COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BUILDING BLOCK DESIGN CRITERIAS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
URD 5073 BUILDING BLOCK DESIGN CRITERIAS 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

ASISTANT PROFESSOR AHU DALGAKIRAN ERDOĞAN

Offered to

Urban Design
M.Sc. Urban Design

Course Objective

This course aims at covering different elements and issues of building block design as the basic living, planning and design units of city planning and urban design disciplines and evaluating design principles with specific reference to physical, social, cultural and ecological dimensions. The course also aims at orienting students towards field surveys where they can question the existing building block pattern and the factors underlying the differences within the context of various criteria.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students will be able to define the design principles of building blocks allocated to different urban land use types,
2   will be able to express the physical, social, cultural and ecological dimensions of building block design,
3   will be able to interpret the change in building block types from the Ottoman period to modern Turkish city,
4   will be able to compare the building block pattern in historical and modern settlements,
5   will be able to propose ecologically-sensitive building block design criteria.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Elements and Issues of Building Block Design
2 Characteristics and Design Principles of Building Blocks
3 Characteristics and Design Principles of Building Blocks
4 Social/Physical/Economic/Cultural/Political/Ecological Factors Affecting Building Block Design
5 From Building Block to Urban Pattern The International Context, Views from Different Countries
6 From Building Block to Urban Pattern The National Context, Views from the Historical Centres of Turkish Cities
7 From Building Block to Urban Pattern The National Context, Views from the Historical Centres of Turkish Cities
8 From Building Block to Urban Pattern The National Context, Views from the New Development Areas of Turkish Cities
9 The Concept of Sustainability and the Building Block Design
10 Building Block Design Standards in Turkish By-Law
11 Draft Presentation of the Homework and Discussions
12 Homework Presentation as Midterm Examination
13 Discussions over reading list and visual material
14 Discussions over reading list and visual material

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Cullen, G. (1995) The Concise Townscape, Architectural Press
Supplementary Book(s): Spreiregen, P. (1982) Urban Design: The Architecture of Towns and Cities, Krieger Pub. Co.
References: -
Materials: Other readings related to the course

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures and the students will learn topics by attending the lectures. Homework assignments will be prepared in accordance with the course content and presented individually by the students.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRS PRESENTATION
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRS * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRS * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Comparing and Proposing will be measured by Homework Assignments/Presentation.
Defining, Expressing and Interpreting will be measured by Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through lectures and discussions over reading list.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ahu.dalgakiran@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 09.30-10.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 4 10 40
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 50 50
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Final 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 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
LO.51

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