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KNT 517 - Architectural Issues in Urban Transformation

Graduate Education Institute · Urbanism and Urban Transformation · Doctorate

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Doç. Dr. Serhat ANIKTAR

Course Objective

Basic concepts and themes in Urban Transformation, contemporary approaches and application with main issues tools will be transferred on an axis of world experience and through projects. Derste will also evaluate Turkey's experience and practice in the Istanbul example, comparators will be realized.

Course Content

Basic concepts and themes in Urban Transformation, contemporary approaches and application with main issues tools will be transferred on an axis of world experience and through projects. Derste seperate- ca Turkey experience and application will be evaluated on the basis of the Istanbul example and applications comparators will be realized.

Required Resources

LECTURE NOTES.

Recommended Resources

LECTURE NOTES.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Comparators with applications in the world
  2. Basic concepts and themes in Urban Transformation
  3. Turkey experience and practice

Core Area Distribution

(58) Architecture and Building%70 (85) Environmental Protection%30

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionPresentation

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)15575
Out of Class Study Period5525
Midterm12020
Quiz000
Assignment11717
Practice000
Final15050

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Urban Transformation: Conceptual Mapping and Dimensions of Urban TransformationResearch
2Urban Transformation after 1980: Industrialization, Globalization and Post-FordismResearch
3Urban Transformation after 1980 II: Social Exclusion-Fusion, Spatial DecompositionResearch
4World City Hypotheses, Global City and Neoliberal Urbanism DiscussionsResearch
5Transformation of City Governance: City Entrepreneurship and Implementation ToolsResearch
6Admiral Ship / Mega Projects and Their EffectsResearch
7Creative Class, cultural economy and culture-oriented transformationResearch
8MidtermMidterm
9Gentrification: Approaches, Periods and the Global EastResearch
10Urban Movements and Urbanism: Eastern and Western experiencesResearch
11Urban Transformation in Turkey: A Historical ReadingResearch
12Current Urban Transformation Legislation and Implementation: Tensions and ContradictionsResearch
13Urban Transformation Projects and Actors: Istanbul ExampleResearch
14Current Debates in Urban Transformation: Urban Transformation for Why, How and WhoResearch
15Current Debates in Urban Transformation: Urban Transformation for Why, How and WhoResearch
16Final examFinal exam