COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FURNISHING THE CITY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
URD 5127 FURNISHING THE CITY 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

Offered to

Urban Design
M.Sc. Urban Design

Course Objective

This course aims at providing detailed information on street furniture components that carry specific importance in the revitalization of urban outdoor spaces, strengthening the image of the settlement and enhancing the public life. Within the scope of the course, not only the street furniture in the form of bench, bollard, bicycle stand, litter bin, etc. but also the city art in the form of drawings, images, graffiti, photos and sculptures that satisfy the visual and aesthetic demands and inspire the user groups will be focused on.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students will be able to list the design components of urban outdoor spaces,
2   will be able to identify the user needs and design principles of street furniture,
3   will be able to interpret the significance of street furniture in the revitalisation of urban outdoor spaces,
4   will be able to relate the local characteristics and the use of street furniture and city arts,
5   will be able to criticise the existing situation of street furniture in Turkish.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General Information about the course content. Design Components of Urban Outdoor Spaces-I
2 Components used for the satisfaction of physical needs, Street Furniture
3 Design criteria of street furniture-I Students will determine the topic of the homework and will submit the title and the content of the research.
4 Design criteria of street furniture-II
5 Design Components of Urban Outdoor Spaces-II
6 The emergence of City Art in the satisfaction of visual needs
7 Evaluating the Use of Street Furniture and City Art Elements in National and in International Scales-I
8 Evaluating the Use of Street Furniture and City Art Elements in National and in International Scales-II
9 Evaluating the Use of Street Furniture and City Art Elements in National and in International Scales-III
10 Draft presentation of the analysis done by the students related with their homework, discussions on the findings-I
11 Draft presentation of the analysis done by the students related with their homework, discussions on the findings-II
12 Homework Presentation
13 Critics on the homework presentations, revisions and suggestions
14 Discussions over reading list and visual material
15 Final Examination Week - Presentation and Report Submission

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s) : Aaron, H. (1980), Street Furniture, Shire Publications
Supplementary Book(s) : Malt, H.L. (1977), Furnishing the City, New York, McGraw-Hill
References : Große, J. (2008), Urban Art Photography
Cullen, G. (1995), The Concise Townscape, Architectural Press
Materials : Other readings related to the course

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures aided by visual material and the students will learn topics by attending the lectures. Homework assignments will be prepared in accordance with the course content and presented individually by the students.

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Listing, Identifying, Interpreting and Summarising will be measured by Homework and Research.
Criticising will be measured by Presentation and Report.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through lectures and discussions over reading list.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ahu.dalgakiran@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 10.00-10.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 4 5 20
Field study 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 40 40
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 140

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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