Courses given by the Department of Urban Design


Course Code Course Name METU Credit Contact (h/w) Lab (h/w) ECTS
UD500 URBAN DESIGN THESIS 0 0.00 0.00 50.0

Course Content

Program of research leading to Master of City Planning in Urban Design arranged between student and a faculty member. Student register to this course starting from their third semester while the research program or write-up of thesis in progress

UD501 URBAN DESIGN STUDIO I 8 4.00 8.00 16.0

Course Content

Concentrates on developing theoretical and analytical studies about the topics undertaken in any academic year. The objective is to generate new frameworks, languages and techniques at the macro, meso and micro scale urban form, identity and activity studies and to enhance students’ skills and knowledge in managing the design of the city or its parts through financial and legal tools.
Prerequisite for UD 502: UD 501

UD502 URBAN DESIGN STUDIO II 8 4.00 8.00 16.0

Course Content

Concentrates on developing theoretical and analytical studies about the topics undertaken in any academic year. The objective is to generate new frameworks, languages and techniques at the macro, meso and micro scale urban form, identity and activity studies and to enhance students’ skills and knowledge in managing the design of the city or its parts through financial and legal tools.
Prerequisite for UD 502: UD 501

UD555 PARAMETRIC URBAN DESIGN 3 2.00 2.00 8.0

Course Content

Computational design thinking and techniques within the specific context of spatial planning and design. Introducing planning students with the emerging techniques of computational design within the specific context of parametic modelling. The basic (Morphological) knowledge on the components of urban design for the students of architecture. Creating a generative link between computation and urban design on the basis of creative collaboration between architecture and planning. Experimenting the contemporary approach of generative urbanism with the operational tools of parametric modelling.