COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SPACE SYNTAX PRACTICES IN URBAN ENVIRONMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 2215 SPACE SYNTAX PRACTICES IN URBAN ENVIRONMENT ELECTIVE 0 3 0 6

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR EMINE DUYGU KAHRAMAN

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to learn how to read the city objectively, how to express and analyse the abstract characteristics of urban space concretely, how to express the physical structure of urban space mathematically and how to divide urban spaces into two different characters as integrated or separated. After counting pedestrians and vehicles in a selected application area, numerical analyses will be performed using the QGIS program - Space Syntax plug-in as an application tool. The application theme will change over the years in line with current developments.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To measure pedestrian and vehicle density in urban space (Analysis),
2   To quantify urban space and express it mathematically (Analysis),
3   To apply and visualise space syntax analysis with QGIS software (Analysis),
4   To evaluate and interpret the data collected within the framework of the issue (Synthesis),
5   To present the results (Homework Presentation).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of course content Explanation of the topic
2 Space Syntax Methods and Applications
3 Mathematical background of Space Syntax
4 QGIS - Creating roads, preparing for data collection Computer required.
5 QGIS - Creating roads, preparing for data collection Computer required.
6 Fieldwork - weekdays Field Trip
7 Fieldwork - Weekend Field Trip
8 Mid-Term Jury Computer required.
9 QGIS - Space syntax analysis Computer required.
10 QGIS - Space syntax analysis Computer required.
11 Evaluation of results Computer required.
12 Evaluation of results Computer required.
13 Presentations
14 Presentations
15 Final Jury

Recomended or Required Reading

Hillier, B. ve Hanson, J. (1984), The Social Logic of Space, Cambridge University Press
Van Nes, A., & Yamu, C. (2021). Introduction to space syntax in urban studies (p. 250). Springer Nature.
Van Nes, A., & Yamu, C. (2017). Space Syntax: A method to measure urban space related to social, economic and cognitive factors. In The virtual and the real in planning and urban design (pp. 136-150). Routledge.
Stavroulaki, I., Marcus, L., Pont, M. B., & Nilsson, L. C. S. (2017). Representations of street networks in space syntax towards flexible maps and multiple graphs. In 11th International Space Syntax Symposium, SSS 2017, Lisbon, Portugal, 3-7 July 2017 (Vol. 5, pp. 174-1).
Kahraman, E. D. (2015). Merkezi iş alanlarinda kentsel morfoloji ve arsa değerleri: Izmir örneği (Master's thesis, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü).
Kahraman, E. D., & Kubat, A. S. (2015). In the effects of accessibility factors on land values in the CBD of Izmir. In Proceedings of the 10th international space syntax symposium (pp. 92-1).
Kahraman, E. D., Çubukçu, E., Karasu, B., & TAŞÇI, M. (2017). Mosque use density and physical environmental characteristics around the mosques in historical and new development areas of Izmir, Turkey. Akdeniz Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 1(1), 94-108.
Ela, Ç. I. L. (2008). KULA TARIHSEL KENTININ YIRMINCI YÜZYILDAKI FIZIKSEL DÖNÜŞÜMÜNÜN MEKÂN DIZIM ANALIZIYLE INCELENMESI. Gazi Üniversitesi Mühendislik Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi, 23(2).
www.spacesyntax.net
http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/graduate/research/space/space-syntax

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course has content that blends field examination with digital opportunities. The course is 3 hours long and will be conducted practically. In the course, students will present their projects through 1 interim jury and 1 final jury.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ*1


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Analysis is measured by the Mid-Jury.
Synthesis and Presentation are measured by the Final Jury.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students will be expected to demonstrate expected outcomes in both group and individual work.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

duygu.kahraman@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 11:00-11:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 26 26
Preparation for final exam 1 26 26
Final 1 9 9
Midterm 1 9 9
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 148

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.45
LO.55

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