Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
URBAN DESIGN STUDIO ZPM420 8. Semester 4 + 4 6.0 12.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
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Goals By synthesizing all the design information that received up to the end of the 8th semester, on a sample urban area within a given concept will be able to carry out all stages of the project on appropriate selected scales, ready to be applied directly on the ground.
Course Content The course involves the preparation of a landscape design project through following process; survey and site analysis, concept plan, design proposal, final design, application plans, details and perspectives on a sample and real field.
Learning Outcomes 1) Skill of transferring all project phases of an urban character area onto paper by constructing a design concept.
2) Skill of preparing the structural and planting solution proposals for the area and design in accordance with the technique and scale of the application.
3) Skill of plotting the measurement plan and application details for the area that designed.
4) Skill of expressing own ideas with 3D solutions.
5) Skill of defending your ideas and project in front of a jury composed of different experts.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Explanation of content, scope and purpose of the course and description of project area and plan stages. Lecture; Question Answer

Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
2. Week Survey, analyzing the project objectives and design problems Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study
Brainstorming
Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
3. Week Presentation of data obtained on site and on-site observations (survey), preparation of land model Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Homework Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
4. Week Examination of examples related to similar project areas, general evaluation of the project, target determination. Lecture; Case Study
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning
Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
5. Week The creation of the concept, related to the design, the association with the field, the conversion of these ideas into draft drawings Lecture; Problem Solving
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning
Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
6. Week Preparation of the master plan draft. Lecture; Case Study
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning
Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
7. Week Preparation of the master plan draft. Lecture; Case Study
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning
Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
8. Week Mid-term exam, presentation of the master plan draft Question Answer; Problem Solving
Brainstorming
Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
9. Week Giving information about the planting and structured application plan. Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Brainstorming
Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
10. Week Preparation of structural implementation plan and discussion. Lecture; Question Answer; Case Study
Brainstorming
Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
11. Week Preparation of the herbal application plan, information about this plan transfer. Problem Solving; Case Study
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning
Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
12. Week Information on structural and planting details. Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning
Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
13. Week Completion of detailed plans. Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Case Study
Brainstorming
Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
14. Week Section - Perspective and model studies Lecture
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning
Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Basic Elements of Landscape Architectural Design - Norman K. Booth, Waveland Press, 1989. ISBN: 9781478608073
Kent İmgesi - Kevin Lynch, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 2010. ISBN: 9789944889483
Residental Landscape Architecture - Norman K. Booth, James E. Hiss, Pearson Education, 2017. ISBN: 9780134602813
Site Design and Construction Detailing - Theodore D. Walker, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992. ISBN: 9780442237783
The Landscape of Man: Shaping the Environment from Prehistory to the Present Day Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, Susan Jellicoe, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1982. ISBN: 9780442245658
Time Saver Standarts for Landscape Architecture - Charles W. Harris, Nicholas T. Dines, Kyle D. Brown, 1998. McGraw-Hill Publications ISBN: 9780070170278
Urban Environment Design Research: Case Studies of Ten Cities-Robert M. Eury, Gary A. Hack, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 1981.
Urban Landscape Design, Rockport Publishers. ISBN: 9781610597319
Yaşadığımız Çevre ve Peyzaj Mimarlığı - Yüksel Öztan, Tisamat Basim Sanayii, 2004. ISBN: 9789759650735

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 16 8
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 16 8
Homework 7 8
Midterm Exam 1 8
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 2 8
Final Exam 1 8
Time to prepare for Final Exam 2 8
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