At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn the basic theories, concepts and principles of city and regional planning, and urban design. 2) Learn the themes, methods and presentation techniques of planning and urban design, gain the ability to develop and present projects. 3) Acquire the ability to master different scales and details used in planning, urban design and landscape architecture applications. 4) Learn the methods of documenting, analysis, evaluation and decision-making at different scales and gain the ability to transfer them creatively to the design process. 5) Experience the relationship between city planning, urban design, landscape architecture and architecture through the project development process.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
-
COURSE DEFINITION
Within the scope of this course mainly based on lectures and studio practices, students are expected to gain knowledge about the notions of the public space and the city, and to develop projects by combining this knowledge with the basic principles of urban design and landscape architecture. In this context, the lecture part of the course covers main theories and basic principles of city planning, urban design and landscape architecture For the studio practices part, firstly the history of the city where the project site is located, phases of its urban development including the main factors shaping these phases, and the characteristics of the project site and its close vicinity within the urban context are examined. Secondly, the elements that define the design area and its close vicinity, open and built space relations, land use as well as physical, natural and socio-cultural structure of the area are analysed. At the end of the course, students are expected to develop 1/10.000-1/5000 scale planning scenarios for the project site and to prepare an urban design project in accordance with the requirements of 1/1000-1/500 scale.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
- Introduction to the course and the assignments, - Speakers' Corner: On city, urban design and public space, - Explanation of the studio project, information about the project site and selection of design groups, Announcement of the RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT (Individual): Urban Design Case Studies: A detailed research on the process of developing concept and scenario, context, user groups, project drawings and photos etc., Lecture: Introduction to Urban Design, Publicity and Public Space: The concept and definition of urban design, the definition of public space, the relationship between urban design and public space
2nd Week
RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSIONS and PRESENTATIONS: Urban Design Case Studies, Lecture: Introduction to city planning, theories of planning and urbanism, Lecture: Analysis Studies in Urban Design, Researches on the selected city and the project site: Planning history, urban scale analysis, the relationship between the city and the project site (1/10.000), Announcement of analysis groups: Informing the students about the project site, explaining the works to be done in the field and determining the workgroups for analysis
3rd Week
FIELD TRIP and WORK: 1/5000 scaled Urban Design Analysis Works (physical, functional, visual, historical, cultural and social aspects etc.)
4th Week
Panel Discussions: Discussions on 1/10.000 scale works, the location and the role of the project site within the city, Studio Critics: Evaluation of the information gathered from research and field analysis (1/10.000 and 1/5000 scaled works)
5th Week
Lecture: Before the Design Stage, - Determination of main goals and objectives, - Developing criteria for design, Studio Works: - 1/10.000 and 1/5000 Analysis, - 1/5000 First ideas on urban design concept and scenario
6th Week
MID JURY I (Group):- Researches on Project Site, - 1/10.000 and 1/5000 Analysis, - 1/5000 Concept and Scenario
7th Week
Lecture: Urban Design Project Development Process, Project Examples and Presentation Techniques, Studio Work and Critics,- Improvement of Research, Analysis and concept-scenario phases, - 1/1000 First ideas on Urban Design Project
8th Week
Studio Work and Critics:- 1/5000 Concept and Scenario, - 1/1000 Urban Design Project
9th Week
Studio Work and Critics: - 1/1000 Urban Design Project
10th Week
MID JURY II (Group): - Researches and Analysis, - 1/5000 Concept and Scenario, - 1/1000 Urban Design Project
11th Week
Studio Work and Critics: - 1/1000 Urban Design Project, - 1/500 (individual) Definition of the project areas to be studied in detail and first ideas
12th Week
Lecture: Site Plan Studio Work and Critics: - 1/1000 Urban Design Project, - 1/500 (individual) Detailed works on selected project areas
13th Week
Studio Work and Critics: -1/1000 Urban Design Project, -1/500 (individual) Detailed works on selected project areas, - First ideas on the final submission poster design (group), - Preparation of the Project Report (group)
14th Week
Last Critics: - Researches, Analysis, Concept and Scenario, - 1/1000 Urban Design Project, - 1/500 (individual) Detailed project area, - 1/1000 (group) and 1/500 Model (individual), - Poster and project report (group), Announcement of the requirements for the Final Jury
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Austin, 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.
