COURSE UNIT TITLE

: STREETS FOR PEOPLE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
URD 5136 STREETS FOR PEOPLE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ILGI ATAY KAYA

Offered to

Urban Design
M.Sc. Urban Design

Course Objective

This course aims to study organizational, technical and aesthetic aspects of developing livable streets and design principles of them by examining case studies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students, will be able to define the characteristics and features of livable streets,
2   will be able to list user groups and their needs on public urban spaces,
3   will be able to describe the design principles of livable streets,
4   will be able to apply the design principles of livable streets to practice,
5   will be able to analyze the success of the practice.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Defining the framework of the course; Livable streets as public spaces
2 Accessible streets for all, human needs in the context of accessibility and livability.
3 Recent approaches to street design.
4 Pedestrian streets, livable streets, democratic streets, design principles, examples
5 Traffic calming, design principles, examples
6 Woonerfs, design principles, examples
7 Homezones, design principles, examples
8 Methods in researches analyzing street quality
9 Examples of design guidelines on street design
10 Examples of design guidelines on street design
11 Analysis of case studies
12 Analysis of case studies
13 Homework Submission and Presentation
14 Homework Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Book(s):
- Appleyard, Donald (1981): Livable Streets, University of California Press, Berkeley.
- Brambilla, Roberto& G.Longo: (1977): For Pedestrians Only, Whitney Library of Design, New York.
-Rudofsky, Bernard( 1982): Streets for People, Van Nostrand Reinhold. Scarborough.
- Carr, Stephen, Mark Francis; G.Leanne Rivlin, M.Andrew Stone (1992): Public Space, Cambridge University Press.
- Marcus, Clare Cooper&Carolyn Francis eds. (1990): People Places Design Guidelines for Urban Open Space, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
- Moudon, Anne Vernez ed. (1987): Public Streets for Public Use, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
-Essex County Council (2006): Designing for Pedestrians, BRE Press.
- Department of Transport (2007)Manual for Streets, Thomas Telford Publishing, London
- Engwitch, David (1999): Street Reclaiming, New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island BC.
References: Web sources will be used.
Materials: Visual sources will also be used

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures, discussions, readings. Students will learn topics by attending and listening the lectures, and participating in the discussions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.40 +PAR * 0.10 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 +PAR * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining and Listing (Knowledge), Describing (Comprehension), and Applying (Application) will be measured by Homework/Presentation and Class Participation.
Analyzing (Analysis) will be measured by Final Research paper submission.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

It is essential to comply with the principles of academic honesty within the course. Attendance is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ilgi.kaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 10:30 - 12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 2 22
Case study 2 2 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 5 50
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 170

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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