Course Details

URBAN STUDIES

ARCH311

Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS Credits
5ARCH311URBAN STUDIES3+1+046

Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program ARCHITECTURE
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course Creating consciousness in the (urban) environment
Enhancing design thinking skills in landscape & urbanism
Elaborating on the visual thinking skills about landscape & urbanism
Recognizing the relationship between architecture and urban design, landscape architecture, city & regional planning
Course Content Overall aim of the course will be developing a design paradigm (in abstract level) and designing a neighborhood unit. The course introduces the dimensions of urban design & planning as well as the social, economic and political processes in relation to production of urban space. The course involves in a design exercise to establish a relationship between urban and architectural scales both in abstract and concrete.
Course Methods and Techniques Within the scope of the course, it is aimed to explain the tools and methods of urban design and planning in line with the principles of Urbanism, to explain the effects of urban-environmental relations on design and the significance of spatial data in the development of cities, to develop skills to analyze space and reveal problems by using notation techniques, and to make theoretical explanations about urban studies scaled settings. The course introduces the dimensions of urban design & planning as well as the social, economic and political processes in relation to production of urban space. The course involves in a design exercise to establish a relationship between urban and architectural scales. With the weekly studies to be carried out in line with this purpose, an urban studies xperiment will be carried out by examining the data obtained by using spatial analysis methods in the selected urban space. Weekly workshops and theoretical lectures will support the design process. Within the scope of this course; the approach to the city will start from the macro scale and will proceed in the form of theoretical lectures and weekly assignments until half of the semester. In the other half of the semester, a field trip will be organized, 1/5000 scale analyses will be examined, data on the site will be collected, sub-regional decisions will be decided at 1/2000 scale. At the end of the semester, it will be concluded with decisions on 1/1000 scale. Arch 302 architectural design studio 4, which is opened in the spring semester and will be taken by the same student group, will start with 1/1000 urban design scale and thus horizontal integration will be ensured between these 2 courses.
Prerequisites and co-requisities ( ENG101 )
Course Coordinator Prof.Dr. BURAK ASILİSKENDER burak.asiliskender@agu.edu.tr
Name of Lecturers Asist Prof.Dr. Sinan Akyüz sinan.akyuz@agu.edu.tr
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Keleş, R, “Kentleşme Politikası” Imge Kitabevi yayınları, 2021, Ankara.
Municipality System In Turkey, European Scientific Journal August 2016 /SPECIAL/ edition ISSN: 1857 – 7881 (Print) e - ISSN 1857- 7431 , https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/236407022.pdf
Dr Joan Clos - Principles of Planned Urbanization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFHAGrCKAzk&list=LL&index=777 principles for building better cities | Peter Calthorpe
Ortuzar J. de. D., Willumsen L. G., (2001), Modelling Transport, Wiley Publication, West Sussex, England
Lynch, K. (1964). The image of the city. MIT press.
Haynes, G. (2013). Landscape and Garden Design: Lessons From History. Caithness, Scotland: Whittles Publishing.


Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Yarıyıl İçi Çalışmalarının Başarı Notunun Katkısı 10 % 20
Proje/Çizim 1 % 15
Final examination 1 % 35
Uygulama Çalışmaları (Laboratuar,Sanal Mahkeme,Stüdyo Çalışmaları vb.) 10 % 20
Diğer (Staj vb.) 1 % 10
Total
23
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Araştırma Ödevi 5 6 30
Ara Teslim ve Jüri 2 10 20
Kritik 14 1 14
Münazara 1 1 1
Tartışma 1 2 2
F2F Dersi 1 1 1
Grup Projesi 1 6 6
Final Teslimi ve Jüri 1 8 8
Teslim İçin Hazırlık 1 10 10
Değerlendirme Teslimi 1 3 3
Araştırma 5 1 5
Alan Uygulaması 1 6 6
Stüdyo Çalışması 10 2 20
Teslim 4 5 20
Takım/Grup Çalışması 1 6 6
Teknik Gezi 1 5 5
Yüz Yüze Ders 14 1 14
Final Sınavı 1 10 10
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 6 181

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 LO1. Establish the relationship between the categories of the environment, design, place, urbanism, and architecture.
2 LO2. Experiment the relationship between the built environment and natural environment.
3 LO3. Improve of understanding the relationship between economic social and cultural processes and production of urban space
4 L04. Experience a morphological structure in various scale (from urban planning to architectural scale).
5 L05. Establish a theoretical background about urban design, landscape architecture, city & regional planning.


Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 What are the current discussions in Urban Studies?
2 Urban Sociology - Space & People’ behaviors social mapping
3 Urban Economy
4 Urban Politics
5 Republic Day Eve
6 Urban Analysis in formal urban plans
7 Urban Landscape
8 MID TERM BREAK
9 Urban Analysis
10 Midterm Submission and Jury
11 Urban Units
12 Urban Planning and Design
13 Urban Design Studio
14 Urban Design Studio
15 Urban Design Studio
16 Rep-up Urban Design Studio


Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12
All 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 4
C1 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 5
C2 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5
C3 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 5
C4 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5
C5 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 5

Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant


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