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M.S. Master of Science in Urban Design (with Thesis)


Master of Science in Urban Design (MSc in UD)

English/İngilizce

MSc in Urban Design in the Department of Architecture at EMU is basically a research-based program including one urban design project which aims to contribute to the enhancement of the quality of cities. The program addresses urban design as a framework of research and practice and enables students to develop skills and techniques of communicating innovative and creative approaches in urban design with an emphasis on contemporary urban challenges such as smart cities, resilient cities, healthy community design, and ecology-human relations. The program seeks to develop students' ability to analyse existing urban context and provide sustainable solutions for future city development in local as well as global scale.

It provides knowledge of urban concepts and issues, preparing architects, planners, landscape architects, and other relevant professionals to affect patterns of urbanization, manage urban growth, respond to urban problems, and sustain existing urban areas in an interdisciplinary and holistic context.

The program is also intended to act as an introductory vehicle for those wishing to pursue further research at PhD level. The program is run in collaboration with the Master of Urban Design program of the Department of Architecture through sharing the first semester design studio and compulsory courses.

Turkish/Türkçe

Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi Mimarlık Bölümü bünyesinde eğitim veren Kentsel Tasarım Tezli Yüksek Lisans Programı, araştırma odaklı bir yapıya sahip olup, kentlerin mekânsal ve yaşamsal kalitesinin artırılmasına katkı sağlamayı amaçlayan bir programdır. Program, kentsel tasarımı hem kuramsal hem de uygulamalı bir araştırma alanı olarak ele almakta; öğrencilerin yenilikçi ve yaratıcı yaklaşımlar geliştirme, bu yaklaşımları kentsel tasarım bağlamında ifade etme ve ilgili teknikleri etkin bir biçimde kullanma yetkinliklerini geliştirmeyi hedeflemektedir. Bu bağlamda, akıllı şehirler, dirençli kentler, sağlıklı yaşam çevreleri tasarımı ve ekoloji-insan etkileşimi gibi güncel kentsel meseleler programın temel odak noktalarını oluşturmaktadır.

Program, öğrencilerin mevcut kentsel bağlamları analitik bir bakış açısıyla değerlendirme, yerel ve küresel ölçeklerde sürdürülebilir kentleşme senaryoları üretme ve çağdaş kentleşme dinamiklerine yönelik yenilikçi çözümler geliştirme kapasitelerini artırmayı amaçlamaktadır.

Ayrıca, program kentsel tasarım kuramları ve kavramlarına dair ileri düzeyde bilgi sağlayarak, mimarlar, şehir plancıları, peyzaj mimarları ve ilgili disiplinlerden gelen profesyonellerin kentleşme süreçlerine müdahale edebilme, kentsel büyümeyi yönetebilme, kent sorunlarına stratejik çözümler üretebilme ve mevcut kentsel alanların sürdürülebilirliğini sağlama konularında yetkinlik kazanmalarına katkı sunmaktadır.

Bunun yanı sıra, program, doktora düzeyinde akademik araştırmalara devam etmek isteyenler için ileri akademik çalışmalara hazırlayıcı bir nitelik taşımakta olup, ilk dönem tasarım stüdyosu ve zorunlu dersler Mimarlık Bölümü'nde sunulan Kentsel Tasarım Yüksek Lisans Programı ile ortak yürütülmektedir.


 

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                  COMPULSORY COURSES ​ ​ ​
Course
Code ​

Course Title ​Course
Credits ​
EnglishTurkish
UDES501Urban Design StudioKentsel Tasarım Stüdyosu
(4,0,4)6
UDES503                 
History, Theory and Criticism of Urban DesignKentsel Tasarım Tarihi, Kuramı ve Eleştirisi(3,0,0)3
UDES505
Advanced Research Methods in Urban Design and PlanningKentsel Tasarım ve Planlamada İleri Araştırma Yöntemleri(3,0,0)3
UDES504Contemporary Issues in Urban DesignKentsel Tasarımda Çağdaş Yaklaşımlar(3,0,0)3
UDES598Thesis SeminarSeminer(0,0,0,)0
UDES500ThesisTez(0,0,0,)0


ELECTIVE COURSES * ​ ​ ​
Course
Code ​		Course Title ​Course
Credits ​
EnglishTurkish
UDES5xxApproved ElectiveOnaylı Seçmeli(3,0,0)3
UDES5xxApproved ElectiveOnaylı Seçmeli(3,0,0)3
UDES5xxApproved ElectiveOnaylı Seçmeli(3,0,0)3
* Students may also enroll in courses from other graduate programs within the Faculty of Architecture/University, on the approval of their supervisors.

Fall Semester (Semester I)

UDES501                  Urban Design Studio

UDES503                  History, Theory and Criticism of Urban Design

UDESxxx                  Elective Course

UDESxxx                   Elective ​​Course​

Spring Semester (Semester II)

UDES505                  Advanced Research Methods in Urban Design and Planning

UDES504                  Contemporary Issues in Urban Design

UDESxxx                  Elective Course 

UDES598                  Thesis Seminar

Third Semester (Semester III)

UDES500                  Thesis

Fourth Semester (Semester IV)

UDES500                  Thesis

List of Elective Courses:

UDES512                  Urban Design and Sustainability

UDES513                  Urban Design and Aesthetics

UDES514                  Urban Design and Development Control

UDES515                  Typo-morphological Analysis in Urban Studies

UDES517                  Urban Public Spaces

UDES518                  Urban Landscape

UDES519                  Creative Approaches to Urban Problems

UDES520                  Housing Environments and Sustainability

UDES523                  Computer Aided Urban Design (CAUD)

UDES524                 Physical Environment and Site Planning

UDES526                  Transformations of Cultural Environments



Research Areas (English/İngilizce)​


  • Urban Design Theory
  • Urban Design Education
  • Urban Regeneration
  • Urban Conservation & Revitalization
  • Urban Culture
  • Urban Planning
  • Urban Landscape
  • Urban Morphology
  • Urban Housing
  • Urban Representations
  • Urban Image & Identity
  • Urban Public Space
  • Urban Strategies
  • Urban Sustainability & Sustainable Urban Design
  • Urban Sociology
  • Urban & Environmental Psychology 


Kentsel Tasarım Araştırma Alanları​ (Turkish/Türkçe)

  • Kentsel Tasarım Teorisi
  • Kentsel Tasarım Eğitimi
  • Kentsel Yenilenme
  • Kentsel Koruma ve Canlandırma
  • Kent Kültürü
  • Kentsel Planlama
  • Kentsel Peyzaj
  • Kent Morfolojisi
  • Kentsel Konut
  • Kentsel Sunumlar
  • Kent İmgesi ve Kimliği
  • Kentsel Kamusal Mekân
  • Kent Stratejileri
  • Kentsel Sürdürülebilirlik  & Sürdürülebilir Kentsel Tasarım
  • Kent Sosyolojisi
  • Kentsel ve Çevresel Psikoloji



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COMPULSORY COURSES

UDES501                 Urban Design Studio

Studio in fundamental physical urban design; design guidance, site planning and urban design in the newly established districts of cities or at the edge or outside cities; survey of small urban communities varying in social, economic, technological, and physical components; analysis of the data and information surveyed; formulations of database necessary for urban design; proposing urban design alternatives. Collaborative work on problems that are large in scope yet require attention to spatial organization and design details.

Credits:  ( 4 /0 / 4 ) 6             Prerequisites:  None              ECTS credit: 15     

UDES 503                History, Theory and Criticism of Urban Design

This course provides an examination of essential urban design theories and principles and historic and contemporary trends in urban design theory and practice. Topics covered include: emergence of urban pattern; elements, patterns, and evolution of urban form; urban design concepts and approaches; past and present urban development; city forms in history; patterns and influences affecting domestic and international urban characteristics; urban identity; urban forms related to functions; analysis of socioeconomic, political, historical, geographic, and cultural forces influencing urban form; concepts of idealized urban forms and theoretical models of urban configuration. techniques and evaluation criteria for urban design inquiry; and urban design trends in USA, Europe and the region.

Credits:  ( 3 /0 / 3 ) 3             Prerequisites: None               ECTS credits:10

UDES 504                Contemporary Approaches in Urban Design

In this course, different seminars from different tutors  is given to cover subject of issue of problematic building types and mixed use; density issues; regeneration; guiding and promoting urban design development; sustainability in urban design; coding and briefing; issues of local identity; urban landscape design; movement and mobility and emerging issues concerned with the provision of good urban design in relation to globalization.

Credits:  ( 3 /0 /3 ) 3              Prerequisites: None                                 ECTS credits:10

UDES505                 Advance Research Methods in Urban Design and Planning     

This course discusses main qualitative research methods and their application to urbanism (urban design and planning). It addresses the process and practice of academic research. The course equips students with essential tools for conducting ethical and independent study. It teaches how to develop research questions, to elaborate conceptual and methodological frameworks, to make critical literature reviews, to enter and research the field, and to write-up a research document. The topics cover: general principles and research methods for logical consideration process; social behavioral and phenomenal researches concerning urban design, appropriate methods contributing to the formulation of concepts of design and planning of research on urban design in both qualitative and quantitative aspects; evaluation of design; post occupancy evaluation

Credits:  ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3            Prerequisites: None                                 ECTS credits:10

UDES598             Thesis Seminar

This seminar series will examine the various stages in the preparation of a dissertation and introduce the theoretical and practical approaches available. It will bring all candidates in the program together to report and discuss with core faculty their individual interests, the design and research work they are pursuing in other courses, and their progress on their initial studies on a thesis. Subjects covered through seminars which will be conducted by participating faculty and guest speakers include, selection of a dissertation topic, definition of research goals, research methods in different disciplines, sources of data. A dissertation proposal will be prepared as part of this course.

Credits:  ( 0 / 0 / 0 ) 0            Prerequisites: None                                 ECTS credits:5

UDES500                 Thesis    

Supervised research conducted individually by the student and constituting a final thesis. Thesis work starts during the spring semester with the thesis seminar. Students are expected to work intensively during the summer and present their initial studies on their thesis at the beginning of the fall term.

Credits:  (0 /0 / 0 ) 0                   Prerequisites: None                           ECTS credits:30


ELECTIVE COURSES

UDES 512                Urban Design and Sustainability     

This course provides students with an introductory yet comprehensive overview of sustainable urban design, encompassing its physical, structural, functional, social and economic dimensions. The topics covered will include: definitions of sustainable urban design, principles of sustainable urban design, environmentally conscious / responsive design concepts and criteria, valuing and managing the built and natural environment.

Credits:  ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3            Prerequisites:  None                                ECTS credits:5

UDES 513          Urban Design and Aesthetics                

Urban Design and aesthetics are important in creating a high quality of life for a community. While the visual aesthetics are the most noticeable to the casual observer, there are a number of other reasons why design is central to a community's well-being. This graduate course aims to provide students with the aesthetical dimension of urban design concentrating on the three-dimensional form of urban areas. The topics covered include: site planning; parking lots; landscaping / street trees; streetscape; signs; architectural treatments.

Credits:  ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3            Prerequisites:  None                                ECTS credits:5

UDES 514                Urban Design and Development Control

This course aims to develop a professional standard of competence in the generation and implementation of urban design and development control policies and instruments; and to demonstrate a critical and reflective awareness of the philosophies, concepts and practice of urban design and development control. The course focuses on the development of design arguments, the translation of preferred design outcomes into development control codes, the legal framework of development controls and the preparation of development control reports. The course also covers the technical areas of local traffic and pedestrian movement, environmental factors, such as sunlight and shade, wind and noise effects, together with the aesthetic considerations relevant to landscape and those elements of the built environment that give definition to the public realm.

Credits:  ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3            Prerequisites: None                                 ECTS credits:5

UDES 515                Typo-morphological Analysis in Urban Studies

This course explores the evolution of urban form with an emphasis upon built form typologies. Students will be introduced to the advanced knowledge for the study of both architectural and geographical aspects of urban form. The course seeks to advance knowledge and techniques of urban areas through the study of their history and agents and ideas involved in their creation and transformation of urban form in its context. The development of an historical knowledge and of sensibilities and skills in the recording and interpretation of urban pattern and form for design purposes is the unit's primary aim. As such it examines the characteristics and dimensions of major urban typologies (especially those still visible in today's cities) their origins and interrelationships, and issues surrounding their interpretation and treatment in the contemporary city.

Credits:  ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3            Prerequisites: None                                 ECTS credits:5

UDES 517                Urban Public Space

This seminar course provides a systematic knowledge on the development and design of urban public spaces, considering aesthetical, ecological, cultural, social, political, technical, and financial factors. It will examine contemporary theories, debates, and design practices of public space making. Through readings, discussions, and class presentations we will explore the perceived crisis of public space, evaluate postmodern and feminist constructions of the public sphere, and develop a framework for a critical investigation of the claims and merits of current public space practice.

Credits:  ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3            Prerequisites: None                                 ECTS credits:5

UDES 518              Urban Landscape                  

Components and visual relationships of urban environment; theories of visual perception and aesthetic in urban environment; principles of urban landscape planning and design processes; urban landscape problems and problems solving processes with regard to physical, economic, social and technological aspects; Contemporary approaches to landscape architecture.

Credits:  ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3            Prerequisites: None                                 ECTS credits:

UDES 519             Creative Approaches to Urban Problems       

This seminar course focuses on contemporary approaches to urban problems, including challeneges and varying ways in which these have been met over time and space. The topics covered include: urban change, urban regeneration, urban revitalization, urban renewal, urban quality.

Credits:  ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3            Prerequisites: None                                 ECTS credits:5

UDES 520                Housing Environments and Sustainability

This course explores the concept of sustainability in housing environments. The topics include: housing design principles; social and cultural variables in housing design; sustainable residential environments; the meaning, use, scale and form of residential exterior spaces in terms of their sustainability. The course will focus on both traditional and new settlements both in Cyprus and other settlements in the region, on a comparative basis.

Credits:  ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3            Prerequisites: None                                 ECTS credits:5

 

UDES 523              Computer Aided Urban Design (CAUD)          

This course focuses on advanced CAD skills, multimedia and other techniques for urban design presentation, and enables designers to fully explore the use of computers as professional design and presentation tools.

Credits:  ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3            Prerequisites: None                                 ECTS credits:5

UDES 524 Physical Environment and Site Planning    

This course provides an examination of the methods and techniques used in master layout planning. Topics examined include: location and site analysis; land use planning and programme development; environmental standards; infrastructure and facilities; site formation and landscape planning.

Credits:  ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3            Prerequisites: None                                 ECTS credits:5

 

UDES 526 Transformations of Cultural Environments

This course will examine the rapid change in traditional settlements, cultural values and the relation of tradition to modernisation; analyse the rehabilitation of historic areas; assess the impacts of cultural exchanges and visitation in historic urban places; and facilitate the incorporation of cultural factors in planning urban developments. The course covers four main areas: cultural development (cultural identity and continuity in urban places and their relationship to heritage conservation); cultural transformation (trends in the cross-cultural occupation, use and rehabilitation of places in historic settlements; change in habitats and the resilience of local communities in urban places); dual urban structures (Asian and European morphologies in colonial and post-colonial settlements); cultural tourism (cultural heritage, tourism and cultural exchange, visitation trends and cultural rush; carrying capacity of historic places and resources).

Credits:  ( 3 / 0 / 3 ) 3            Prerequisites: None                                 ECTS credits:5​




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