COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AESTHETICS SPACE AND URBAN DESIGN

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
URD 5088 AESTHETICS SPACE AND URBAN DESIGN ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞEBNEM GÖKÇEN

Offered to

Urban Design
M.Sc. Urban Design

Course Objective

This course aims at defining the fundamental components of aesthetics, conceiving of space as an aethetic product, explaining the dynamics of aesthetic taste and behaviour as an integrated part of spatial formation, analysing the design policies that shape urban space and criticizing the aesthetical approaches behind.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To list he onthological components of aesthetics (Knowledge),
2   To describe the contemporary development of spatial formation in terms of aesthetical approaches (Comprehension),
3   To interprete the relations between place-making principles and aesthetics (Application),
4   To relate political approaches with urban aesthetics (Analysis).
5   To critically analyse design control and the theory of urban design (Evaluation).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introductory knowledge: aesthetics as science
2 Introductory knowledge: aesthetics as science
3 Introductory knowledge: aesthetics as science
4 Relationship between space and aesthetics
5 History of aesthetics and space
6 History of aesthetics and space
7 In-class presentation of the draft paper
8 Search for quality in urban space
9 Design control and aesthetics
10 Design control and aesthetics
11 Design control and theory of urban design
12 Aesthetization of daily life
13 Contemporary urban aesthetics
14 In-class presentation of the final paper

Recomended or Required Reading

Tunalı, I. (1979). Estetik Metin Yayınevi, Istanbul s. 117-131.
Madanipour, A. (1996). Design of Urban Space: An Inquiry into a Socio-Spatial Process. Wiley and Sons, Chichester, USA, pp.155-183
Göksu, E. (1996). Mekanın Fantazmagorilerini Çözmek Ideoloji, Erk, ve Mimarlık Sempozyumu 11-13 Nisan 1996, D.E.Ü. Mim. Fak. Mim. Bl., Izmir, s.121-129.
Carmona, M. (1996a). Controlling Urban Design Part 1: Possible Renaissance Journal of Urban Design, 1(1), 47-73.
Carmona, M. (1996b). Controlling Urban Design Part 2: Realizing the Potential. Journal of Urban Design, 1(2), 179-200.
Carmona, M. (1998a). Design Control Bridging the Professional Divide, Part 1: A New Framework.. Journal of Urban Design, 3(1), 175-200.
Carmona, M. (1998b). Design Control Bridging the Professional Divide, Part 2: A New Consensus. Journal of Urban Design, 3(2), 331-358.
Tekeli, I. (1993b). Bir Kentsel Tasarım Kuramının Geliştirilmesi Üzerine Düşünceler. EgeMimarlık, 93/1-2, 53-58.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures, discussions, readings. Students will learn topics by attending and listening the lectures.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRS PRESENTATION
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRS * 0.50 + ASG * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Listing (Knowledge), Describing (Comprehension) and Interpreting (Application) will be measured by Homework
Relating (Analysis) and critically analyzing (Evaluation) will be measured by Final Research paper submission.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sebnem.gokcen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10:30 - 12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture 12 2 24
In-class presentation of the draft paper 1 2 2
In-class presentation of the final paper 1 2 2
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 48 48
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 10 4 40
Preparation for final presentation 1 25 25
Preparation for draft presentation 1 25 25
Final submission of the research paper 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 168

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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

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