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PEM5210 | Landscape Design Theory and Metodology | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | Level of Course | Second Cycle | Status | Elective | Department | DEPARTMENT of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | -- | Co-Lecturer | None | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | The course aims to provide the students with a general knowledge on different theories of landscape architecture and to teach them how to use these knowledge in spatial analyzing. |
Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | PO - 1 : | Summarize theories about design in landscape architecture | 1,2 | 2, | PO - 2 : | Use the concepts of these theories in human-environment relationship analysis | 1,2 | 3 | PO - 3 : | Conduct researches based on these theories | 1,2 | 5 | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | |
Main aspects of different theories and methods in landscape architecture with contemporary interpretation. Inventory of spatial data through these theories and methods and forming a background for design. Conclude these theoretical studies with a pilot application. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | The person environment relationship, the nature of environmental design theory. | | Week 2 | Positive theory, normative theory, concepts of theory in the design fields, procedural and substantive theory | | Week 3 | The concerns of behavioral sciences, the concerns of design, and the nature design problems, the contribution of the behavioral sciences to design theory | | Week 4 | Positive environmental design theory and design methodology | | Week 5 | Models of environmental design praxis, models of environmental design as a rational process, models of environmental design as an argumentative process. | | Week 6 | Model of the design process, intelligence phase, designing and the design phase, choosing and the choice phase. | | Week 7 | Substantive theory; the environmental and behavior, fundamental concepts, fundamental process of human behavior, built environment and human behavior | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | Week 9 | Aesthetic theory | | Week 10 | Normative environmental design theory, sociophysical issues in environmental design | | Week 11 | Students will define a research subject according to issues from the scope of course and discussion. | | Week 12 | Determining the scope and contents of defined research problem, discussion. | | Week 13 | Presentation of students? researches and discussion | | Week 14 | Presentation of students? researches and discussion | | Week 15 | Presentation of students? researches and discussion | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | |
1 | Murphy, M. D. 2005; Landscape Architecture Theory: An Evolving Body of Thought, Waveland Pres | | |
1 | Swaffield, S. 2002; Theory in Landscape Architecture: A Reader(Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture), University of Pennsylvania Pres. | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 8 | | 2 | 30 | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | | 2 | 30 | Presentation | 16 | | | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2 | 40 | |
Student Work Load and its Distribution | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 14 | 70 | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 1 | 14 | 14 | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ödev | 5 | 7 | 35 | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | Diğer 1 | 8 | 7 | 56 | Diğer 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | Total work load | | | 225 |
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