With the prupose of conservation of historic environments, the city and urbanization in history, the development of historic settlements in history must be thorougly understood and comprehended deeply. Within the context of this course, the concept of city and chronological evolution of urban form are to be examined in detail, different urban planning and urban design theories and approaches that occured from past to present, urban elements, different methods of urban analysis, urban morphology and architectural typology, multi-layered cities, urban archaeology and urban history subjects are to be examined in detail and discussed through many case studies.
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Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lecture and discussion
Principle Sources
- Broadbent, G. (2005), Emerging Concepts in Urban Space Design, Taylor &Francis Group, London and New York.
- Jacobs, J. (1961) The Life and Death of American Cities, New York: Vintage Books.
- Larkham, P.J. (1996), Conservation and the City, Routledge, London-New York.
- Cullen, G. (2007, 1961), The Concise Townscape, Architectural Press, Elsevier.
- Ahunbay, Z. (2009) Tarihi Çevre Koruma ve Restorasyon, YEM Yayın, İstanbul.
- Howard, E. (1965, 1898), Garden Cities of Tomorrow, Cambridge, MIT Press.
-Kelbaugh, D. (2007), 'Typology: An Architecture of Limits', Urban Design Reader, (ed. Matthew Carmona and Steve Tiesdell), Architectural Press, s.83-97.
-Krier, R. (1984, 1979), Urban Space, Academy Editions, London.
- Krier, R. (2006) 'Typological and Morphological Elements of Concept of Urban Space', Designing Cities, Critical Readings in Urban Design, (ed. Alexander Cuthbert), Blackwell Publishing, s.323-339.
- Lynch, K. (1960), The Image of the City, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- Lynch, K. (1981), Theroy of Good City Form, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- Panerai P., Castex J. , Depaule J.C., Samuels, I. (2004), Urban Forms, The Death and Life of the Urban Block, Architectural Press.
- Sitte, C. (1945), The Art of Building Cities: City Building According to Artistic Fundamentals, Reinhold Publishing Corp.
Other Sources
- Cohen, N. (1999), Urban Conservation, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusettes.
- Lefebvre, H. (1999), Writings on Cities, Blackwell Publishers Inc.
- Ashworth, G.J. (2006), 'Conservation as Preservation or as Heritage: Two Paradigms and Two Answers', Designing Cities, Critical Readings on Urban Design, (ed. Alexander Cuthbert), Blackwell Publishing, s. 243-253.
- Norberg-Schulz, C. (2006), 'The Phenomenon of Place', Designing Cities, Critical Readings in Urban Design, (ed. Alexander Cuthbert), Blackwell Publishing, s.116-127.
-Kostof, S. (2007), The City Shaped, Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History, Thames and Hudson.
- Kostof, S. (1992), The City Assembled, The Elements of Urban Form, Through History, Thames and Hudson.
- Kuban, D. (2000), Tarihi Çevre Korumanın Mimarlık Boyutu, Kuram ve Uygulama, YEM Yayın, İstanbul.
-Kuban, D. (2001), Türkiye'de Kentsel Koruma - Kent Tarihleri ve Koruma Yöntemleri, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları.
- Mumford, L. (1961), The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects, New York: Hartcourt, Brace and World.
- Okyay, İ. (2001), Fransa'da Kentsel Sit Alanlarının Korunması, Malraux Yasası, YEM Yayın, İstanbul.
-Petruccioli, A. (2008), Bellek Yitiminin Ardından - Akdeniz İslam Kent Dokusunun Öğrettikleri, YEM Yayın, İstanbul.
- Rossi, A. (2006), Şehrin Mimarisi (çev. Nurdan Gürbilek), Kanat Kitap 44, Sanat Dizisi 2.
- Vance Jr., E. (1990), The Contunuing City, Urban Morphology in Western Civilization, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction of the course and determination of the student term projects
Lecture and discussion
2. Week
History of Urban Form in the Pre-Industrial Period-1, 'First Settlements'
Lecture and discussion
3. Week
History of Urban Form in the Pre-Industrial Period-2, 'Planning in Classical Period'
Lecture and discussion
4. Week
History of Urban Form in the Pre-Industrial Period-3, 'City in the Middle Ages'
Lecture and discussion
5. Week
History of Urban Form in the Pre-Industrial Period-4, 'City in the Renaissance Period'
Lecture and discussion
6. Week
History of Urban Form in the Pre-Industrial Period-5, 'Islamic City'
Lecture and discussion
7. Week
Post-industrial Urban Theory and Concepts-1
Lecture and discussion
8. Week
Post-industrial Urban Theory and Concepts-2
Lecture and discussion
9. Week
Urban Morphology and Architectural Typology
Lecture and discussion
10. Week
Multi-layered Cities and Urban Archaeology
Lecture and discussion
11. Week
Urban History Studies
Lecture and discussion
12. Week
Mid-term Exam
Exam
13. Week
Student Presentations
Presentation and discussion
14. Week
Student Presentations
Presentation and discussion
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
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Program Outcomes
PO-1
To have advenced level knowledge and realization about two different scale monument and site conservation.
PO-2
To have advenced level knowledge and realization about basic issues of conservation which are restoration theories, international modern conservation principles, national and international legal and organizational regulations and recording cultural heritage.
PO-3
To have advenced level of knowledge and realization about design principles of new addition to the historic building and infill building in historic settlement, measured drawing, restitution and restoration projects of historic building.
PO-4
To be informed and own critical awareness for utilizing from national and international examples of conservation of historical sites that are rapidly disappearing, preparing analytical surveys, preparing morphology and typology study and evaluating the data reunited from these studies.
PO-5
To gain cognitive and practice knowledge for proficiency in practice about monument and site conservation.
PO-6
To apply and integrate the knowledge, conception and problem solving ability about monument and site conservation with the knowledges from architectural history, city planning, urban design, archeology, civil engineering and such discipline areas and to apply within interdisciplinary, multi-disciplinary and upper-disciplinary contexts.
PO-7
To develop new data and methods on monument and site conservation and to have ability for merging the gained knowledge with the knowledge from the other discipline areas.
PO-8
To have ability for performing research, survey and critical evaluation on academic knowledge and design process, using approprate technics and producing unique outcomes.
PO-9
To have ability for carrying out individual study on monument and site conservation.
PO-10
To have ability for making a decision in analysis stage about monument and site conservation area, to lead projects/academic studies, to produce a work in a group by taking individual responsibility and to have ability for leading and changing complex processes.
PO-11
To have ability for transfering the gained knowledge by oral, written and visual techics in a foreign language, by using modern computer aided programs and techniques.
PO-12
To have ability for preparing a unique academic/scientific study, presenting and discussing in a dialectical frame.
PO-13
To have ability for taking strategic decisions about monument and site conservation projects and concerning ethic values while producing unique solutions.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Concepts of city in history and theory of urbanization must be understood and comprehended thoroughly by the student.
LO-2
The development of historic settlements must be understood and comprehended thoroughly by the student.
LO-3
Comprehension of worldwide known important urban theories, methods of urban analysis, related advanced contemporary concepts, as well as introduction of different old cultures within this context to the students.
LO-4
Realization of an original research study by the student about a subject related with urban theory and/or methods of urban analysis through a theoretical approach with the abilities to make presentation and discussion.
LO-5
Follow up and attendance to some scientific activities (seminars, conferences etc.) during the semester and preparation of short scientific commentary reports.
