of the basic principles utilized in the appropriate selection of construction materials, products, components and assemblies, based on their inherent characteristics and performance, including their environmental impact and reuse.
PO-18
Integration of Building Service Systems: The ability of assessing, selecting and integrating the structural, environmental, security, envelope and service systems of the buildings for building design.
PO-19
Programming and Evaluation: Ability to prepare and evaluate an architectural project program by considering the public benefits in regards of client and user needs, appropriate examplers, space and equipment requirements, financial limitations, site conditions, relevant codes, laws and design principles.
PO-20
Comprehensive Project Development: Ability to produce a comprehensive architectural project that demonstrates to make design decisions across various scales.
PO-21
Considering Building Costs: Understanding the fundamentals of building construction and use costs.
PO-22
Architect-Client Relationship: Understanding of the responsibility of the architect to elicit, understand, and reconcile the needs of the client, owner, user groups, and the public and community domains.
PO-23
Collaboration: Ability to work in collaboration with others and in multidisciplinary teams to successfully complete design projects.
PO-24
Project Management: Understanding of the methods for competing for commissions, selecting consultants and assembling teams, and recommending project delivery methods.
PO-25
Practice Management: Understanding the basic principles in the architectural practice processes like financial management, business planning, quality management, risk management, discussion and reconciliation.
PO-26
Leadership: Understanding of the techniques and skills architects use to work collaboratively in the building design and construction process and on environmental, social, and aesthetic issues in their communities.
PO-27
Legal Rights and Responsibilities: Understanding of the architect’s responsibility to the public and the client as determined by regulations and legal considerations involving the practice of architecture.
PO-28
Professional Practice: Understanding and fulfillment of employer and intern rights and responsibilities for development of profession.
PO-29
Ethics of Profession: Understanding of the ethical issues involved in profession regarding social, political and cultural issues in architectural design and practice.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To determine the findings of the changing urban geography and the urban economy, evaluating it critically through a case study (COMPETENCY),
LO-2
To be able to present a case with team work (SKILLS),
LO-3
To research a creative city case in the context of the factors that play a role in the formation of urban economics and urban geography (SKILLS),
LO-4
To be able to present a creative city example using different representation media (SKILLS),
LO-5
To have knowledge about the relationships between concepts such as creative city, creative class, creative industries (KNOWLEDGE),