COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ŞEBNEM DÜNDAR

Offered to

M.Sc. Urban Design
Urban Design

Course Objective

This course intends to understand the theory and practice in urban design, to define the main approaches in theory of urban design, to explain the interdisciplinary position and importance of urban design within design disciplines from a retrospective standpoint and to question the current approaches in fostering the theory of urban design today.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Ellin, N. (1996). Postmodern Urbanism. Blackwell, Oxford, UK.
Madanipour, A. (1996a). Design of Urban Space: An Inquiry into a Socio-Spatial Process. Wiley and Sons, Chichester, USA.
Kahn, A. & Crawford, M (eds.) published introduction to Urban Design: Practices Pedagogies Premises, available on line at http://www.arch.columbia.edu/gsap-online/files/00/00/00/13100/Conference%20Program.pdf
Supplementary Book(s):
Trancik, R. (1986) Finding Lost Space. Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY, USA.
Günay, B. (1999). Urban Design is a Public Policy. METU Faculty of Architecture Press, Ankara.
Alexander, C., Neis, H., Anninou, A. & King, I. (1987). A New Theory of Urban Design. Oxford University Press, NY.
Sennett, R. (1999). Gözün Vicdanı: Kentin Tasarımı ve Toplumsal Yaşam. (S. Sertabiboğlu & C. Kurultay, Çev.) Ayrıntı Yayınları, Istanbul.
Lang, J. (1994). Urban Design: The American Experience. Van Noistrand Reinhold, NY, USA.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, discussions, readings.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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.

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

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sebnem.gokcen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesdays 10:30- 12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes