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Affective Computing for Game User Research
(Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, 2023) Varinlioğlu, Güzden; Tu, H.; Nagakura, T.
This study examines the spatial and emotional experience facilitated by immersive gaming environments and detected by wearable technologies. We designed, implemented, and tested a serious board game involving simulating the urban networks of the trade routes of the past. We recorded the traces of the players’ collective movements using a ceiling-mounted video camera to record the positions of the markers, and a video camera facing the players to record the players’ behaviors. Wearable devices enabled the recording of players’ emotions during their decision-making process. We captured their emotions with three tools: a GSR to capture participants’ emotional state and arousal level, an EEG to record the changes in their brain activity; and a think-aloud protocol to understand their conscious decisions. Finally, we analyzed the gamers’ measured "feelings" and compared these with the expressed feelings. The longer-term goal is to explore architectural design with special attention to feelings experienced within it by means of affective computing methods such as wearable technologies and biosensors, as well as gamification. © 2023, Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe. All rights reserved.
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An Analysis of Physical and Psychological Expectations of Earthquake Victims From Temporary Shelters: a Design Proposal
(Middle East Technical Univ, 2012-06-01) Yuksel, Belma; Hasirci, Deniz; İnceoğlu, Deniz Hasırcı
This study analyzes physical and psychological expectations of earthquake victims from temporary shelters and presents a design proposal. Interviews were conducted with earthquake victims in the city of Kocaeli in Turkey, and needs were identified. Also, user survey results from previous studies that have been conducted after the August 17th earthquake in 1999 were used to establish the design requirements for a temporary housing unit. While lack of space and issues of crowding, noise, and hygiene were mentioned as the most important problems in temporary earthquake shelters, suggestions to improve them included consideration of psychology and privacy needs of victims. The need for a home and not just a shelter has been identified and design guidelines have been examined.
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Analysis of Pss Design Development Models in Turkey
(Iop Publishing Ltd, 2019-02-24) Cakiroglu, Melisa; Gulden, Selin
The article aim is observing and framing I-am associates' process model as an example of in the context of Turkey while comparing it with the existing models. Product Service System (PSS) design is a new field in Turkey and best example to observe PSS development in there is I-am Associates because it is a local company, created and developed in here and when we looked their existing work so far. Because of this article specifically focused on PSS design development models, first ones that come up in the literature should have been analysed. For better understanding how companies developed their ideas, work, as a flexible method semi-structured interview has been made with the selected company. Questions was generalised for not to frame their answers. Two founder of the company briefly explained how their process works and in which phases they are going deeper. The research identified that the PSS design process reported by literature is not representative, lacking on some sub-phases. Seven models had been analysed and seven common phases identified with 18 total sub-phases for creating a process model for the selected company. Those findings helped to frame basic steps in the process.
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Analyzing the Quality of Place: Creative Clusters in Soho and Beyoglu
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2014-12-15) Durmaz, Sıdıka Bahar
This paper analyzes the spatial characteristics of some parts of cities where the creative types (i.e. companies and people) involved in creative production are densely located. It aims to identify those socio-spatial factors that attract and retain creatives. In particular, it focuses on the film industry-based inner-city creative clusters, i.e. Soho in London and Beyoglu in Istanbul. This exploratory, cross-national, multiple case study applies the qualitative research techniques of interviews, observations, cognitive and cluster mapping. The paper concludes with the Analysis Framework for the Quality of Place which reveals the integrity of physical, socio-cultural, perceptual and visual characteristics of place. In particular, it discusses the key performance criteria and the scale of place which provides an inspiring and productive environment such as walkability, spatial proximity, and the public realm.
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Architectural Literary Analysis: Reading the Death of the Street Through Ballard's Literature and Trancik's Lost Space
(Middle East Technical Univ, 2015-12-15) Tuna Ultav, Zeynep; Caglar, T. Nur; Durmaz, Sıdıka Bahar
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Architecture and Engineering Students' Evaluations of House Facades: Preference, Complexity and Impressiveness
(Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, 2009-03) Akalin, Aysu; Yildirim, Kemal; Wilson, Christopher; Kilicoglu, Onder
In this study, five different sets of single-family house facades from private Suburban cooperative housing developments in Ankara, Turkey,, were analyzed; with each set comprising one example each of minimum and maximum complexity. Although the houses in each set had the same appearance when they were first built, their facades have since been altered by their owners. The main hypothesis of the study was that preference rates would be high for intermediately altered houses by showing the existence of a U-shaped relationship. On the other hand, it was hypothesized that perceived complexity and perceived impressiveness would have a linear relationship, with perceived complexity increasing and perceived impressiveness decreasing as the complexity level changed. In terms of these two basic hypotheses, it Was also assumed that there would lie a difference in the ratings of particular respondent groups with different backgrounds. Thus, a questionnaire was given to 100 undergraduate Students of the Architecture and Engineering Departments of Gazi University, Ankara (41 from architecture and 59 from engineering). These students were asked to rate a total of 15 photographs from five housing sites with the help of five-point semantic differential scales under three headings; namely; Preference: beautiful - ugly, warm - cold, pleasant - unpleasant: Complexity: unimposing - imposing, simple complex: and Impressiveness: impressive - Unimpressive. The results proved the existence of a U-shaped relationship between complexity and preference criteria. That is, facades representing an intermediate level of complexity were favored over less and more complex ones. The facades that seemed the most impressive were the most complex ones, but these, however, were not the most preferred. Amongst these results. it was also noted that the architecture Students replied fit a more critical way than the engineering students as they criticized what they saw as negative design decisions. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Assessing a Decade of Kas Underwater Archaeopark
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2020-03) Varinlioglu, Guzden
Archaeological parks provide hypothetical reconstructions that allow the general public a better historical understanding. This paper presents the case of an underwater museum, Kas Archaeopark, which incorporates interpretative reconstructions of the Uluburun shipwreck site and its cargo. The project emphasized three outcomes of the creation of an underwater museum: education through nautical archaeology training, recreational diving as a means to raise public awareness, and research through experimental archaeology projects. Overall, the Kas Archaeopark has improved knowledge and awareness of heritage preservation in both the local and diving communities. (C) 2020 The Author
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Avoiding Change Orders in Public School Construction
(Asce-Amer Soc Civil Engineers, 2007-01) Guenhan, Suat; Arditi, David; Doyle, Jacqueline
Increased student enrollment and the current poor state of the educational infrastructure require the construction of more school buildings and the renovation of many of the existing ones. The large number and magnitude of change orders in these projects constitute an impediment to the rapid and economic delivery of these projects. A total of 6,585 change orders filed in a school district's projects in the 5 1/2 year period from 1999 to 2004 were analyzed in five categories including owner-directed changes, code compliance issues, errors/omissions in contract documents, discovered or changed conditions, and others. The results of the study indicate that the dollar value of change orders relative to the original contract can be reduced if preventive measures are taken. These measures include choosing the right construction management firm, emphasizing the definition of project scope early in the project, and effectively managing the precontract activities by conducting value engineering and constructability reviews. The results indicate that school projects can be completed with change orders not exceeding 5% of the contract value if these measures are taken. This study is of relevance to practitioners involved in school design and construction projects.
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Becoming One With the Neighborhood: Collaborative Art, Space-Making, and Urban Change in Izmir Daragac
(Sage Publications Inc, 2021-09-14) Kilinc, Kivanc; Pasin, Burkay; Varinlioglu, Guzden
Daragac is a former industrial, lower-income neighborhood in Turkey's third-largest city, Izmir. In 2015 several artists settled in the area and started a nonprofit initiative called the Daragac Collective (DC). DC has since organized numerous art events and exhibitions, receiving considerable interest and publicity. Yet, to date, the changes in Daragac's material landscapes have been subtle, and the area remains ungentrified, unlike similar examples in Turkey. This article argues that the collaborative art practice spearheaded by DC played a major role in the preservation of the neighborhood's urban texture. The artists became neighbors with the residents, benefited from the expertise of mechanics, and drew inspiration from the site, while the local community has contributed to the production, exhibition, and appreciation of artworks. Thus, art has become a tool for sociability and a catalyst for interpersonal, cultural, and cross-class exchanges, which could offer an alternative route to art-led urban change in Turkey.
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Better Quality Built Environments: Design Review Panels as Applied in Cambridge, England
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2018-12-06) Durmaz-Drinkwater, Bahar; Platt, Stephen
This paper describes how design review panels operate in England, focusing on three panels operating in Cambridge. It considers two questions: whether design review panels contribute to improving the quality of the built environment, and whether they are an important element of the design process. The analysis focuses on the quality and process of urban design, based on face-to-face qualitative interviews with planners, developers and panel members. In conclusion, despite the several shortcomings, the paper argues that the panels contribute to better dialogue between the different actors of the process, and hence can improve the quality of built environments.
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Budgeting owner's construction contingency
(Asce-Amer Soc Civil Engineers, 2007-07) Gunhan, Suat; Arditi, David
This paper attempts to find ways to reduce an owner's construction contingency budget such that just enough contingency is allocated that will allow the owner to deal with uncertainties but at the same time not tie up valuable funds that can be used for other activities. It is suggested that the common practice of allocating a fixed owner contingency (e.g., 10% of the contract value) to all projects contracted out by an owner is not appropriate. Instead, a methodology is proposed whereby the owner (1) analyzes historical project data; (2) identifies the line items that are problematic; (3) takes the necessary measures at the preconstruction stage to streamline these line items with respect to site conditions, time constraints, constructability issues, and project scope; and (4) finally budgets contingency funds based on this information. A case study was conducted to analyze the contingencies budgeted and actually spent by an owner in nine parking lot projects. The findings indicated that a systematic approach such as the methodology proposed in this paper is likely to minimize the owner's contingency budget.
Children's Gender and Use of Space at Home
(Iop Publishing Ltd, 2020-12-01) Gecer, Filiz Mina; Goren, Yaren; Hasirci, Deniz
Previous studies show that the formation of children's gender roles are primarily affected by their family, the home environment, friends and their choice of toys. The most vital and primary factor with regards to gender is their domestic life within the home environment. This study discusses possible issues connected to gender-based play and toys, and relations with children's space use at home. Research shows that gender-neutral children's spaces may assist in providing children spaces that enhance freedom and creativity. Thus, this study was conducted with Turkish children between the age of 7-13 focusing on children's play and lives at home. The study analysed the relationship between space use and gender identity of children and examined on how it affected children's behaviour. In addition, the study concentrated on how parents affect their children's choices while the children selected and define a specific space like a room or corner in their homes. The study progressed with three instruments, which are; schematic plan/ diagram, photography, and one-to-one interviews with both children and parents. The whole process was recorded on video with the consent of the parents. According to the results, children were found to be more willing to play and spend their times in their living rooms. While girls were more interested to represent themselves in social spaces, boys were more reserved than girls. The children generally preferred to spend time close to family members. Therefore, if there is an intention of creating gender neutral spaces for children, parents should consider such issues such as, decreasing the gender-typed colours, and objects, providing flexibility regarding the transparency of the space increasing the interaction between parents and children, and giving children the option of being both inside of the space and also outside of the space. This study was completed with the aim of reducing gender differences of children's spaces and creating guidelines for interior designers and parents in this regard. This is believed to have significant value in designing independent spaces with interior design principles for children who wish to identify a space that is truly their own in the home environment.
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Circular Materials—a Multiscale Approach To Circularity at a Building, Components and Materials Level
(Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2024-11-01) Pineda-Martos, R.; Kahraman, İlker; Cervantes Puma, G.C.; Ungureanu, V.; Paes de Barros Gomide, F.; Buzatu, R.
Sustainable practices and strategies to enhance resource efficiency while minimising waste in buildings and their constituent elements are key towards circularity at the urban built environment. In this chapter three implementation scales, under the paradigm of the circular economy (CE), are measured—i.e., buildings, components and materials—, considering both new and existing buildings’ implementations. Aspects such as design for adaptability and flexibility, modular and flexible spaces and concepts, energy and water efficiency are discussed. By implementing CE strategies at the component-level using a multipronged approach would extend the lifespan and contribute to environmental and economic sustainability. This includes the refurbishment and upgrading of components and the adoption of modular construction techniques, among other techniques and solutions. The last part of the chapter presents the concept of circular materials and its circularity potential at promote extended product lifecycles and transforming waste into valuable resources. Integrating sustainable and circular design principles within construction practices is proposed towards more sustainable and resource-efficient industries’ transformations. © The Author(s) 2025.
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Co-Design With Children With Cancer: Insights From What They Say, Make, and Do
(Middle East Technical Univ, 2023-06-30) Örnekoğlu-Selçuk, Melis; Hasırcı, Deniz; Tunç Cox, Ayca; Selçuk, Melis Örnekoğlu; Cox, Ayça Tunç; Ornekoglu Selcuk, Melis
Being diagnosed with cancer is traumatic and life-changing for children. Due to the disease and treatment, children experience suffering, pain, interruption in school and playful activities, and separation from social and familiar environments. These negatively affect their quality of life (QOL). This article reports a co-design process conducted with children with cancer to shed light on their needs with regard to the play area furniture at the hospital to recommend design ideas that might improve children's QOL. The results have shown that a modular furniture system that can be customizable by children might contribute to their QOL - thanks to its adaptability to the needs of a wide range of age groups. In addition, there is a possible link between co-design sessions and children's well-being in terms of an increased sense of control, socialization and physical activities. For designers- who are the facilitators of co-design sessions with children- actively involving caregivers in co-design processes, co-designing the generative tools and the process with participants, and conducting observations and interviews to shape and complement the co-design sessions are advised. The findings of this study are expected to assist designers, co-design practitioners and healthcare members.
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Computational Generation of a Spatial Layout Through Syntactical Evaluation and Multi-Objective Evolutionary Optimization
(Sage Publications Ltd, 2022-09) Cicek, Selen; Turhan, Gozde Damla
The space layout problem encompasses challenges that rely on a diverse range of contexts regarding urban planning and architectural design, during the traditional design phases which require immense effort and time for the evaluation of the spatial elements' characteristic needs. In order to eliminate the burden of considering all multidimensional design aspects at the same time, this research presents a three-bodied computational method for locating the spaces of the given architectural design program in a project site, according to the defined list of design objectives and criteria. Besides the determination of the layout according to the requirements of the spatial elements, this research proposes an integration of the space syntax theory's analytical compounds in terms of Justified Graph Analysis and Integration Values as the fitness criteria for the multi-objective evolutionary optimization in the computational model. To satisfy the integrity levels of each various characterized element within site organization, that are implied inherently by the architectural design program and generate a sustainable space network layout for the project site.
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Computational Thinking and the Architectural Curriculum Simple To Complex or Complex To Simple?
(Ecaade-Education & Research Computer Aided Architectural Design Europe, 2016) Varinlioglu, Guzden; Halici, Suheyla Muge; Alacam, Sema
Recent trends in architectural education and practice have encouraged the use of computational tools and methods for solving complex design problems. Newer technology can augment the design process by applying progressively more-advanced computational tools. However, the complex nature of these tools can lead to students getting lost at the skill-building stage, they can become trapped in computational design terminology, leading to designs of limited spatial quality. This paper introduces a pilot study from Izmir University of Economics (IUE) for the integration of computational design technology in the undergraduate architectural curricula, based on a workshop series using a top-down teaching strategy.
Container Kindergarten Project as a Social Responsibility Project
(Iop Publishing Ltd, 2020-12-01) Kan Kılıç, Didem; Kan-Kilic, Didem
ACT FOR, a social responsibility project unit is a sustainable solidarity platform that was established at the design faculty for the aim of creating collective act between designers and people in need. The main aim of this project is to enhance design students' critical perspectives on how to prepare a social responsibility project for their local environment and work collaboratively with other disciplines. The design students are expected to understand the importance of social responsibility activities and its' role for the universities and the community. They are also expected to learn how their attitudes translate into behaviour and action while they are questioning what just and unjust is in their local environment. This study reports on Container Kindergarten Project as a social responsibility project. Believing that the success of social responsibility projects should be in harmony with the needs of the community, ACT FOR designers firstly analysed the needs of their local environment. Later, we developed the project for a chosen primary school where 25 children were trained in a space that could not meet the ventilation, heating and spatial organization requirements and continued to provide education as an unhealthy living space for children. After the conceptual phase, we prepared the necessary drawings and found sponsorships for the implementation. With this project, the design students learned how to solve problems and make design management to finalize the project. They learned how to work as a team with different disciplines to ensure homogeneous distribution of tasks. At the end, the design students discovered the healing aspect of the design. With all difficulties and contributions, it taught the multi-dimensional education method that they never experienced before. As a result, the community-university relationship is one of the most important points in determining and meeting the needs of a community. Therefore, universities play a major role in raising awareness in this subject.
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Contradicting Parochial Realms in Neighborhood Parks: How the Park Attributes Shape Women’s Park Use
(Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, Faculty of Architecture, 2023-06-01) Kaştaş Uzun, İpek; Şenol, F.; Kaştaş-Uzun, İpek
Neighborhood parks are significant green public spaces located in close social and geographical proximity to homes to maintain individual and public health. However, some people do not use the nearest parks, but those with other socio-spatial attributes that make them feel more “familiar”. This study argues that with their facilities, amenities and design, and the surrounding land uses, neighborhood parks do not only accommodate, but also define, regulate, and originate social relations among users. Thus, the design and planning of urban public spaces play a role in the emergence and maintenance of supportive and conflictual relations that lead to familiarity. The study answers two research questions: How do the park attributes shape and mediate the interpersonal relations among the park users? How do gender differences influence the parochial realms in parks? Data was collected through field observations and in-depth interviews with 33 female users of two neighborhood parks in a populous district of Izmir (Turkey). Results state that women’s park visits were related to their gendered roles and responsibilities. Yet their responses point to challenges emerging from physical and social attributes of parks and park surroundings which lead to negotiations to protect their individual or group’s privacy (parochial realm) in neighborhood parks. Mainly, perceived threats to women’s parochial realm are men unaccompanied by child(ren), and exposure to the male gaze. The study highlights the importance of investigating these attributes of neighborhood parks for developing research and public policies to improve women’s presence and perceived safety in public settings. © 2023, Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, Faculty of Architecture. All rights reserved.
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A Critical Reading of the Ottoman-Turkish Hammam as A Representational Space of Sexuality (1)
(Middle East Technical Univ, 2016-11-14) Pasi̇n, Burkay
As much as being a physical bathing space, the Ottoman-Turkish hammam is a representational space which is sexualized through various codes and norms. In this study, based on Lefebvre's tripartite theoretical framework on the production of space, the hammam is critically read as a representational space of sexuality. By means of multiple visual, audiovisual sources and research data, it is aimed to understand how these codes and norms of sexuality are perceived, conceived and experienced in the production of the hammam space. In the first section, comparative analyses of various pictorial representations in which the hammam is constructed as a female-only space, are made. In the second section, how the hammam is re-constructed as a representational space of sexuality is analyzed through its re-presentation in popular Turkish movies, as well as its experience in the hotel hammams. Finally, how the non-normative spatial practices in the hammam are concealed by means of heterosexual and homoerotic norms of sexuality and gender identity, are shown.
Crossing the Boundaries of Reality and Simulation: An Analysis of the Film "Divergent"
(Springer, 2025-12-28) Tasdemir, Esma; Eranil, Meltem
Innovative technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality, and hyper-reality are reshaping how we perceive and interact with spaces. This research explores how new immersive technologies blur boundaries between reality and simulation, creating hyper-real environments that challenge traditional understandings of physical space. Using Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation Theory, the study examines how these technologies influence spatial experiences. To ground these ideas, the dystopian film Divergent (2014) is analyzed, focusing on the real and hyper-real spaces of the Dauntless and Abnegation factions through Montgomery's Sense of Place Model. This study highlights how AI and hyper-reality reshape spatial narratives, enhancing our connections with environments and redefining identity and experience in both physical and simulated realms.