COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DESIGN OF CITY CENTERS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
URD 5176 DESIGN OF CITY CENTERS 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

Offered to

Urban Design
M.Sc. Urban Design

Course Objective

This course focuses on study of historical evolution of city centers, traditional and
modern centers, activities in city centers, activity linkages, characteristics of the
city core, spatial structure of city centers, problems and trends in processes of
change in city centers. Within such a context, the course intends to reveal the
changing context of city centers throughout history. In this respect, the course deals
with the city center as a structure, which is determined by change, but which, at the
same time, is one of the fundamental dynamics that cause change.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to define concept of city centers (knowledge)
2   will be able to analyse the changing context of city centers throughout history. (analyse and knowledge)
3   will be able to consider the city centers in context of the different tools of planning. (analyse and knowledge)
4   will be able to compare typlologies of traditional, modern and post modern city centers (knowledge)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Theoritical approach to the centre of cities. A general approach to the concept of city center and a detailed consideration of the concept of city center.
2 The changing context of city centers throughout history. City centers that are to restructure in context of the changing character of cities. A look at world experience.
3 The changing context of city centers throughout history. City centers that are to restructure in context of the changing character of cities. A look at world experience. Homework assignment related to case study
4 The changing context of city centers throughout history. City centers that are to restructure in context of the changing character of cities. A look at world experience.
5 Analysis of the phenomenon of modern city centers in terms of their functions and forms.
6 Analysis of the phenomenon of modern city centers in terms of their functions and forms.
7 Transition from the modern city center to the post modern city centers. Discussions on the world experience.
8 Transition from the modern city center to the post modern city centers. Discussions on the world experience.
9 Midterm Exam and Homework Assessments
10 Planning models for city centers and strategies to provide for vailable space within the center.
11 Consideration of the city centers in context of the different tools of planning (conservation, renewal and redevelopment).
12 Consideration of the city centers in context of the different tools of planning (conservation, renewal and redevelopment).
13 Evaluation of city centers in terms of urban public life. The context of being a place of transition. Discussions of different experiences on national and international scales.
14 Evaluation of city centers in terms of urban public life. The context of being a place of transition. Discussions of different experiences on national and international scales.
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Centers for the Urban Environment, by Gruen V., Van Nostrand Reinhold Press
City Centre Redevelopment, by Alexander I., (Ed. Diamond D., Mc. Loughlin J.B.),
Pergamon Press, 1974
Alışveriş Merkezleri, Çok Amaçlı Ticaret, Çarşı Yapılarının Gelişimi ve Tasarım
Ilkeleri, Sencer Ayhan, DEÜ Mühendislik-Mimarlık Fakültesi, Izmir, 1987
Urban Design Downtown, Poetics and Politics of Form, Press, 1998
City Centre Planning & Public Transport, by Simpson B.J. Van Nostrand Reinhold Press
Marketing the City, by Smyth H., E&FF Spon press, 1994

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given in lectures.

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment will be based on studies held during the semester and on the project
averages.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

This course focuses on study of historical evolution of city centers, traditional and
modern centers, activities in city centers, activity linkages, characteristics of the
city core, spatial structure of city centers, problems and trends in processes of
change in city centers.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

tolga.cilingir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10.00-11.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Field study 2 8 16
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Web Search and Library Research 1 10 10
Reading 3 10 30
Preparing presentations 1 14 14
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 165

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.311
LO.411

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