COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ŞEBNEM GÖKÇEN

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course intends to provide students the conceptual framework of urban design as an interdisciplinary field making up the urban landscape, to define urban design within its position and significance in holistic design, to explain the main principles of design as a major component shaping current cities and to question the economical, ecological, aesthetical and political dimensions of design.

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

Dündar, Ş. (2002) `Mekan Organizasyon Bilimlerinin Yeniden Yapılanmasında Bir Araç Olarak Kentsel Tasarım DEÜ. FBE., Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi, Ağustos 2002, Izmir.
Broadbent, G. (1996) Emerging Concepts in Urban Space Design, E and FN Spon, London.
Madanipour, A. (1996a). Design of Urban Space: An Inquiry into a Socio-Spatial Process. Wiley and Sons, Chichester, USA, pp.141-145.
Ellin, N. (1996). Postmodern Urbanism. Blackwell, Oxford, UK.
Günay, B. (1999) Urban Design is a Public Policy, METU Faculty of Architecture Press. s.10-34.
Jacobs, A. B. (1999). Great Streets. MIT Press, USA.
Kasprisin, R. & Pettinari, J. (1990) Visual Thinking for Architects and Designers: Visualizing Context in Design. Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY.
Katz, P. (1994). The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community. McGraw-Hill, Inc.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course consists of lectures, presentations and reading activities.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Proper use and Description of urban design principles are assessed by the Interim Exam.
Consideration and Analysis of urban design are assessed by the Term Paper.
Evaluation of current approaches in urban design is assessed by the Final Exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sebnem.gokcen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 09.30-10:30; Friday 09:30-10:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes