COURSE UNIT TITLE

: URBAN DESIGN PRACTICE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
URD 5129 URBAN DESIGN PRACTICE ELECTIVE 0 4 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Urban design practice is a crucial part of urban design education. This course aims at
developing urban design skills of students on various area-based approaches. Within the
context of this course, students will be able to work on different subject areas and
projects.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Will be able to list different design scales and approaches (knowledge)
2   Will be able to design projects in urban scale (application)
3   Will be able to solve the problems of quality of urban life (analyse, synthese
4   Will be able to elaborate the projects (application)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 WEEK 1 Explanation of the project subject and discussing its importance.
2 WEEK 2 Definition of design guide and research of design guide examples. Establishment of working groups.
3 WEEK 3 On-site (in Birgi) detection studies, collection of sample settlement identity values. List of urban settlement characteristics.
4 WEEK 4 Compilation of the settlement findings collected from the field as a source for the settlement design guide. Transferring written and drawn documents.
5 WEEK 5 I. Interim Jury / Midterm Presenting the compiled settlement findings as a source for the settlement design guide.
6 WEEK 6 Creating the design guide content format specifically for Birgi. Creating section / subsection titles, content studies.
7 WEEK 7 Discussions on design guide proposals.
8 WEEK 8 Discussions on design guide proposals.
9 WEEK 9 Preparation and completion of the layout design guide proposal.
10 WEEK 10 II. Interim Jury / Project Interim Delivery
11 WEEK 11 Discussions on design guide proposals, revision studies and completion of deficiencies.
12 WEEK 12 Discussions on design guide proposals, revision studies and completion of deficiencies.
13 WEEK 13 Discussions on design guide proposals, revision studies and completion of deficiencies.
14 WEEK 14 Discussions on design guide proposals, revision studies and completion of deficiencies.
15 WEEK 15 FINAL JURY / Presentation of all term papers

Recomended or Required Reading

All descriptive, guiding data and document; and administrative and legislative aspects
the subject of the project requires.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

In context of area-based projects, students will obtain the required information within
group work. After having obtained the necessary data and documents the synthesis works
and projects will be carried on by the students individually.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRJ * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

There will be at least two urban design practices. Each practice will be evaluated in
equal ratios.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

The course aims to cover at least two projects. Therefore, at the first phase of each
project, there will be an analysis and research part relative to the problem area and
subject. In the second phase, the obtained data will be analyzed as to fit the
identified topic frameworks and be elaborately deciphered in context of the synthesis
work held. Oral and written material will be realized with the help of all sorts of
data and documents obtained and this will be followed by a project proposal to fit all
the required criteria.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

tolga.cilingir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10.00-11.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 12 4 48
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 1 10
Preparing assignments 1 6 6
Preparing presentations 3 6 18
Preparation for midterm exam 2 7 14
Reading 1 3 3
Design Project 3 12 36
Preparation for final exam 1 7 7
Field study 2 4 8
Midterm 2 4 8
Final 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 162

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.311
LO.41

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