CRP201 PLANNING STUDIO III
| Course Code: | 1210201 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 8 (4.00 - 8.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 10.0 |
| Department: | City and Regional Planning |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. AHMET BURAK BÜYÜKCİVELEK |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The aim of the CRP 201 Planning Studio is to give tudent the ability to create relationship between function and structure, and establish the material basis of a sustainable socio-ecological development model. This encompasses:
- production of the structure (program, relationships, usage, with sustainability criteria)
- establishing the relationship between structures (spatial proximity, accesibility, transportation, privacy)
- bringing together different functional systems (urban design project with model)
Course Content
The aim of this planning studio is to give theoretical and practical skills of comprehensive planning. Hence the town in focus is studied in its regional context, its problems are depicted, its parts are defined. Finally in handling the whole, land use and transportation compatibility is searched and as far as parts are concerned design skills in shaping the urban environment are developed.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course the students will comprehend the multiplicity of relations in a city departing from a functional structure and reaching to group of structures interacting through varying functions. The scale relationships will develop from concrete to abstract and constitute the basis for the second term 202 Planning Studio IV. Urban setting will be utilised as laboratory for students to learn and experience urban dynamics. This will enable students to transfer concrete events into spatial abstractions/representations which consists the basis of urban planning visual language. Students will experience complexities and interplay of different dimensions in an urban setting and create their relationship with urban planning.
Furthermore, they will acquire the skills of problem definition, algorithmic thinking, scenario-building, strategic thinking, utopian thinking, comparison of alternatives in scenario building and design skills to shape the urban environment. They will be equipped with the knowledge of form-function relationship, hierarchy of spaces and transport links, urban form-transport interactions, an in-depth understanding of the built environment, and part-whole relationships.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Knowledge and internalization of the concepts of social responsibility and public interest | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Giving priority to these concepts in planning and practice | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Commitment to professional ethics and values | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Capacity to independently carry out individual tasks and studies | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Ability to work as a responsible team member as well as a leader in team works | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Professional competency to carry out plans and projects with the utmost quality | ✔ | |||
| 7 | In the fields of planning and design: * Knowledge of planning theories * Ability to integrate theory and practice * Competency in problem definition, critical approach, and usage of analysis methods and techniques * Skills of inter-disciplinary and multi-dimensional thinking, analysis, synthesis, implementation, and development of alternative plans and design solutions | ✔ | |||
| 8 | In both Turkish and English: * Knowledge of professional terminology * Ability to carry out and present original studies * Skills of expressing oneself | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Lifelong learning skills and attributes | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Competency in process design and management | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution