COURSE UNIT TITLE

: URBAN FORM AND FUNCTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
URD 5065 URBAN FORM AND FUNCTION 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

PROFESSOR EMINE IPEK ÖZBEK SÖNMEZ

Offered to

Urban Design
M.Sc. Urban Design

Course Objective

The goal of this course is to introduce students the relevant theories, models, and approaches that evaluate the urban form. The course covers theories regarding the internal spatial arrangement and functioning of cities; and factors influencing urban spatial structure over time

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to define different theoretical approaches that evaluate urban form.
2   Students will be able to explain the factors that influence urban spatial structure.
3   Students will be able to define different methods of urban form analysis
4   Students will be able to analyse urban form by different approaches.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is Urban Form The Elements of Urban Form
2 THEORIES OF URBAN FORM: THE NORMATIVE MODELS Cosmological Model: Early Cities in China, India and Meso America
3 Functionalist/Machine Model: The Egyptian Workers Cities, The Greek Colonial City; Spanish Towns, Early American Towns, Suburbs
4 Organic Model:Patrick Gedes, Ebenezer Howard, Comparisions of Different Models of Urban Form
5 Decriptive and Functional Theories on Urban Form: Reading the City
6 Sociological and Ecological Evaluations on Urban Form
7 Economic Evaluations on Urban Form
8 Structuralist Evaluations on Urban Form ,Capitalism and the City: London, Paris, Vienna, Barcelona, Chicago
9 Pictureques Evaluations on Urban Form: Kostof, Sitte, Unwin
10 Utopian Vision and Urban Form
11 Analysis of Urban form: Lynch
12 Analysis of urban form: Alexander
13 Mid-Term (First presentation of the term paper)
14 Analysis of Urban Form: Hillier

Recomended or Required Reading

Lynch, K. 1996 (1981). Good City Form. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Leonardo Benevolo The Origins of Modern Town Planning
Rossi, A.,1997, The Architecture of the City, MIT Press, New York
Kostof, S. 1992. The City Assembled: Elements of Urban Form Through History. Boston:
Little, Brown & Company.
References: Mumford, L. 1959. The City in History. New York: Harcourt Brace.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be held by conferences, seminars and readings.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ipek.sonmez@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 9.00-10.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 40 40
Preparing assignments 1 80 80
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 3 5 15
Final Exam (Final Presentation of the term paper) 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 165

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41

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