COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TOWNSCAPE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
URD 5135 TOWNSCAPE 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 aims at giving information about the elements of landscape as well as
townscape which overlap on certain issues such as vegetation, street furniture, visual
aspects of towns, use of water, vegetation, aesthetic elements, etc. and to focus on
the principles concerned with their use.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to define the components of urban identity (knowledge)
2   will be able to list the elements of townscape
3   will be able to identify the use of water, vegetation, aesthetic elements,
4   will be able to interpret the impact of townscape elements on user groups
5   will be able to develop appropriate solutions in strengthening the urban identity

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Urban Identity: components, discussions, elements, disputes. How urban design projects contribute to urban identity
2 Visual elements of the city: perception and its place in design (a brief summary), elements of Lynch, and relations to identity as well as to design
3 Use of water in urban design projects
4 Use of vegetation in urban design projects
5 Urban aesthetics. Definitions and its use in project work
6 Land form and grading: land plastics
7 Roads, paths, trails: design principles of communication networks
8 Urban accessories: monuments, bridges, infrastructure elements, etc.
9 Urban space formation: squares, roads and other elements of space
10 Midterm Examination
11 Urban texture and questions related to conservation, design guides. Use of colour in towns, balance and variety in design
12 The historical environment and conservation, Integration of buildings, car parks, and activity spaces to the landscape
13 Field survey, researches in public institutions
14 Homework Presentation
15 Final Examination

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s) : Lynch, K. (1960), The Image of the City, Publication
of the Joint Center for Urban Studies
Supplementary Book(s): Banerjee, T. and Southworth, M. (eds) (1995), City Sense and
City Design Writings and Projects of Kevin Lynch, MIT Press
References : Cullen, G. (1995), The Concise Townscape,
Architectural Press
Treib, M. (1992), Modern Landscape
Architecture: A Critical Review
McCluskey, J. (1992), Road Form and
Townscape, Architectural Press
Rapoport, A. (1977), Human Aspects of
Urban Form, Pergamon Press
Materials : Other readings related to the course

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures 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 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Interpreting and Developing will be measured by Homework Assignments/Presentation.
Defining, Listing and Identifying will be measured by Final Examination.

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)

tolga.cilingir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10.30-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Reading 3 5 15
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Field study 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 7 84
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 171

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

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