COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONCEPT OF URBAN DESIGN

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
URD 5133 CONCEPT OF URBAN DESIGN ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR EBRU ÇUBUKÇU

Offered to

Course Objective

Urban design is a multi-disciplinary process to shape the physical setting in an urban context to meet the needs, desires of people with certain lifestyles. Knowledge from
various disciplines needs to be blend together to make urban areas functional and attractive. This course aims to discuss the connections between people and places and
parameters related to place-making to transform spaces to places with distinct beauty and identity.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand the importance of exploring the relationship between human behaviour qand physical setting
2   Understand the parameters related to environmental image, environmental aesthetics, urban identity
3   Being able to compare basic design concepts and urban design concepts
4   Being able to criticize empirical research on human behaviour and physical setting

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Perspectives towards urban design (in search of theory)
2 Place versus space
3 The image of environment versus the evaluative image of environment
4 Measurable concepts of environmental aesthetic
5 Parameters related to place attachment, identity, and perception of security
6 Environmental affordances and environmental behavior
7 Urban design concepts relation to concepts of basic design
8 Handing in homework assignments
9 Discussion of readings and design a simple research on one of the discussed issues
10 Discussion of readings and design a simple research on one of the discussed issues
11 Discussion of readings and design a simple research on one of the discussed issues
12 Discussion of readings and design a simple research on one of the discussed issues
13 Discussion of readings and write up a research paper
14 Discussion of readings and write up a research paper

Recomended or Required Reading

Lynch, K., (1960) The image of the city. Cambridge , MA :MIT
Nasar, J. L. (1998) The evaluative image of the city. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks , London .
Nasar, J. L. (1992) Environmental Aesthetics: Theory, research and applications. 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press. USA .
Jacobs J. (1961) The Death and Life of Great American Cities New York: Random House Bacon E. N. (1976) Design of Cities. Penguin Books Ltd. England
Lang J. (1987) Creating Architectural Theory: The Role of the Behavioral Sciences in Environmental Design Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Christopher A., Silverstein M., Ishikawa S. (1977) A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction. Oxford University Press, USA

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ebru.cubukcu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesdays 11:00- 12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 7 2 14
Field study 2 50 100
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 142

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

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