Principles of City Planning (MMR311) Course Detail

Course Name	Course Code	Season	Lecture Hours	Application Hours	Lab Hours	Credit	ECTS
Principles of City Planning	MMR311		3	0	0	3	4

Pre-requisite Course(s)
MMR 202 Architectural Design II.

Course Language	Turkish
Course Type	N/A
Course Level	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery	Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies	Lecture, Discussion.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)	Instructor Bora Baysal
Course Assistants
Course Objectives	It is aimed to define the city and the discipline of city planning in terms of basic concepts, history, contemporary cities and especially design.
Course Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; The student who accomplishes this course: - Understands the unity of the city and its nature, its functioning, its elements and its totality. - Knows the relation between city planning and architectural design and the importance of this relationship.
Course Content	Emergence of the city, its development in different periods; phenomenon of urban life; professional terminology of the land-use functions and use areas and factors that form the city; planning approach to the city and planning principles of different urban areas and overall urban form; factors that shape the urban environment; urban concepts, data,

Week	Subjects	Preparation
1	Introduction and exposition of the course content
2	What is city? Urban concept
3	City and the particulars of urban problems
4	What is planning?
5	How did the first cities emerge? Where were they situated?
6	What are different types of cities? Where can they be found? (catechetic discussion)
7	Ankara şehir gezisi ve mimari açıdan şehri etkileyen ögeler. Görsel ve sözesunum hazırlığı.
8	Mid-Term (Presentation-jury discussion-evaluation)
9	Central Business District (CBD)
10	Urban housing areas
11	Urban work areas - housing areas
12	Urban technical infrastructure
13	Natural environment and the city – green areas
14	Revision of the subjects as a whole

Other Sources	1. • Curran, R. J. (1980) Architecture and the Urban Experience. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
	2. • Çelik, Z., Favro, D. ve Ingersoll, R. (2007) Şehirler ve Sokaklar (çev. Altınok, B.). İstanbul: Kitap Yayınevi.
	3. • Krier, R. (1979) Urban Space. London : Academy Editions.
	4. • Holod, Evin and Özkan (eds.). Modern Türk Mimarlığı. Ankara: TMMOB Mimarlar Odası Yayınları.
	5. • Tekeli, İ. (1982) Türkiye’de Kentleşme Yazıları. Ankara.
	6. • Tekeli, İ. (1998) “Türkiye’de Cumhuriyet Döneminde Kentsel Gelişme ve Kent Planlaması” Sey, Y. (ed.). 75 Yılda Değişen Kent ve Mimarlık. İstanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yayınları , ss. 1-24.
	7. • Lynch, K. (1960) Kent İmgesi. İstanbul: İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları.
	8. • Mumford, L. (1961). The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects. New York, Harcourt, Brace & World.
	9. • Yavuz, A. T. (Ed.). Tarih İçinde Ankara. Ankara: TBMM Basımevi.

Requirements	Number	Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation	14	20
Laboratory	-	-
Application	-	-
Field Work	1	20
Special Course Internship	-	-
Quizzes/Studio Critics	-	-
Homework Assignments	-	-
Presentation	1	20
Project	-	-
Report	-	-
Seminar	-	-
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury	1	20
Final Exam/Final Jury	1	20
Toplam	18	100

Core Courses	X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	Level of Contribution
#	Program Qualifications / Competencies	1	2	3	4	5
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4				X
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8				X
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25

Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours)	14	3	42
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship	1	10	10
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class	14	1	14
Presentation/Seminar Prepration	2	5	10
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury	1	6	6
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury	1	8	8
Total Workload			90

ECTS - Principles of City Planning