COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CITIES AND ARCHITECTURE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 3006 CITIES AND ARCHITECTURE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞEBNEM GÖKÇEN

Offered to

Architecture
City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The course is expected to introduce the student the concept of cities and relations with architecture and design
2   To focus on historical background on the formation of urban environments and planning
3   To give the students the ability to be informed of and interpret the holistic aspects of urban design principles
4   To provide the students with a critical perspective on formation of townscape.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Conceptual framework and introduction
2 Brief history on theory and practice of design of cities I
3 Brief history on theory and practice of design of cities II
4 Rise of the urban and urban macroforms
5 Globalization and the city
6 Design of cities housing
7 Interim Exam
8 Design of cities - Transportation - I
9 Design of cities - Transportation - II
10 Design of cities - Parks and open green spaces
11 Design of cities - pedestrian spaces
12 Design of cities - shopping centers
13 Design of cities - Urban competitiveness
14 In-class presentations - I
15 In-class presentations - II

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s)/References/Materials:
Textbook(s):
Supplementary Book(s):
References:
Aravot, I. Back to Phenomenological Placemaking. Journal of Urban Design, 7/2 (2002): 201-212.
Barnet, Jonathan. The Way We Were, the Way We Are: The Theory and Practice of Designing Cites since 1956 Urban Design (Eds. Alex Krieger & William S. Saunders), University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, USA. (2009): 101-109.
Carmona, Mathew., Tiesdell, Steve. der. Urban Design Reader. Oxford, UK, 2007.
Carmona, Mathew. The Place-shaping Continuum: A Theory of Urban Design Process Journal of Urban Design, 19(1) (2014): 2-36.
Chapman, David & Larkham Peter. Urban Design: Myth or Reality Urban Design Journal, April 54 (1995): 7-9.
Cuthbert, Alexander. R. The Form of Cites: Political Economy and Urban Design. Oxford:Blackwell, 2006.
Ellin, Nan. Postmodern Urbanism. Blackwell, Oxford, UK, 1996.
Ellis, Clif. The New Urbanism: Critiques and Rebutals Journal of Urban Design, 7(3) (2002): 261-291.
Friedmann, John. Place and Place-Making in Cites: A Global Perspective Planning Theory & Practice, 11(2) (2010): 149-165.
George, R. Varkki. A Procedural Explanation of Contemporary Urban Design Journal of Urban Design, 2(2) (1997):143-161
Krieger, Alex & Saunders, William S.(2009) Urban Design. (Eds.) University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, London.
Larice, M. & Mcdonald, E. (2006) The Urban Design Reader , Routledge, UK.
Madanipour, Ali. Design of Urban Space An Inquiry into a Socio-Spatial Process (London, John Wiley), 1996.
Madanipour, Ali. Ambiguities of Urban Design , Town Planning Review, 68(3), (1997): 363 383.
Montgomery, John. Making a City: Urbanity, vitality and urban design . Journal of Urban Design, 3, 1998-1, (1998): 93-116.
Talen, Emily. Sense of Community and Neighbourhood Form: An Assessment of the Social Doctrine of New Urbanism Urban Studies, 36(8) (1999): 1361 1379.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Introduction and training is assessed by the Interim Exam.
Analysis and Interpretation is assessed by the Term Paper.
Skill development and critical thinking is assessed by the Final Exam.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PAR PARTICIPATION
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.20 + PAR * 0.05 + FINS * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.20 + PAR * 0.05 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria


Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

No plagiarism in preparation of the howeworks.
Participation in class is appreciated.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sebnem.gokcen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 11:45 - 12:15

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Tutorials 2 2 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 7 2 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 12 12
Preparing presentations 1 16 16
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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