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Program of Architecture (English 30%)

MİM481

URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE I

Course Code
MİM481
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
2 + 2
ECTS
4
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS4
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Gains knowledge of the fundamental theories, concepts, and principles of planning and urban design.
  2. Learns planning and urban design methods and presentation techniques, and gain the ability to develop and present projects.
  3. Acquires the ability to master different scales and details used in planning, urban design, and landscape architecture applications.
  4. Learns research, analysis, evaluation, and decision-making methods at different scales and gain the ability to creatively apply these to the project process.
  5. Experiences the relationship between planning, urban design, landscape architecture, and architecture in the project process.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components-
Course DescriptionThis course, which is both theoretical and practical, aims to equip students with knowledge of urban and public open spaces, and to develop projects by combining this knowledge with the fundamental principles of urban design and landscape architecture. In this context, the course first covers the theories and basic principles of planning, urban design, and landscape architecture. The practical part of the course examines the history of the city where the chosen design area is located, its stages of urban development, the main factors influencing these stages, and the characteristics of the design area and its immediate surroundings within the urban context. The second stage addresses the elements defining the design area and its immediate surroundings, the relationships between open and closed spaces, functional distributions, as well as the physical, natural, and socio-cultural structure of the area. By the end of the course, students are expected to make planning decisions for their project area at scales of 1/10,000-1/5000 and prepare urban design projects that meet the requirements of scales of 1/1000-1/500. Students develop group projects at larger scales and individual projects at smaller scales.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to the course and the assignments / Determining the study groups
2nd Week Lecture: Urban, Urban Design, Urban Aesthetics / Announcement of the Research Assignment I: Urban Design Project Studies: Research on the urban design projects within the scope of the course objectives through competition and/or application projects.
3rd Week Research Assignment I Lecture: History Of Urban Design and Theoretical Approaches / Announcement of the Research Assignment II: Urban Design Project Studies: Research on the urban design processes within the scope of the course objectives through competition and/or application projects. / Announcement of the Final Project
4th Week Research Assignment II Lecture: Urban Public Spaces / Announcement of the Research Assignment III: Urban Design Project Studies: Research on the urban public spaces within the scope of the course objectives through competition and/or application projects. / Initial Research Studies on the Final Project
5th Week Research Assignment III: Lecture: On The Site of the Project / Presentations of Initial Researches on the Final Project
6th Week Studio Critics: 1/10.000 and 1/5000 scaled site analysis works / Identification of parameters of design / Determination of aim and goals / Evaluation and concept development studies to be done
7th Week Studio Critics: 1/10.000 and 1/5000 scaled researches and analysis / 1/5000 scaled development of initial ideas on urban design concept and scenario
8th Week Mid-Jury I: 1/10.000 and 1/5000 scaled researches and analysis / 1/5000 scaled concept and scenario studies
9th Week Lecture: Urban Design Project Development Process, Selected Projects and Presentation Techniques / Studio Critics: Improvement of research, analysis, concept and scenario studies / Initial ideas on 1/1000 scaled urban design project
10th Week Lecture: 1/1000 Scaled Studies / Studio Critics: Improvement of 1/5000 scaled concept and scenario / Improvement of 1/1000 urban design project
11th Week Mid-Jury II: Improvement of a 1/5000 scaled concept and scenario / Improvement of a 1/1000 scale urban design project
12th Week Lecture: 1/500 scaled Studies / Studio Critics: Improvement of 1/1000 scaled urban design project / First ideas on 1/500 scaled projects
13th Week Studio Critics: Improvement of a 1/1000 scale urban design project / Improvement of 1/500 scale project studies / Preparation of the project report
14th Week Final Critics: Research, analysis, concept and scenario / Improvement of a 1/1000 scaled urban design project / Improvement of 1/500 scaled project studies / Preparation of the project report / Improvement of the project presentation (sheet design, 3D model and visuals)Announcement of the requirements for the final jury
15th Week Official Holiday
Recommended or Required ReadingAustin, Richard L. Designing with Plants. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1982.
Bacon, Edmund N. Design of Cities. London: Thames and Hudson, 1978.
Broadbent, Geoffrey. Emerging Concepts in Urban Space Design. London: VanNostrand Reinhold, 1990.
Carmona, Matthew and Steve Tiesdell (eds.). Urban Design Reader. Oxford: Elsevier, 2007.
Clouston, Brian. Landscape Design with Plants. Oxford: Butterworth, 1994.
Ersoy, Melih. Kentsel Planlama Kuramları. İstanbul: İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, 2012.
Harris, Charles W., Nicholas T. Dines, and Kyle D. Brown. Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Architecture: Design and Construction Data. New Delhi: McGraw-Hill Education (India) Private Limited, 2011.
Ibelings, Hans. The Artificial Landscape: Contemporary Architecture, Urbanism, and Landscape Architecture in the Netherlands. Rotterdam: NAi Publishers, 2000.
Keleş, Ruşen. Kentleşme Politikası. Ankara: İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, 2018.
Kostof, Spiro, and Richard Tobias. The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings through History. New York: Bulfinch Press, 2012.
Lang, Jon. Urban Design: A Typology of Procedures and Products. Oxford: Architectural Press, 2006.
Lynch, Kevin. The Image of the City. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1960.
Lynch, Kevin. Site Planning. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1971.
Lynch, Kevin. Good City Form. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2001.
McHarg, Ian L. Design with Nature. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 1992.
Moughtin, Cliff. Urban Design: Method and Techniques. Woburn: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999.
Reid, Grant W. Landscape Graphics: From Concept Sketch to Presentation Rendering. New York: Whitney Library of Design, 2002
Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow. Landscape Design: A Cultural and Architectural History. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2001.
Rogers, Richard, and Anne Power. Cities for a Small Country. London: Faber, 2000.
Treib, Marc, and Dorothee Imbert. Garrett Eckbo: Modern Landscapes for Living. Berkeley, CA: U of California Press, 2005
Tschumi, Bernard. Event-Cities: (praxis). Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999.
Walker, Theodore D. Planting Design. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1991.
Watson, Donald, Alan J. Plattus, and Robert G. Shibley. Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Project
  • Report Preparation
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 2 45
Assignment 3 15
Total(%) 60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 2 4 8
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam 1 15 15
Course hours 13 4 52
Preparation for Midterm exam 2 10 20
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 4 4
Homework 3 2 6
Presentation (including preperation)
Field Research 1 15 15
Mid-Pre Jury (including preparation)
Final Jury (including preparation)
Research
Case Study Presentation
Total Work Load120
Total Work Load / 30 (h)4
ECTS Credit of the Course4
Language of InstructionEnglish
Work Placement(s)No

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