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Title: The Impact of Landmarks on Children’s Way-Finding in between Home and School
Authors: Zafer Cömert, Nevter
Ghassemzadeh, Sara
Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Architecture, Dept. of Architecture
Keywords: Architecture
Architectural Landmarks
Children
cognition
Way finding
Home to Educational routes
Architectural landmarks
Issue Date: 2016
Publisher: Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ)
Citation: Ghassemzadeh, Sara. (2016). The Impact of Landmarks on Children’s Way-Finding in between Home and School. Thesis (M.S.), Eastern Mediterranean University, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Dept. of Architecture, Famagusta: North Cyprus.
Abstract: Way finding is an important dilemma for children in especially when they are walking from home to their educational environments. There are different solutions for helping them find their way to their schools which is one of the essential spaces where they spend most of their time. In this way, architecture plays an important role in children’s way finding. Therefore, different architectural principles and elements can be employed in order to create better spaces in which children are able to find their way more easily. This research is an attempt to examine the role of landmarks on the children’s way finding on the way from home to educational spaces. Porpoise one hundred and seventy students have been interviewed (eighty-four boys, eighty-six girls) in a primary school in Nicosia and Famagusta, North Cyprus. The research questions if architectural landmarks have any effect on wayfinding at children from school to home and which landmark from is more effective and whether preference change according to gender the study clarifies the percentage of students considering archıtecture landmark as an influential factor in spatial perception based on their gender. Keywords: Children, cognition, Way finding, Home to Educational routes, Architectural landmarks
ÖZ: Çocuklar için okul ile ev arası yön bulma önemli kavramlar arasındadır. Okul ile yaşam mekanları arasında rotalarını rahatça bulmaları için farklı çözümlere gitmektedirler, bu da zamanlarının çoğunu almaktadır. Bu kapsamda çocuklar için mimari öğeler yön bulma açısından önemli bir yer tutmaktadır. Farklı mimari elemanlar ve çözümler çocukların yön bulmalarında ve mekanların farklılaşmasında önemli rol oynar. Bu tez yapılı çevredeki İşaret Öğelerinin ilkokul çocukları tarafından nasıl algılandığını araştırır ve örnek olarak hem tarihi hem de yeni yapılı çevreyi beraberinde barındıran Lefkoşa ve Mağusa kentlerindeki ilkokul-ev ilişkisini incelemektedir. İncelemede algılama metodu kullanılarak kız ve erkek çocuklar üzerinde İşaret Öğe’lerinin nasıl bir algı yartattığına ve mekansal algılarının bu yaşlarda hangi elemanlara göre oluşturulduğuna bakmaktadır. Anahtar Kelimeler: Yön Bulma, Algı, Ev, Eğitim Ortamları, Mimari İşaret Öğeleri
Description: Master of Science in Architecture. Thesis (M.S.)--Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Architecture, Dept. of Architecture, 2016. Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Nevter Zafer Cömert.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11129/4510
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