Let the students comprehend, phenomenon of urban design, planning, multi-dimensional space and scales; & to convey the knowledge of the social and spatial process of urban design Based on the objectives in the context of urban projects, with examples and all other aspects.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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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.)
The course is conducted with slight show technique with examples and the students are expected to prepare homeworkds and presentations.
Principle Sources
Carmona, M, Heath, T.Oc. Tiesdell, T. (2003), Public Places, Urban Spaces, Architectural PresCastells, M., Borja, J. (1996), Global & Local Strategic Plans and Metropoliten Projects.Barnett, J. (1971), Urban Design and Public Policy, Architectural Record.Carmona, M., Tiesdell, S. (2007), Urban Design Reader, Elsevier, Oxford.Lang, J. (2008), Urban Design, A. Typology of Procedures and Products Elsevier London.
Other Sources
Carmona, M., Heath, T. Dc., Tiesdell, S., public Places Urban Spaces The Dimensions Urban Design Architectural LondonKatz, P. Ed. (19949 The New Urbanizm, Toward an Architecture of Community, McGraw Hill, Inc Newyork.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
course introduction
PRESENTATION
2. Week
Introduction to Urban Design
PRESENTATION
3. Week
Urban Design Theories and Approaches: Pioneers (Sitte, Howard, Stein and Wright, Perry, Le Corbusier)
Urban Design Theories and Approaches: Contemporary Debates 1
PRESENTATION
7. Week
Urban Design Theories and Approaches: Contemporary Debates 2
PRESENTATION
8. Week
Urban Design Implementation Tools
PRESENTATION
9. Week
Discussion on research assignments
Discussion
10. Week
Discussion on research assignments
Discussion
11. Week
Presentation of research assignments
Student presentations
12. Week
Presentation of research assignments
Student presentations
13. Week
Discussion on research articles
Discussion
14. Week
Discussion on research articles
Discussion
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
50
Final Exam
1
50
Program Outcomes
PO-1
To gain knowledge and understand the socio-economical and spatial components and processes which are both the subjects and the outcomes of an urban design project.
PO-2
To gain knowledge and critical awareness about the relations in between urban design and the other disciplines like architecture, urban planning, economy and sociology; and the opportunuties and threats that will arise by these relations.
PO-3
Ability to realize an urban design project or a research on urban design in a multidisciplinary process, using both the theoretical and practical knowledge infrastructure, developing new methods and techniques.
PO-4
Ability to direct socio-economical and spatial components and processes in the urban design process.
PO-5
Ability to make research, to analyse and to criticise in the area of academical knowledge and design processes, using the appropriate techniques, producing original results.
PO-6
To gain competency on conducting an indivudial research or project on urban design.
PO-7
To gain competency on working as a group member and to work out the complicated processes that will occur during the urban design.
PO-8
To gain competency to transfer the knowledge gained using a foreign language, both in verbal and visual way, via contemporary computer programmes and techniques.
PO-9
To gain competancy to produce an original academical/scientific research, to present and to discuss in a dialectical framework.
PO-10
To gain competency on strategical decision making as a component of the urban design project and to produce original solutions considering ethical values.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To have the skills of looking at URBAN DESIGN with a critical approach
LO-2
TO HAVE THE SKILL TO MAKE INSTANT ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION OF DATA COLLECTION
LO-3
TO COMPREHEND THE PUBLIC & MULTI-ACTOR STRUCTURE OF URBAN DESIGN AND SOLVE PROBLEMS IN EXAMPLES
LO-4
TO HAVE THE SKILLS TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION IN URBAN DESIGN
LO-5
TO HAVE ADEQUATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF URBAN DESIGN AND IT'S PROCESESS
LO-6
TO BE AWARE OF URBAN DESING / SPACE / SCALE
LO-7
TO HAVE THE SKILLS TO MAKE URBAN DESIGN ANALYSES
LO-8
TO HAVE THE SKILLS TO ORIENT THE URBAND DESIGN CONCEPT FOR THE BENEFIT OF SOCIO-CULTURAL STRUCTURE
