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MASTERS
PROGRAM IN URBAN DESIGN
Overview
4-Semester program
2 Semesters courses; 2 Semesters Thesis Writing
Number of Courses with Credit (minimum): 8
Program
Urban design deals with the urban macroform at the macro-scale,
with the formation and shaping of various pieces of urban land at
the meso-scale, and with all buildings and spaces between them at
the micro-scale; at some instances, it also deals with the design
and construction of urban elements, while providing necessary inputs
to different designers so as to help them design under a common
language within the framework of larger pieces of urban land the
development of which is spread over time.
The
Graduate Program in Urban design aims at educating those students,
who have a background in city planning, architecture and other related
disciplines and who are interested in the subject. The main objectives
of the program are to develop the theoretical frameworks which will
generate those structures related to form, identity and action at
all scales of the city, to innovate new design languages and techniques;
and to equip those interested professionals of related fields with
the skills and knowledge about the use of administrative, legal
and fiscal tools with reference to real world situations.
ADMISSION
AND TITLE
Students
of city planning and architecture are directly admitted to the program
if they are found to be successful in an entrance examination. Students
from other related fields will have to go through a one year preparation
term, taking the courses suggested by the Examination Jury if found
to be successful in the examination.
PROGRAM
Courses
offered in the Urban Design Graduate Program are related to both
theory and practice, and can be considered under four frameworks
of analysis. Keywords that pertain to these frameworks are as follows:
1.
Mass-Space Relationships:
Design
Approaches, Design Values, Design Philosophy, Design Criteria, Time-Space,
Aesthetics, Visual Structure, Measurement, Scale, Color, Spatial
Structure, Language, etc.
2.
Pyscho-Social Systems:
Environment,
Behavior, Meaning, Image, Place, Perception, Cognition, Identity,
Personality, Value, Sociality-Privacy, Border, etc.
3.
Bio-Physical Systems:
Comfort,
Orientation, Hygiene, Security, Protection, Pollution, Ecology,
Accessibility, Sustainability, etc
4.
Process of Realization:
Planned-Adhoc,
Social Production of Space, Participation, Legal Framework, Socio-Political
Structure of Space, Fiscal Analysis, Real-Estate Economics, Design
Process, Landownership, Infrastructure, Structure of Local Administration,
Design Guide, Concept of Public and Private, etc. .
These
frameworks, the keywords of which are given above also give the
studios' and elective courses' contents. Thus, the students will
be able to specialize under sub-topics of urban design. The program
consists of:
COMPUTER
AIDED DESIGN
One
of the main objectives of the Urban Design Graduate Program is to
use computer technology. In this context, computers are used so
as to produce two and three dimensional presentation techniques,
to develop new graphical languages and to store data.
Curriculum
Thesis
The student will submit a thesis for the completion of the requirements
of the Urban Design Graduate Program. One of the objectives of the
Urban Design Studio is to help the student his/her thesis topic
according to the field of his/her interest.
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