ECTS - Urban Design

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Urban Design (MMR306) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Urban Design MMR306 2 2 0 3 4
Pre-requisite Course(s)
MMR 311 Urban Planning Principles and MMR 202 Architectural Design I.
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, Demonstration, Discussion, Question and Answer, Field Trip, Team/Group, Project Design/Management.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çılga Resuloğlu
  • Instructor Feridun Duyguluer
  • Instructor Gaye Çulcuoğlu
  • Instructor Mustafa Demir
Course Assistants
Course Objectives Theoretical and practical learning of urban design through analysis and design processes carried out at different scales for an urban area, chosen in particular for a theme arrived at through discussions in class, and acquaintance with the urban design terminology and techniques of expression are aimed at.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Students who accomplish this course: 1. Know the elements of urban design; 2. Learn the urban design processes (e.g., analysis, synthesis, assessment, implementation) and examines them with respect to urban areas; 3. Relate the scale of urban design to planning and architectural scales; 4. Understand and can interpret urban design terminology; 5. Gives special importance to spatial continuity of indoor and outdoor spaces in public areas, and to relations of soft and hard landscape with urban space.
Course Content A selected urban zone to be studied analytically at different levels of scale; processes of making decisions required at different scales in development of a design; selected readings for inculcating the terminology and language of urban design.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction to the course, and forming of the student work groups / discussion of the selected work areas
2 Lecture: The status and processes of urban design / Practical work: Discussion of the selected study area at 1/5000-1/2000 scales
3 Lecture:Analysis in urban design / Practical work: Analysis of the selected study area (1/5000-1/2000) and discussions about the area
4 Lecture: Principles of urban design / Practical work: Analysis of the selected study area (1/5000-1/2000) and discussions about the area
5 Lecture: Squares, streets, and relations of open areas / Practical work: Analysis related to the selected study area (1/5000-1/2000) and synthesis
6 Lecture: Urban landscape / Practical work: Analysis related to the selected study area (1/5000-1/2000) and synthesis-theme relation
7 Lecture: Assessment of urban design Practical work: Analysis related to the selected study area (1/5000-1/2000) and synthesis-theme relation
8 Midterm Evaluation
9 Midterm Evaluation
10 Lecture: National and international urban design competitions / Practical work: Proposals related to the use-function, urban relations and connections of the selected area (1/1000) and the chosen theme
11 Lecture: National and international urban design competitions / Practical work: Proposal of 1/1000 project for the selected area
12 Lecture: National and international urban design competitions / Practical work: Proposal of 1/1000 project for the selected area
13 Lecture: Urban utopias / Practical work: Proposal of 1/1000 project for the selected area
14 ecture: Urban ecology / Practical work: Proposal of 1/1000 project for the selected area

Sources

Other Sources 1. • Anderson, S. (ed.). (1978) On Streets. Cambridge: MIT Press.
2. • Altman, I. (1989) Public Places and Spaces. New York: Plenum Press.
3. • Gehl, J. (1987) Life between Buildings: Using Public Space. New York: Van Noostrand Reinhold Company.
4. • Çelik, Z., Favro, D. ve Ingersoll, R. (2007) Şehirler ve Sokaklar (çev. Altınok, B.). İstanbul Kitap Yayınevi.
5. • Krier, R. (1979) Urban Space. London : Academy Editions.
6. • Lynch, K. (1960) Kent İmgesi. İstanbul: İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları.
7. • Rossi, A. (1982) The Architecture of the city. Cambridge: MIT Press.
8. • Bilsel, G., Bilsel A., Bilsel C. (1989) Kentsel Tasarım Tekniği. Mimarlık. (55) Ankara: Mimarlar Odası Dergisi.
9. • Günay B. (2006) Şehircilik-Planlama-Tasarlama-Mimarlık-Peyzaj. Planlama (4). Ankara: Şehir Plancıları Odası Dergisi.
10. • Günay B. (1997) Kentsel Tasarım Kültürü ve Yaratıcılığın Sınırları. Planlama (2). Ankara: Şehir Plancıları Odası Dergisi.
11. • Moughtin, C. (1992) Urban Design: Street and Square. Oxford: Architectural Press.
12. • B. Meeda, N. Parkyn and D. S. Walton (2007) Graphics for Urban Design. London: Thomas Telford Ltd.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 10
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 40
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 50
Toplam 3 100
Percentage of Semester Work 50
Percentage of Final Work 50
Total 100

Course Category

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

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1
2
3 X
4
5
6
7
8
9 X
10 X
11 X
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19 X
20
21
22
23 X
24
25

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 14 2 28
Laboratory
Application 14 2 28
Special Course Internship 5 2 10
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 10 2 20
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project 1 6 6
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 8 8
Total Workload 100