COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HÜLYA KOÇ

Offered to

Urban Design
M.Sc. Urban Design

Course Objective

This course aims to study organizational, technical and aesthetic aspects of developing livable streets and design principles of them by examining case studies.

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

Supplementary Book(s):
- Appleyard, Donald (1981): Livable Streets, University of California Press, Berkeley.
- Brambilla, Roberto& G.Longo: (1977): For Pedestrians Only, Whitney Library of Design, New York.
-Rudofsky, Bernard( 1982): Streets for People, Van Nostrand Reinhold. Scarborough.
- Carr, Stephen, Mark Francis; G.Leanne Rivlin, M.Andrew Stone (1992): Public Space, Cambridge University Press.
- Marcus, Clare Cooper&Carolyn Francis eds. (1990): People Places Design Guidelines for Urban Open Space, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
- Moudon, Anne Vernez ed. (1987): Public Streets for Public Use, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
-Essex County Council (2006): Designing for Pedestrians, BRE Press.
- Department of Transport (2007)Manual for Streets, Thomas Telford Publishing, London
- Engwitch, David (1999): Street Reclaiming, New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island BC.
References: Web sources will be used.
Materials: Visual sources will also be used

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures. Students will learn topics by attending and listening the lectures. Homeworks will be given to students in 2nd Week and they will be asked to prepare their homeworks on the subjects given to them.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining and Listing (Knowledge) will be measured by Midterm Examination
Describing (Comprehension) and Applying (Application) will be measured by Termpaper and Presentation
Analyzing (Analysis) will be measured by Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hulya.koc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday: 9.30-10.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes