COURSE UNIT TITLE

: STREETS FOR PEOPLE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
URD 5136 STREETS FOR PEOPLE 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 HÜLYA KOÇ

Offered to

Urban Design
M.Sc. Urban Design

Course Objective

This course aims to study organizational, technical and aesthetic aspects of developing livable streets and design principles of them by examining case studies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students, will be able to define the characteristics and features of livable streets,
2   will be able to list user groups and their needs on public urban spaces,
3   will be able to describe the design principles of livable streets,
4   will be able to apply the design principles of livable streets to practice,
5   will be able to analyze the success of the practice.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Defining the framework of the course; Livable streets as public spaces
2 Accessible streets for all, human needs in the context of accessibility and livability.
3 Recent approaches to street design.
4 Pedestrian streets, livable streets, democratic streets, design principles, examples
5 Traffic calming, design principles, examples
6 Woonerfs, design principles, examples
7 Homezones, design principles, examples
8 Mid-term Examination
9 Examples of design guidelines on street design
10 Examples of design guidelines on street design
11 Analysis of case studies
12 Analysis of case studies
13 Homework/Submission/Presentation
14 Homework/Submission/Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Book(s):
- Appleyard, Donald (1981): Livable Streets, University of California Press, Berkeley.
- Brambilla, Roberto& G.Longo: (1977): For Pedestrians Only, Whitney Library of Design, New York.
-Rudofsky, Bernard( 1982): Streets for People, Van Nostrand Reinhold. Scarborough.
- Carr, Stephen, Mark Francis; G.Leanne Rivlin, M.Andrew Stone (1992): Public Space, Cambridge University Press.
- Marcus, Clare Cooper&Carolyn Francis eds. (1990): People Places Design Guidelines for Urban Open Space, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
- Moudon, Anne Vernez ed. (1987): Public Streets for Public Use, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
-Essex County Council (2006): Designing for Pedestrians, BRE Press.
- Department of Transport (2007)Manual for Streets, Thomas Telford Publishing, London
- Engwitch, David (1999): Street Reclaiming, New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island BC.
References: Web sources will be used.
Materials: Visual sources will also be used

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures. Students will learn topics by attending and listening the lectures. Homeworks will be given to students in 2nd Week and they will be asked to prepare their homeworks on the subjects given to them.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + RST * 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining and Listing (Knowledge) will be measured by Midterm Examination
Describing (Comprehension) and Applying (Application) will be measured by Termpaper and Presentation
Analyzing (Analysis) will be measured by Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hulya.koc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday: 9.30-10.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 2 22
Case study 2 2 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 5 50
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 170

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