Questioning Urban Design Dimensions of the Cul-De-Sacs in the Walled City of Famagusta

“Cul-de-Sac” is a french term that means the street pattern which have passage from one side and connects with larger streets. The other name of the “cul-de-sac” is Dead End Street. There are two different types of dead end streets, which are traditional and modern cul-de-sacs. According to the case study of this thesis, traditional cul-de-sacs’ typology will be refered. In the traditional urban texture, cul-de-sac is semi-public space that provides safety for children and semi-private space for adults. This typology brings significance to the urban pattern with the traces of traditional culture. As the aim of this thesis, ten cul-de-sacs situated in the Walled City of Famagusta are analised according to the six dimensions of urban design. These dimensions are visual, temporal, functional, social, morphological and perceptual dimensions. In this thesis, four chapters are included that are structured with introduction, literature review, case study that is the cul-de-sacs in the Walled City of Famagusta and conclusion. At the end of the study, the findings that determined throughout the thesis are presented and reccomondations are provided as a guide for further research. In this study, it is mainly determined that most of the cul-de-sacs are weak. In terms of physical and functional qualities. Keywords: Cul-de-sac (Dead End Street), Functional Dimension, Morphological Dimension, Urban Design, Perceptual Dimension, Physical Dimension, Social Dimension, Street Typology, Visual Dimension, Walled City of Famagusta