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UDES501        Urban Design Studio I (2, 0, 6) 5
Studio in fundamental physical urban design; design guidance, site planing 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.

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UDES503        History, Theory and Criticism of Urban Design (3, 0, 0) 3
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.

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UDES505    Advance Research Methods in Urban Design and Planning(3, 0, 0) 3

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UDES502        Urban Design Studio II (2, 0, 6) 5
Studio in advanced urban design processes; superimposing of urban design data base on the social, economic, and cultural constraints; proposing appropriate urban development and design. A group or individual project which will normally be a real-life large-scale urban design and development project in urban environments with historical significance involving analysis, problem solving, plan decisions, land reclamation and infrastructure provision leading to a 3-D built form. Designed to professional standards involving relevant urban design theory and implementation criteria with an interdisciplinary approach, and conducted with participation of professionals in both public and private sectors. Collaborative work on problems that are large in scope, yet require attention to spatial organization and design details.

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UDES504        Contemporary Approaches in Urban Design (3, 0, 0) 3 (5)
This seminar course aims to examine contemporary issues in urban design focusing on public realm improvements, urban intensification, town centre regeneration. It explores urban design issues in more detail including design for the sensory experience of space; 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 globalisation.

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UDES506        Urban Morphology (3, 0, 0) 3 (5)
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.

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UDES507        Case Studies in Urban Development and Design (3, 0, 0) 3
A series of seminars on current research topics and recent developments in urban design and development. This course examines in detail the interaction of the various components within the development and urban design process. It utilizes a series of case studies of actual projects of varying scale and complexity which will allow for an analysis of the essential inputs to the process and the effects these may have on outputs and the final product.

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UDES598        Thesis Seminar (0, 0, 0) 0
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.

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UDES500        Thesis (0, 0, 0) 0
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 begining of the fall term.

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UDES512        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.

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UDES513        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.

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UDES514        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 asesthetic considerations relevant to landscape and those elements of the built environment that give definition to the public realm.

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UDES516        Urban Sociology (ARCH562)
A seminar course providing students with systematic knowledge on the process of urbanization, the impacts of living in cities, and problems of today’s urban areas. 
The topics will include: the global dimensions of urbanization; the historical perspective of urbanization, urban transformation; internal structure of metropolitan areas; population distribution within cities; urban problems; social area analysis and factorial ecology. 

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UDES517        Urban Public Spaces
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.

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UDES518        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.

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UDES519        Creative Approaches to Urban Problems
This seminar course focuses on contemprary 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.

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UDES520        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.

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UDES521        Introduction to Urban Conservation (ARCH556)
Approaching protection of historic buildings and areas, conservation planning and process, design in historic environments; protection of historic areas, internationally accepted principles of conservation, theoretical and conceptual framework of conservation, framework for implementation of conservation decisions, approaches in revitalization of historic areas.

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UDES522        Methodology and Practice in Urban Conservation (ARCH557)
International survey on experiences of urban conservation; international approaches to conservation including their legislation framework,etc.; methodology and practice in various countries including Turkey.

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UDES523        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.

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UDES524        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.

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UDES525        Policies of Urbanization (ARCH558)
The course deals with providing graduate students of architecture and urban design, who intend to specialize in planning and urban design related fields, with needed tools to enable them to analyze the phenomena of urbanization and planning from a social science point of view. Basic theoretical approaches to worldwide urbanization, including its causes, patterns and problems, will be presented together with major policies implemented in different parts of the world. In this context, particular emphasis is put upon the ways in which Republic of Turkey and TRNC deal with the problems of urban development. The role of several international organizations, such as the United Nations, European Union and the Council of Europe, in shaping the urbanization policies  of member states, will also be evaluated. Principles and policies recommended at the international conferences organized by the above-mentioned institutions will be reviewed.

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UDES526        Transformations of Cultural Environments