Climate responsive urban design guide: Sample of Trabzon city

To build sustainable cities are depends on the contruction of built enviroments with climate responsive design approaches. In this context, the thesis aims to include climate responsive design methods into the practice of urban production at all scales, from macro to micro, in the city of Trabzon. The guide which produced in extent of this thesis has been handled as a tool that develops the building/built environment fiction with climate responsive design methods and ensures that its inclusion in the practice. In the General Information part of the study, after the problem, purpose, scope and method of the thesis are explained, the concepts and definitions related to the subject are included. In the Studies Part I; in the literature, a climate responsive urban design guide structure was produced by analyzing national and international studies containing issues such as sustainable urban design, eco-design, energy efficient design, climate responsive/bioclimatic design and urban design guides. In the Studies Part II; This design guide structure, which was produced, was arranged with the natural data of the city of Trabzon and its relationship with the land was established. In this context, a Climate Responsive Urban Design Guide was produced for the city of Trabzon by writing the urban design guide guidelines with the natural data of Trabzon. In the Findings and Discussions part; the implementation of the guide was shown by arranging the Erdoğdu Neighborhood No. 3 selected for the field study in line with the guide's guidelines. In addition, the current practice and the proposed practice in line with the guideline were examined comparatively. In the last part, the conclusions are evaluated and recommendations are presented.