COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DESIGN FOR ALL

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 2396 DESIGN FOR ALL ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HÜLYA KOÇ

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

Design for all approach is the intervention on the built environment accessible to everyone, conceived and without being dependent on anyone, will be available in a natural fashion. The aim of this course is to gain the necessary understanding and skills required for design for all approach.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students, 1.will be able to define the concept of design for all
2   2. will be able to list the principles of design for all, universal design and inclusive design
3   3. will be able to describe the means of the principles of design for all in practice
4   4. will be able to apply the design for all principles to design products and spatial arrangements in appropriate scales.
5   5. will be able to analyze an existing design product in terms of suitability to principles of design for all.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Presentation of course objectives and contents. Discussing the relationship between different user needs and design
2 Definitions of design for all, universal design and inclusive design
3 Design for all - history and regulations
4 Design for all - content
5 Design for all - principles
6 Design for all - principles
7 Mid term Examination
8 Applying design for all principles to design products and spatial arrangements
9 Applying design for all principles to design products and spatial arrangements
10 User needs in existing built environments, analysis, findings, and proposals
11 User needs in existing built environments, analysis, findings, and proposal
12 Presenting and discussing of homeworks
13 Presenting and discussing of homeworks
14 Presenting and discussing of homeworks

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Evcil, Ayşe Nilay (2014): Herkes Için Tasarım - Evrensel Tasarım, Boğaziçi Yayınları, Istanbul.
Supplementary Book(s):
TMMOB Mimarlar Odası, Mimarlık dergisi, Dosya: Tasarıma Kapsayıcı Yaklaşım, sayı: 347, Mayıs-Haziran 2009, http://www.mimarlarodasi.org.tr/mimarlikdergisi
The EIDD Stockholm Declaration 2004, http://www.designforalleurope.org/
The City of Calgary (2010): Universal Design Handbook, Building Accessible and Inclusive Environments,
http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/CNS/Documents/universal_design_handbook.pdf
Sacramento Transportation&Air Quality Collaborative (2005): Best Practices for Universal Design, http://www.sacta.org/pdf/STAQC/FinalReportII_BPUniversalDesign.pdf
References:
Materials: Web sources, design guidelines, handbooks, examples of best practices.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be sustained with lectures, visual presentations, homework presentations and discussions. Homework assignments will be prepared in accordance with the course content and presented by the students.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTE * 0.50 + ASG * 0.50
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining, listing and describing, will be measured by Midterm Examination,
Applying and analyzing will be measured by Homework,
Describing, defining, listing and analyzing will be measured by Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students will prepare a comprehensive report chosen among the course contents.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hulya.koc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday: 10.30-11.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 2 16
Tutorials 2 2 4
Student Presentations 3 2 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 7 1 7
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 72

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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