Kocaeli University / European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dr. Elif Yeşim KÖSTEN

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Determine the reflections of lifestyle that is redefined by industrialization and modernization in 20. century
1) Determine the reflections of lifestyle that is redefined by industrialization and modernization in 20. century
2) Evaluate the contribution of modernization movement in 20. century to space pattern
2) Evaluate the contribution of modernization movement in 20. century to space pattern
3) Question the qualitative and quantitative comfort strategies and their service limits of housing typologies
3) Question the qualitative and quantitative comfort strategies and their service limits of housing typologies
4) Evaluate the 20. century modern settlement planning models called as gardencity and suburb
4) Evaluate the 20. century modern settlement planning models called as gardencity and suburb
5) Recognize housing hierarchy and privacy concepts
5) Recognize housing hierarchy and privacy concepts

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

		Program Competencies
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Learning Outcomes
	1	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	1	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	2	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	2	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	3	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	3	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	4	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	4	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	5	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High
	5	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High	High

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Not Required

Course Contents

Candidates are provided with in-depth knowledge on the examples of resettlement in the world and in Turkey after earthquakes, various settlement patterns, temporary and permanent settlements, alternative systems for design and construction of housing, examples from different cultures.

Weekly Schedule

1) An overview of the notion of earthquake (earthquake/ground, earthquake/structure relation)
2) Examination of post-earthquake settlements and structural applications
3) What are "Permanent Settlement" and "Permanent Housing"?
4) Student presentations regarding examples of post-earthquake settlements from different cultures and their comperative analyses
5) Examination of alternative construction systems in post-disaster housing design in earthquake zones
6) Student presentations regarding construction systems in earthquake zones
7) Examination and explanations of the site selections regarding earthquake housing and its relation with the city development through examples
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) Student presentations examining the site selections regarding earthquake housing and its relation with the city development
10) Examining the effects of permanent housing projects on the development of the city
11) Examples regarding post-earthquake housing
12) Spatial and socio-economic examinations of selected cases
13) Examinations of housing typologies through selected cases
14) The comperative analyses of post-earthquake settlement units/houses through selected cases
15) Overall evaluation
16) Final examination

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Discussion
3) Demonstration
4) Group Study
5) Problem Solving

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade

50%

		Number	Percentage
Semester Studies	Field Study	1	20%
	Project	1	20%
	Quiz	1	20%
	Practices	1	20%
	Presentation/Seminar	4	20%

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

50%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)