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Course Name	Turkish	Kentsel Yapı ve Biçim
	English	Urban Structure and Form
Course Code	SBP 447E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Aslı Ulubaş Hamurcu
Course Objectives		1. To introduce the principles of form, structure and pattern and to discuss them; 2. To introduce the ways of formation and deformation; 3. To introduce different approaches in how to read the change in urban space from a historical perspective; 4. To introduce methods in analysing urban space in terms of changing form, structure and pattern; 5. To discuss how we can benefit from analysing urban space from a historical perspective; 6. To introduce how outputs of urban space analyses can be used as inputs for urban design and planning; 7. To analyse and discuss the change in elements of urban space in case study areas.
Course Description		elements of urban space: form, structure and pattern, ways of form and deformation, understanding urban space, change in urban space, different approaches to analysing urban space, methods to analyse urban space, historical perspective, socio-spatial change, inputs for urban design and planning, case studies.
Course Outcomes		1. To learn what the principles of form, structure and pattern are; 2. To learn what the ways of formation and deformation are; 3. To learn different approaches in how to read the change in urban space from a historical perspective; 4. To learn methods in analysing urban space in terms of changing form, structure and pattern and to be able to apply them; 5. To learn benefits of analysing urban space from a historical perspective; 6. To learn how outputs of urban space analyses can be used as inputs for urban design and planning; 7. To learn applying a method to a case study area and discuss the change in elements of urban space.
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Textbook		Alexander, C., Ishikawa, S., Silverstein, M., Jacobson, M., Fiksdahl-King, I. & Angel, S. (1977). A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction. Oxford University Press. Borie, A., Micheloni, P. & Pinon, P. (2019). Form ve Deformasyon: Mimari ve Kentsel Nesnelerin Form ve Deformasyonu. Janus Yayıncılık. Carmona, M., Heath, T., Oc, T. & Tiesdell, S. (2003). Public Spaces Urban Space: The Dimensions of Urban Design. Architectural Press. Castillo, G. (1992). The City Assembled: The Elements of Urban Form Through History. Thames and Hudson. Çalışkan, O. (2013). Pattern formation in urbanism: A critical reflection on urban morphology, planning and design. Doctoral thesis. Gallion, A. B. (1950). The Urban Pattern: City Planning and Design. D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. Giritlioğlu, C. (1998). Şehirsel Mekan Ögeleri ve Tasarımı 1. İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Baskı Atölyesi. Krier, R. (1988). Urban Space. Academy Editions. Kropf, K. (2017). The Handbook of Urban Morphology. Wiley. Larkham, P. & Conzen. P. (2014). Shapers of Urban Form: Explorations in Morphological Agency. Routledge. Marshall, S. (Ed.). (2011). Urban Coding and Planning. Routledge. Morris, A. & James, E. (1979). History of Urban Form: Before the Industrial Revolutions. Addison Wesley Longman. de Oliveira, V. M. A. (2022). Urban Morphology: An Introduction to the Study of the Physical Form of Cities. Springer. Panerai, P., Castex, J. & Depaule, J-C. (2004). Urban Forms: The Death and Life of The Urban Block. Architectural Press. (Panerai, P., Castex, J. & Depaule, J-C. (2004). Kentsel Biçimler: Bina Adasından Bina Bloğuna. Janus Yayıncılık.) Rasmussen, S. E. (2021). Şehirler ve Yapılar. Arketon Yayınları. Robbins, E. & El-Khoury, R. (Eds.) (2004). Shaping the City: Studies in History, Theory and Urban Design. Routledge. Scheer, B. C. (2010). The Evolution of Urban Form: Typology for Planners and Architects. American Planning Association.
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