Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE / PM-424 - LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Code: PM-424 Course Title: BARRIER-FREE LANDSCAPE DESIGN Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer ESRA ÖZHANCI (eozhanci@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to understand the concept of disabled in the plane of human-landscape relation, to learn the research field of barrier-free landscape design and to understand the importance of barrier-free landscape design in terms of occupational discipline in landscape architecture as much as it should be in all fields.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can gain a sensitive perspective, PO-1 To be able to make landscape planning, design and application on the basis of sustainability using knowledge and skills related to basic design and planning in the field
PO-2 Having professional responsibility and ethical values
PO-13 Ability to gain life-long learning consciousness
Examination
Term Paper
LO-2 can learn research areas and methods of barrier-free landscape design PO-1 To be able to make landscape planning, design and application on the basis of sustainability using knowledge and skills related to basic design and planning in the field
PO-2 Having professional responsibility and ethical values
PO-3 To be able to interdisciplinary team work
PO-14 Ability to thinking 3D and being creative in design issues
Examination
Performance Project
LO-3 can understand the mutual relationship between location and users PO-1 To be able to make landscape planning, design and application on the basis of sustainability using knowledge and skills related to basic design and planning in the field
PO-2 Having professional responsibility and ethical values
PO-8 Ability to use information technologies and information systems related to Landscape Architecture; ability to collect and analyze the necessary information for determined issues and problems
PO-13 Ability to gain life-long learning consciousness
Examination
Performance Project
Term Paper
LO-4 can interpret user behavior on the basis of unobstructed landscape design PO-1 To be able to make landscape planning, design and application on the basis of sustainability using knowledge and skills related to basic design and planning in the field
PO-2 Having professional responsibility and ethical values
PO-8 Ability to use information technologies and information systems related to Landscape Architecture; ability to collect and analyze the necessary information for determined issues and problems
PO-10 Be able to produce rational and practical solutions for conservation of the natural and cultural environment
Performance Project
Term Paper
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Progress and historical development of unobstructed landscape des?gn course, Words and concepts, Research area and methods, Physical environment-user relation
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction to the course: Scope, function, rules and requirements Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
2 Disability concept Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
3 Sensitivity within values Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
4 Physical (built) environment without barriers Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
5 Legal framework Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
6 User needs Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
7 Required metrics, space requirements, and access distances Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Barrier-free design, container design, universal design concepts Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
10 Problems faced by disabled people in everyday life - Transportation Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
11 Problems faced by people with disabilities in everyday life - Horizontal movement Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
12 Problems faced by disabilities in everyday life - Vertical circulation Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
13 Problems faced by disabled people in everyday life - City furniture Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
14 Problems encountered by people with disabilities in everyday life - Information and signs Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
15 Successful Samples from Turkey and the World Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Koca, C., 2010. Engelsiz Tasarım Kılavuzu. Dünya Engelliler Vakfı, 122 s.
2 Stoneham, J., Thoday, P. 1996. Landscape Design for Elderly and Disabled People. Garden Art Press.
Required Course instruments and materials
Koca, C., 2010. Engelsiz Tasarim Kilavuzu. Dünya Engelliler Vakfi, 122 s.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 1 30
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project 1 20
final exam 2 50

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 0
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 7 7
       c) Performance Project 1 5 5
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 2 14 28
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 6 12
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 1 6 6
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 89