COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANALYSIS OF RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
URD 5119 ANALYSIS OF RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS 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 to develop the sensitivity of the urban design student about healthier and livable housiing environments. The course covers natural, social, and built aspects of residential districts and focuses on user needs. During the course the examination of potentials and problems will be handled in different cases. The problems on adequate housing and design elements of the qualified, healthier and livable communities will be
discussed. New inclines toward solutions and new design approaches will be put on the agenda.

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 residential areas
2   will be able to list the needs of people in a sustainable community,
3   will be able to describe the design principles of a sustainable community,
4   will be able to interprete the principles 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 Discussing the indicators of Quality of Life for a healthy community
2 Examining of the qualities and indicators of livable communities
3 Examining of the qualities and indicators of livable communities
4 Design elements of the qualified, healthier and livable communities
5 Discussing the possibilities and constraints of housing areas built by different modes of supply in Izmir
6 Discussing the possibilities and constraints of housing areas built by different modes of supply in Izmir
7 Midterm Examination
8 Livable communities design principles
9 Livable communities design principles
10 Studying the spatial and social charactersitics of the residential districts of Izmir
11 Studying the spatial and social charactersitics of the residential districts of Izmir
12 Studying the spatial and social charactersitics of the residential districts of Izmir
13 Discussion on the future actions about residential development
14 Discussion on the future actions about residential development

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Book(s):
-Kirschenmann, J.C.and C.Muschalek (1980): Residential Districts, Whitney Library of Design.
-Clare Cooper Marcus&Wendy Sarkissian (1986): Housing as if People Mattered, University of California Press.
-Koç, Hülya (2001):Cumhuriyet Döneminde Izmir'de Sosyal Konut ve Toplu Konut Uygulamaları, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Mimarlık Fakültesi, Yayın No: MIMF-01-DK-003, Izmir
References: Web sources will be used.
Materials: Written and visual materials.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures. Students will learn topics by attending and listening the lectures. Homeworks will be given to students in second week and they will be asked to prepare their homeworks on the subjets given to them.

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 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.40 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining and Listing will be measured by Midterm Examination
Describing and Interpreting will ve measured by Homework
Analyzing will be measured by Final Examination

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hulya.koc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday: 9.30-10.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 143

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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