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Course Name	Turkish	Kentsel Tas.Çağdaş Yaklaş.
	English	Contemporary Approaches to Urban Design
Course Code	KET 518	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	-	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Hatice Ayataç
Course Objectives		1 The evaluation of the theories on Urban Design in the 19th and 20th centuries. 2 The evaluation of the practices on Urban Design in the 19th and 20th centuries. 3 Evaluation of contemporary approaches in urban design
Course Description		Evaluation of contemporary theories and practices of Urban Design. Approaches in 1950s and 1960s. Kevin Lynch and Gordon Cullen. Complexity and diversity: Jane Jacobs, Richard Sennet. Metabolists approach: Maki, Debate on methodological approach. Morphological approach: Stanford Anderson. Underrated architecture: Christopher Alexander and others. Modern, late modern and post modern approach to urban space, New urbanism movement, smart cities, slow cities. Changing issues in urban design in different countries.
Course Outcomes		1 to understand interactions between urban planning, urban design and landscape architecture 2 To understand the relations between urban design, planning and management issues in the conservation implementation studies. 3 To be able to contribute the solutions of spatial, social, cultural and economic problems. 4 To understand relations between theory and practice in urban design issues
Pre-requisite(s)		Students will prepare a term paper individually or as a group of two. Each student or a group will search on evaluation of selected subject or case studies. Papers will be presented in the seminars and will be discussed. Term papers are required to hand over at the end of the term.
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Other References		Shane Grahame D., (2011). Urban Design Since 1945: A Global Perspective (2011), Wiley 2 Wachen, K; Hendrıck,N. (2010). Urban Design and Architecture in the 20th Century, hf Ullman. 3 Punter J.; Mathew C. (1997). The Design Dimension of Planning, Theory, Content and Best Practise for Design Policies, London, E&FN Spon. 4 Kostof, S. (1991), The City Assembled, The Elements of Urban Form Through History, London, 5 Kostof, S. (1992). The City Shaped, Urban Patterns and Meaning Through History, London, Bulfinch Press. 6 Greed, C., Marion R. (1998). Introducing Urban Design, Interventions and Responses, London, Copywright Licensing Agency Ltd 7 Jencks, C. (1992). The Postmodern Reader. London:Academy Editions.

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