COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR EBRU ÇUBUKÇU

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

Students would be able to simulate a real setting or a hypothetical designed environment via computer simulation software. The simulated environment could be freely explored in real time by potential users as if they are in a real setting. The students would explore how potential users perceive the simulated environments. Upon completion of the course students would understand the factors influencing people s environmental perception and environmental preference. Also upon completion of the course, the students would be encouraged to use computer simulation techniques not as a presentation technique solely, rather a design tool to improve the quality of design by understanding people s environmental perception.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Lynch, K., (1960) The image of the city. Cambridge , MA :MIT
Nasar, J. L. (1998) The evaluative image of the city. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks , London .
Arthur, P. and Passini, R. (1992) Wayfinding, people, signs and architecture. NY:McGraw Hill.
Stanney, K. M. (2002) Handbook of virtual environments: Design, implementation and applications. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, computer applications.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ebru.cubukcu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 09:30 12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes