CP551 THEORIES & PRINCIPLES OF URBAN DESIGN
| Course Code: | 8530551 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | City Planning |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. ENDER PEKER |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course explores the theoretical foundations, historical paradigms, and contemporary discourses that shape urban design as both a professional and intellectual field. Students will critically engage with influential texts to trace how urban space has been conceptualized, contested, and practiced over time. Emphasis is placed on reading theory not as abstract knowledge but as a tool to understand real-world spatial conditions, design intentions, and societal outcomes.
Course Content
Positive and normative theories of design; substantial and procedural aspects of design theory; models of man-environment relations; man-environment relations in the historical context and schools of design; urban elements; squares, house; Jungian approach to the analysis of urban elements.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will:
- Identify and compare key theories and paradigms in urban design across time
- Understand the historical and ideological foundations of urban design discourse
- Interpret, critique, and synthesize academic texts with clarity and precision
- Formulate and defend their own positions on theoretical and practical debates in urban design