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  Course Description
Course Name : Urban Desing

Course Code : P 327

Course Type : Optional

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 3

Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 3

Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. MEHMET FARUK ALTUNKASA
Asst.Prof.Dr. CENGİZ USLU

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Learns some of the basic concepts and principles of town planning and urban design and demonstrates necessary information about the process and the tools used
Learns the function and meaning of urban open and green spaces
Learns sub-scales design principles of urban spaces like street, intersection, and square
Learns about their relationship with urban planning urban green space systems
Comprehends the importance of the physical spaces in the formation of urban design principles and gains practical design skills.
Learns the information about. urban aesthetics and accessories that make up the identity of the city

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : Introduce students the discipline of urban design in this field, explaining fundamental issues and current approaches to adopt the principles of the design of urban spaces in this context, urban planning and design techniques used in our world and in our country, and the solution to traffic problems and learning relations. Open and green spaces in urban scale identification, classification, current standards in the world and in our country, on the subject of legislation and case studies from around the world and Turkey, transfer students

Course Contents : Urban planning dicipline, recent developments and techniques in the field of urban planning and design, techniques used in the World and Turkey for solving traffic problems. Open and green space determination and classification in the urban scale, common standards in Turkey and the World, and relevant regulations.

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : studio 3


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Zoning Regulations Check-in: General Concepts and Definitions Abstract concepts of property rights and the public interest Concrete Concepts: Planning Laws and Regulations none to deliver a lecture
2 Zoning Regulations: General Concepts and Definitions Units used in planning the layout and plan Reconstruction Notes Related subjects in the lecture notes to deliver a lecture
3 Assessment Information: General Concepts and Definitions Cadastre, land, background, scale, layout map, slope, half, contour Related subjects in the lecture notes to deliver a lecture
4 Urban Design Elements: Open Spaces and Green Areas Related subjects in the lecture notes to deliver a lecture
5 Urban Design Elements: Classification of urban green areas of green space planning principles, design principles and standards: residential gardens, children´s gardens, school gardens, neighborhood parks, sports fields Related subjects in the lecture notes to deliver a lecture
6 Urban Design Elements: Classification of urban green areas of green space planning principles, design principles and standards: squares, city parks, city parks, zoos, botanical gardens, regional parks Related subjects in the lecture notes to deliver a lecture
7 mid-term exam preparations for the examination examination
8 Urban Design Elements: Classification of urban green areas of green space planning principles, design principles and standards: medians, pedestrian walkways, pedestrian axes, pedestrian zones, bicycle paths, cemeteries Related subjects in the lecture notes to deliver a lecture
9 Urban Design Elements: Classification of urban green areas of green space planning principles, design principles and standards: Urban green space systems-green belt and green wedges and green formal Related subjects in the lecture notes to deliver a lecture
10 Street furniture and urban identity Related subjects in the lecture notes to deliver a lecture
11 Urban Design Elements: Urban buildings with open spaces, relations and image Destinations Related subjects in the lecture notes to deliver a lecture
12 Urban Design Elements: Urban buildings with open spaces, relations and image Destinations Related subjects in the lecture notes to deliver a lecture
13 Urban Design Elements: Mass transport, Special Vehicles, parking lots, site selection and space Related subjects in the lecture notes to deliver a lecture
14 Project Discussions Sketches design critique
15 Project Discussions Sketches design critique
16/17 Final Exam to study for an examination examination


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Uslu, C. Kentsel Tasarım (basılmamış ders notları)
  Marcus C.C., Francis C., 1998. People Places: Design Guidelines for Urban Open Space, 2nd Revised Edition, John Wiley & Sons
  Motloch J.L., 2001, Introduction to Landscape Design, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 60
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 1 40
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 • Acquiring and perceiving the required information regarding the fundamental principles, processes and tools of Landscape Architecture. Perceiving the landscape as the original or artificial elements of natural system and these resources in a sustainable planning approach while meeting human needs. Acquiring the knowledge and competency of reflecting the philosophy, item, principles and tools of Landscape Design in detailed landscape design process. 3
2 • Acquring the knowledge regarding nature, natural processes, characteristics and performances of some organic items, by receiving this knowledge getting the ability to reflect these in landscapes design, protection, treatment and management studies. Acquring knowledge in the field of landscape desing, landscape treatment, landscape protection and the development of landscapes by comprehending the knowledge for details of the plant material which is the one of fundamental elements of landscape architecture in a systematic classification. 0
3 • Acquring information about landscape work in humanities and social fields related to research philosophy and techniques. 0
4 • Analysing a system, one of system components or process and ability to desing the requested requirements under limited circumstances; accordingly the ability to implement modern design methods. 0
5 • Ability to select and use the modern techniques and tools necessary for engineering practice; the ability to use information technologies effectively, gathering data, analyse and interpellation 0
6 • Gaining the ability to evaluate and resolve several landscape items through research and critical interpretation of alternative considerations. 0
7 • Gaining the visual, verbal and written ability to improve and explain the ideas of Landscape Architecture by utilizing the contemporary communication methods. 0
8 • Competence to work independently and taking on responsibility: Ability to work effectively as an individual and multi-disciplinary teams, confidence to take responsibility 0
9 • Understanding the required physical biological indicators for the identification and classification of landscapes, having the ability to use them. Acquiring the competence in offering the desing and plan alternatives. 0
10 • Defining the financial and legal fundamental terms and principle 3
11 • Having the infrastructure capacity regarding the fundamental principles, process and tools of Landscape Architecture; utilize the theoretical and practical knowledge in this field in conjunction with the professional field solutions. 1
12 • Perceiving the landscape as the original or artificial elements of natural system and utilizing these resources in a sustainable planning approach while meeting human needs. 2
13 • Reflecting the philosophy, item, principles and tools of Landscape Design in detailed landscape design process, using knowledge and competence as well. Gaining essential basis to be capable to reflect knowledge into the areas regarding nature, natural processes, characteristics and performances of some organic items in landscapes design, protection, maintenance and management studies. 2
14 • Utilizing the accumulation of knowledge in the field of landscape desing, landscape treatment, landscape protection and the development of landscape comprehending the knowledge within systematic classification regarding plant materail which is one of the fundamental elements of landscape architecture. 2
15 • The ability of detecting, defining, formulating and resolving the engineering problems; the selection and application of appropriate analytical methods and modeling techniques. Know and comprehend of the functions of landscape ecology and principles and practics of ecological planning/ desingning and in landscape architecture implements. 3
16 • Utilizing the information related to research philosophy and techniques gained in humanities and social fields regarding landscape work. 3
17 • Know and comprehend the functions of landscape ecology and principles and practics of ecological planning/ desingning and in landscape architecture implementations. 0
18 Ability to access information and resources to do research and use databases and other information resources and lifelong learning with the awareness of the need to follow developments in science and technology and continuous self-renewal ability. 0
19 Ability to communicate effectively in written and spoken Turkish and know at least one foreign language. 0
20 Project management with professional and ethical responsibility, workplace practices, employee health services, awareness of business environment and job security, legal implications of engineering applications and practices of engineering solutions in the global and societal context, the effects of entrepreneurship and innovation, and inform about the issues and problems of today. 0
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 3 42
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 13 1 13
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 10 10
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 3 3
    Final Exam 1 3 3
Total Workload: 71
Total Workload / 25 (h): 2.84
ECTS Credit: 3