Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
4MİM218Universal Design2+0+02205.09.2025

 
Course Details
Language of Instruction Turkish
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Architecture
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course Adopting design principles that will ensure architectural accessibility with equal opportunities for all people living in the built environment, and then examining the structural details that will enable everyone to live independently.
Course Content An introduction to the principles of organizing the built environment to be accessible to all user groups by integrating planning principles with universal design principles.
Course Methods and Techniques theoretical explanation and discussions
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Associate Prof.Dr. Özlem BELİR
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources World Report on Disability, 2011. (https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241564182)
Sacks, O. (2017). Sesleri Görmek. Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
Making Cities for People (https://www.gehlpeople.com/)
2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design (http://www.ada.gov/regs2010/2010ADAStandards/2010ADAStandards_prt.pdf )
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Belir, Ö. (2009). Mimari Erişilebilirlik Kılavuzu. Özürlüler Vakfı, 15, 2017. (https://www.scribd.com/doc/157671289/Ozurluler-vakfi-Mimari-erisilebilirlik-kilavuzu)
Belir, Ö. (2018). Evrensel Tasarım ve İlkeleri. H. Soydaş Çakır ve Ö. Belir. (Editörler). Evrensel Tasarıma Farklı Bakışlar. Ankara: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, 1-18.
Belir, Ö. (2022). İstanbul’da Hızlanan Kent Ortamında Yaşlanan Nüfusun Değişen Yaşam Biçimleri. P. Erkan Bursa (Editör). Değişen İstanbul'un Kentsel Çevresinden Seçmeler. İstanbul: Nobel Bilimsel, 77-91.
Gehl, J. (2020). İnsan İçin Kentler. Erdem Erten (Çeviri). Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları.
Pallasmaa, J. (2011). Tenin Gözleri. A.Z. Kılıç (Çeviri). YEM Yayın.
Project for Public Spaces (https://www.pps.org/)
Enç, M. (2007). Bitmeyen Gece. Ötüken Neşriyat.
Evcil, A. N. (2014). Herkes İçin Tasarım: Evrensel Tasarım. Boğaziçi Yayınları
Course Notes Sources given

Course Category
Field %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 30
Assignment 1 % 25
Final examination 1 % 45
Total
3
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 2 28
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 1 14
Presentation 1 4 4
Mid-terms 1 2 2
Final examination 1 2 2
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 2 50

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Learn the concepts and design principles of design for everyone and the universal approach to design.
2 Can design environments and spaces that are architecturally accessible to everyone.
3 Acquires awareness of universal design.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 .
2 Introduction to Universal Design, its purpose and terms History of Universal Design
3 Universal Design Principles and explanations - Impediments to the application and reflection of the principles in architecture
4 Public Space Quality, “Human” factor
5 The concept of Safe, Healthy Urban Life
6 Audiovisual and other sense perceptions
7 The concept of deaf space
8 Barrier-free space design application
9 Barrier-free space design application
10 Design examples for everyone on a city scale.
11 Design examples for everyone in public buildings.
12 Student presentations and discussions
13 Student presentations and discussions
14 General evaluation of the course.

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12
All 3 3 5
C1 3 3 5
C2 3 3 5
C3 3 3 5

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