COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE IN URBAN DESIGN

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
URD 5108 CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE IN URBAN DESIGN ELECTIVE 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞEBNEM GÖKÇEN

Offered to

Urban Design
M.Sc. Urban Design

Course Objective

This course targets at introducing urban design students to a broad range of current and past practice of urban design in both national and international scale. It will do so through an examination and consideration of urban aesthetics, spatial quality and livability strategies in terms of urban design frameworks. The focus will be on current urban design practice, through which students will develop their design skills by geting involved in independent design tasks of their own.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To familiarize students with contemporary practices in urban design.
2   To provide opportunities for development of skills in urban analysis and development of urban design propositions.
3   To give the students the ability to interpret contemporary knowledge on urban design and its practice.
4   To enhance students' skills to bring specific solutions via design activity.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Rise of the design age
2 Contemporary Approaches and the Urban Design Agenda
3 Historical overview of form - function relationship Design exercise 1: urban form - silhouette - urban space analysis - explanation
4 Design Exercise 1: urban form - silhouette - urban space analysis
5 Design Exercise 1: urban form - silhouette - urban space analysis
6 Design Exercise 1: urban form - silhouette - urban space analysis - submission
7 Relationship between built environment and density Design Exercise 2: building codes - aesthetics analysis- explanation
8 Design Exercise 2: building codes - aesthetics analysis
9 Design Exercise 2: building codes - aesthetics analysis
10 Design Exercise 2: building codes - aesthetics analysis - submission
11 Relationship between Urban Infrastructure - Aesthetics - Public Space Value Design Exercise 3: urban furniture analysis - explanation
12 Design Exercise 3: urban furniture analysis
13 Design Exercise 3: urban furniture analysis
14 Design Exercise 3: urban furniture analysis - submission

Recomended or Required Reading

Larice, M. & McDonald, E. (2006) Urban Design Reader Routledge, UK.
Günay, B. (1999) Urban Design is a Public Policy. ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Yayınları, Ankara.
Lewis, S. (2005) Front to Back: Design Agenda for Urban Housing, Elsevier, Architectural Press, US.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture and project design format. All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and project design hours and take part in the discussion sessions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG 1 ASSIGNMENT 1
2 ASG 2 ASSIGNMENT 2
3 ASG 3 ASSIGNMENT 3
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG 1 + ASG 2 + ASG 3/3 * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG 1 + ASG 2 + ASG 3/3 * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Defining, understanding and analysis activities will be assessed by the case studies.
Critical analysis will be assessed by the final case study report.

Assessment Criteria

Defining and understanding activities will be assessed by the mid-term exam.
Analysis activities will be assessed by the homework.
Critical analysis will be assessed by the final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and project design hours and take part in the discussion sessions.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sebnem.gokcen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesdays 10:30- 12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 6 2 12
Case study 8 2 16
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 3 30 90
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

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

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