COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name
Integrated Spatial Analysis
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
ARCH 562
Fall/Spring
2
2
3
7.5
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
Second Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives This course aims to explore the methods of understanding the characteristics, material and immaterial components of place, to observe and interpret the urban environment. It also aims to identify the physical structure of the city - the scale, pattern, form of blocks, streets, districts and public spaces- and the sensory characteristics. In this context, it teaches the techniques of recording, representing, and communicating what is observed. The course aims to demonstrate the basic graphic language of spatial analysis through the use of representation of tools such as: drawing, photographing, computer modelling and graphics.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Will be able to comprehend the approaches towards analysing the urban environment by morphological and sensory analysis methods.
  • Will be able to understand the components and dynamics of a place.
  • Will be able to develop an understanding of the material and immaterial qualities of place across different scales.
  • Will be able to acquire techniques of recording and representing what is observed and enhance the ability to communicate their findings graphically, visually and through written form.
  • Will be able to evaluate architecture in the broader context of its relationship with the urban environment
  • Will be able to acquire an understanding of the ways of reading, looking and understanding of place in order to provide the knowledge to design the place.
Course Description This course provides the students with a general introduction to methods of analyzing, observing and interpreting the urban place focusing on various scales of place, i.e architecture, urban or any other micro-spaces. The lectures are organized with a multi-disciplinary approach around understanding of urban place, its morphological structure, its material and immaterial elements and its relation to architectural space.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



Course Category

 Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Introduction to the Course
2 Lecture 1: Introduction to Academic Reading and Writing
3 Lecture 2: Construction of Space/Place Assignment 1
4 Lecture 3: Spatial Analysis Assignment 2
5 Lecture 4: Spatial Analysis and Observing Student Lectures Discussion on the Projects & Project Draft
6 Student Lecture 1: Components of Place: Morphological Characteristics. Student Lecture 2: Components of Place: Social Characteristics Assignment 3
7 Student Lecture 3: Components of Place: Functional Characteristics Student Lectures Discussion on the Projects & Project Draft
8 Student Lecture 4: Components of Place: Visual Characteristics Student Lectures Discussion on the Projects & Project Draft
9 Mid-Term Exam 1
10 Student Lecture 5: Components of Place: Perceptual Dimension Student Lectures Discussion on the Projects & Project Draft
11 Student Lecture 6: Components of Place: Temporary Dimension Student Lectures Discussion on the Projects & Project Draft
12 Revision of the Lectures Assignment 4
13 Lecture 5: Academic Writing: Structure and Content
14 Interpreting the Place Presentation of the Projects
15 Review of the semester Assignment 5
16 Review of the semester Submission of the Projects
Course Notes/Textbooks The course consists of four phases; observing, reading, interpreting and representing the place. The lectures given at the beginning of each phase will constitute the course notes.
Suggested Readings/Materials
  • Calvino, I. 1972, “Invisible Cities”, translated from the Italian by William Weaver.  London :Vintage, 2002
  • Carmona, M., Heath, T., Oc. T. and Tiesdell, S. 2003. Public Places Urban Spaces: The Dimensions of Urban Design, Oxford, Architectural Press.
  • Fleming, Ronald Lee. "Questions to Ask a Space." Places 6, no. 4 (Summer 1990): 12-13
  • Gehl, Jan. Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space. NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1987.
  • Gehl, J. and Svarre, B. 2013. How to Study Public Life. Island Press, Washington, DC.
  • Greenbie, Barrie B. Spaces, Dimensions of the Human Landscape. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, 1981
  • Jacobs, Allan B. "Clues." In Looking at Cities. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1985, pp. 30-83.
  • Jacobs, Allan B. "Starting to Look." In Looking at Cities. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1985, pp. 1-13
  • Madanipour,  A.,  2004.  Marginal  Public  Spaces  in  European  Cities,  Journal  of  Urban Design. Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 267-286.
  • Madanipour, A., 1996. Design of urban space: an inquiry into a socio-spatial process. John Wiley & Son Ltd., Part 1, pp3-28
  • Mehta, V., 2009. Look closely and you will see, listen carefully and you will hear: Urban design and social interaction on streets. Journal of Urban Design, 14(1), 29-64
  • Montgomery, J. 1998,  'Making a city: Urbanity, vitality and urban design',Journal of Urban Design,3:1,93 — 116
  • Pallasmaa, J., 2005, “The eyes of the skin: Architecture and the Senses”, Chichester :  Wiley-Academy
  • Zardini, M. 2005, “Sense of the City: An Alternate Approach to Urbanism”. Canadian Centre for Architecture

 

Resource for Urban Design Information

www.rudi.net

Project for Public Space

http://www.pps.org/

Urban Public Space

http://urban.cccb.org/

Urban Sketchers

http://www.urbansketchers.com

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
5
30
Presentation / Jury
1
10
Project
1
50
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
10
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
8
100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
32
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
Study Hours Out of Class
14
5
70
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
5
13
Presentation / Jury
1
4
Project
1
14
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
4
Final Exams
    Total
221

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
 Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to advance specialized architectural knowledge based on qualifications acquired at the undergraduate level.
2

To be able to conceive the interdisciplinary nature of the architectural field and apply such knowledge and analytical capacity to interdisciplinary studies.
3

To be able to apply specialized knowledge in architecture in theoretical or practical work.
4

To be able to produce new knowledge by integrating architectural knowledge with knowledge in other disciplines.
5

To be able to diagnose and evaluate a specific problem in architecture and to relate this ability to publishing or practice.
6

To be able critically evaluate knowledge peculiar to the architectural field, facilitate self-directed learning and produce advanced work independently. 
7

To be able to communicate contemporary developments in architecture and one’s own work in professional and interdisciplinary environments in written, oral or visual forms.
8

To be able to consider, control and communicate social, scientific and ethical values in the accumulation, interpretation, publication and/or application of architectural data.
9

To be able to critically analyze the norms that inform spatial relationships and their social implications and to develop original thesis according to guidelines.
10

To be able to keep up with developing knowledge in Architecture and participate in academic and professional discussions using at least one foreign language.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest