The Impact of Landmarks on Children’s Way-Finding in between Home and School

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dc.contributor.advisor Zafer Cömert, Nevter
dc.contributor.author Ghassemzadeh, Sara
dc.date.accessioned 2020-08-24T08:30:54Z
dc.date.available 2020-08-24T08:30:54Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.date.submitted 2016
dc.identifier.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. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11129/4510
dc.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. en_US
dc.description.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 en_US
dc.description.abstract 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 en_US
dc.language.iso eng en_US
dc.publisher Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ) en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess en_US
dc.subject Architecture en_US
dc.subject Architectural Landmarks en_US
dc.subject Children en_US
dc.subject cognition en_US
dc.subject Way finding en_US
dc.subject Home to Educational routes en_US
dc.subject Architectural landmarks en_US
dc.title The Impact of Landmarks on Children’s Way-Finding in between Home and School en_US
dc.type masterThesis en_US
dc.contributor.department Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Architecture, Dept. of Architecture en_US


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