COURSE UNIT TITLE

: URBAN DESIGN PRINCIPLES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 3391 URBAN DESIGN PRINCIPLES 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 ŞEBNEM GÖKÇEN

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course intends to provide students the conceptual framework of urban design as an interdisciplinary field making up the urban landscape, to define urban design within its position and significance in holistic design, to explain the main principles of design as a major component shaping current cities and to question the economical, ecological, aesthetical and political dimensions of design.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To properly use the basic components of design through comprehension of urban design
2   To describe urban design principles for different categories of holistic design
3   To consider fundamental components of design in formation of townscape in contextual terms
4   To analyse the underlying context of design principles and the design process in terms of local/regional/national conditions
5   To evaluate the current approaches in urban design from a criticizing point of view

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Conceptual Framework in Urban Design
2 Development of Urban Design in Time
3 Theory and Practice of Urban Design in Europe and USA (end of 19th beginning of 20th centuries)
4 Urban Design Principles and Public Sphere
5 Urban Design Principles and Ecology
6 Urban Design Principles and Aesthetics - Placemaking
7 Urban Design Principles and Economy
8 Interim Exam
9 Urban Design as a Glocal Phenomenon - I: Capitals of Culture
10 Urban Design as a Glocal Phenomenon - II: Millenium Projects
11 New Discourses: Collaborative Urban Design and Planning Debates
12 New Urban Spaces: City Squares, Pedestrian Access, Carless City Centers
13 Design Principles: different cases
14 Design Principles: different cases
15 Preparation to the final exam
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Dündar, Ş. (2002) `Mekan Organizasyon Bilimlerinin Yeniden Yapılanmasında Bir Araç Olarak Kentsel Tasarım DEÜ. FBE., Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi, Ağustos 2002, Izmir.
Broadbent, G. (1996) Emerging Concepts in Urban Space Design, E and FN Spon, London.
Madanipour, A. (1996a). Design of Urban Space: An Inquiry into a Socio-Spatial Process. Wiley and Sons, Chichester, USA, pp.141-145.
Ellin, N. (1996). Postmodern Urbanism. Blackwell, Oxford, UK.
Günay, B. (1999) Urban Design is a Public Policy, METU Faculty of Architecture Press. s.10-34.
Jacobs, A. B. (1999). Great Streets. MIT Press, USA.
Kasprisin, R. & Pettinari, J. (1990) Visual Thinking for Architects and Designers: Visualizing Context in Design. Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY.
Katz, P. (1994). The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community. McGraw-Hill, Inc.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course consists of lectures, presentations and reading activities.

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

Proper use and Description of urban design principles are assessed by the Interim Exam.
Consideration and Analysis of urban design are assessed by the Term Paper.
Evaluation of current approaches in urban design is assessed by the Final Exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sebnem.gokcen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 09.30-10:30; Friday 09:30-10:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 7 2 14
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 3 3
Preparation for Final Exam 1 7 7
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 12 12
Final exam 1 2 2
Midterm exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 64

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.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.51