COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CITY PLANNING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 4003 CITY PLANNING COMPULSORY 2 1 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÖZDE EKŞIOĞLU ÇETINTAHRA

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

This course aims to explain and introduce the concepts and techniques related to urban planning, and to provide architecture students with both a theoretical and practical understanding of urban design principles by enabling them to experience these through a sample study area.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to define urbanization processes (Description),
2   To list urban land-use types and urban systems (Listing),
3   To interpret development conditions by understanding zoning plans and plan notes (Analysis),
4   To recognize analytical methods used in the planning process (Synthesis),
5   To design an urban area by applying planning and urban design tools (Interpretation).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. Course introduction, basics of urbanism The project topic will be assigned. Students will choose their project areas and analysis groups.
2 2. Intersection of architecture and urban planning, emergence of urban design After the theoretical presentations, project critique will be provided.
3 3. Planning and urban design in the world and Turkey After the theoretical presentations, project critique will be provided.
4 4. Urban land-use types, urban systems, analyses and tools After the theoretical presentations, project critique will be provided.
5 5. Fundamental technical instruments of planning: Building and population distributions, total building coverage ratio (TAKS), building area ratio (KAKS), development conditions After the theoretical presentations, project critique will be provided.
6 6. Reading plans through examples After the theoretical presentations, project critique will be provided.
7 7. Midterm Exam
8 8. Project critiques
9 9. Project critiques
10 10. Project critiques
11 11. Project critiques
12 12. Project critiques
13 13. Project presentations
14 14. Project presentations
15 15. Final jury week

Recomended or Required Reading

-Watson, Platus, Shibley, 2003, Time Saver Standards for Urban Design, Mc. Graw Hill
-Lynch, K. 1984, Good City Form, MIT Press
-Alexander, Neis, Anninou, and King (1987) A New Theory of Urban Design
-Kostof, S. (1992) The city assembled Thames and Hudson, London

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is structured to provide theoretical grounding through lectures, presentations, and readings, while its practical component is carried out through a project assignment that substitutes for conventional homework.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + FINS * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm Exam %30
Assignment Submission / Presentation %30
Final Exam %40

Assessment Criteria

Listing and Explaining activities are assessed by the Interim Exam.
Having knowledge of and Defining activities are assessed by the Term Project.
Formulating designs is assessed by the Final Exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course is designed as both theoretical and practical, prosessing through in-class lectures and project evaluations. Beginning in the second week, the semester project will be introduced to the sutdents, who are expected to develop sketch studies related to the assigned topic and receive critiques of these sketches within classroom setting. With the selected project, students will be required to engage in both group work (analysis and synthesis) and individual work (design and project presentation).

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gozde.eksioglu@deu.edu.tr, levent.unverdi@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 12:00 - 13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 1 15
Tutorials 15 1 15
Preparation about subject 12 1 12
Preparing assignments 1 17 17
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Final 1 6 6
Midterm 1 6 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.15
LO.25
LO.355
LO.455
LO.5555

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