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Course Credit
Course ECTS Credit
Teaching Language of Instruction	İngilizce
Level of Course	Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course
Mode of Delivery	Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience?
Course Coordinator	Assoc. Prof. (Ph.D.) GÖKÇEN FİRDEVS YÜCEL CAYMAZ
Instructor (s)
Course Assistant

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course	To introduce the role of urban furniture in open spaces, To increase the awareness of the importance of step-by-step process of making furniture usage decisions in open spaces, To introduce the types of urban furniture used in open spaces and the materials used in their construction, To increase the awareness of the importance of making sustainable choices to produce environmentally beneficial urban furniture.
Course Content	Urban space and urban furniture. Historical development of urban furniture. Urban furniture design criteria; functional criteria, psychological criteria and technological criteria. Classification of urban furniture. Urban furniture connected to infrastructure; lighting elements; information communication and sign boards, telephone booths, public transportation stops, square clocks, water elements. Non-infrastructure dependent urban furniture; Seating elements, garbage bins, plant containers, cover elements, paving, bicycle parks, tree grates and protectors, playground elements, sculptures. Urban furniture and vandalism. Evaluation of the visual and functional relations of urban furniture with the space in which they are used, development of decisions regarding the selection of the most appropriate urban furniture for the space. Examples of urban furniture used in urban spaces in different countries.

The aim of the course

To introduce the role of urban furniture in open spaces, To increase the awareness of the importance of step-by-step process of making furniture usage decisions in open spaces, To introduce the types of urban furniture used in open spaces and the materials used in their construction, To increase the awareness of the importance of making sustainable choices to produce environmentally beneficial urban furniture.

Course Content

Urban space and urban furniture. Historical development of urban furniture. Urban furniture design criteria; functional criteria, psychological criteria and technological criteria. Classification of urban furniture. Urban furniture connected to infrastructure; lighting elements; information communication and sign boards, telephone booths, public transportation stops, square clocks, water elements. Non-infrastructure dependent urban furniture; Seating elements, garbage bins, plant containers, cover elements, paving, bicycle parks, tree grates and protectors, playground elements, sculptures. Urban furniture and vandalism. Evaluation of the visual and functional relations of urban furniture with the space in which they are used, development of decisions regarding the selection of the most appropriate urban furniture for the space. Examples of urban furniture used in urban spaces in different countries.

Learning Outcomes

Discuss formal composition systems and the methods used in architecture.
Comment on the basic principles and methods of architecture and planning.
Summarize the parallel and divergent canons of architecture and urban design, city, art, technology and human sciences of the Western world.
Identify with sufficient scientific background the effect of the non-Western philosophy on the architectural canons in Western architecture.
Retain the basic principles of ecology and architects' responsibilities with respect to environment and human interaction in architecture.
Predict the needs to design sites and buildings to accommodate individuals with varying physical abilities.
Outline an architectural project informed by a comprehensive program from schematic design.
Provide theoretical bases of distinct approaches and design methods in contemporary architecture.
Interpret the shifts occuring in the natural-artificial, legal–political and economic factors that shape the practice of architecture.
Recognize art activities shaping the manner, bacground and senses of an architectural design.
Distinguish the local traditions, materials and regional heritage in architecture including vernacular traditions.
Possess awareness of economic and aesthetic parameters and clients' demands in a design project.
Discuss the diversity of needs, behavioral norms, and social and spatial patterns characterizing different cultures in architecture.
Integrate the principles of structural behavior of the load carrying structural systems in the architectural design.
Recognize building codes, standards and conventions in the architectural design and architects' legal responsibilities.
Incorporate the basic principles of plumbing, electrical wiring, heating and air-conditioning and alike into the design.
Classify the basic principles of acoustics and lighting systems, and energy use.
Define the principles, conventions, standards, applications, and restrictions pertaining to the manufacture and the use of increasing number and types of construction materials.
Identify the ethical issues involved in the formation of professional judgments in architecture design and practice.
Formulate the proper presentation of the subject matter of an architectural project.
Analyze the examples of contemporary international architectural design with a critical point of view.
Employ basic methods of data collection and analysis to address all the aspects of design process in city planning, urban planning and landscape architecture.
Design a comprehensive architectural project, including a critical review of appropriate precedents, an analysis of site conditions and a definition of site selection and design assessment criteria.
Employ appropriate representational media, including computer technology, to convey essential formal elements at each stage of the programming and design process.
Integrate structural, environmental and life-safety systems, building envelope systems, and building service systems into building design.
Describe technically precise design and structural behavior for the purposes of review and construction.
Utilize technically precise inventory and documentation of a historic place within the rules established by the relevant authority.
Assemble a comprehensive software program for an architecture project including an assessment of client and user needs, an inventory of space and equipment requirements, an analysis of site conditions and a definition of site selection and design assessment criteria.
Design sites and buildings to accommodate individuals with varying physical abilities.
Respond to natural and built site characteristics and their effects in the development of a program and the design of a project.
Design different methods of project delivery, the corresponding forms of service contracts and the types of documentation required to render competent and responsible professional service within the legislation of a building.
Judge the individual role of an architect in the professional field and his/her responsibility.
Work successfully in research and design stages of an architectural project within a team.
Consent lifelong learning principles in professional life as well as follow up development and improvement in the field of architecture.
Discuss social and professional issues.
Administer the limited energy resources and take responsibility to protect the environment.
Integrate the basic principles and responsibilities of organization and legislation as they apply to the practice of architecture.
Configure, as an integral part of the design, an appropriate combination of building materials, components, and assemblies to satisfy the requirements of building programs.

Weekly Course Subjects

1	Introduction
2	Urban Furniture Planning
3	Urban Furniture Location Selection
4	Urban Furniture Design
5	Furniture design for people with disabilities
6	Seating Elements
7	Garbage Bins
8	Signboards
9	Midterm
10	Lighting Elements
11	Water Elements
12	Boundary Elements
13	Bus Stops
14	Urban Furniture Maintenance

Resources

1-Main Bill, Hannah Gail Greet. Site Furnishings: A Complete Guide to the Planning, Selection and Use of Landscape Furniture and Amenities, John Wiley & Sons; 2010.
2- Carmona Matthew, Heath Tim, Oc Taner, Tiesdell Steve. Public Places Urban Spaces: The Dimensions of Urban Design, Published Elseiver Ltd.; 2010.
3- Bain Lesley, Gray Barbara, Rodgers Dave. Living Streets: Strategies for Crafting Public Space, John Wiley & Sons; 2012
4- Harris Charles W., Dines Nicholas T., Brown Kyle. Time-saver standards for landscape architecture: design and construction data, Second edition, McGraw-Hill publishing company; 1998.
5-Madden Kathy. Streetscape: A Guide to the Design and Management of Pedestrian Amenities in Downtowns and Neighborhood Commercial Districts, Project for Public Spaces, Inc., 1987.

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