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On Document Relevance and Lexical Cohesion between Query Terms
(Elsevier, 2006-03-15)Lexical cohesion is a property of text, achieved through lexical-semantic relations between words in text. Most information retrieval systems make use of lexical relations in text only to a limited extent. In this paper ... -
An interdisciplinary heuristic evaluation method for universal building design
(Elsevier Limited, 2009)This study highlights how heuristic evaluation as a usability evaluation method can feed into Current building design practice to conform to universal design principles. It provides a definition of universal usability that ... -
Data Collection for a Virtual Museum on the Underwater Survey at Kas, Turkey
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-03)The Underwater Archaeological Survey Project at Kas¸, on the Lycian coast of Turkey, has emerged from a need to document, research and preserve underwater sites in the area surrounding the town of Kas¸. This region has ... -
User-centered design through learner-centered instruction
(Routledge, 2014-04-22)This article initially demonstrates the parallels between the learner-centered approach in education and the user-centered approach in design disciplines. Afterward, a course on human factors that applies learner-centered ... -
Spatial updating of objects after rotational and translational body movements in virtual environments
(Elsevier Limited, 2008-05)Spatial reasoning in architectural design can be better understood by considering the factors that affect the spatial updating process of the individual in an environment. This study focuses on the issue of spatial updating ... -
Privacy dimensions: a case study in the interior architecture design studio
(Academic Press Inc., 2000-03)The most commonly used space in architectural education is the studio, which functions both as a learning centre and as a complex social organization. The behavioural elements in the design studio are analysed with respect ... -
Universal Product Design Involving Elderly Users: A Participatory Design Model
(Elsevier Limited, 2004)Recent studies have shown that people prefer to age in their familiar environments, thus guiding designers to provide a safe and functionally appropriate environment for ageing people, regardless of their physical conditions ... -
A priority-based 'design for all' approach to guide home designers for independent living
(Earthscan, 2014-04)The aim is to provide a priority-based design for all' approach list that can be used as a guide in the architectural design process for independent living of the home users. It is important to prioritize design for all' ... -
Taste Diaspora: The Aesthetic and Material Practice of Belonging
(Sage Publications Ltd., 2014)A particular ‘Turkish taste in Vienna’, which has been formed through experiences of migration from Turkey and resettlement in Vienna, serves as a significant aesthetic and social medium for constituting a collective ... -
The Virtual Design Studio on the Cloud: a Blended and Distributed Approach for Technology-mediated Design Education
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-04-24)The studio is widely accepted as the core in design education because it aims to integrate many curricular topics within its scope. However, learning environments in studio teaching have not been explored and exploited as ... -
Focus on Architectural Design Process through Learning Styles
(Elsevier Limited, 2003-09)Learning as an interactive process is an important issue in architectural design education. This study aims to focus on architectural design process through learning styles that are 'accommodating', 'diverging', 'assimilating' ... -
The layered dependency structure matrix for managing collaborative design processes
(Open House International, 2014-03)Effective collaboration and knowledge management are the major contributors of success in the construction industry. Although a huge amount of interdisciplinary knowledge is exchanged in building design processes, there ... -
Impact of Lighting Arrangements and Illuminances on Different Impressions of a Room
(Elsevier BV, 2007)This study explores whether different lighting arrangements (general lighting, wall washing and cove lighting) and different illuminances (500 and 320 lux) could affect the perception of the same space. An experimental ... -
Critique by Design:Tackling Urban Renewal in the Design Studio
(Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., 2014-07)The dominant mode of urbanization in our contemporary world is marked by large scale urban renewal projects, which are deployed with little or no consideration given to the social predicaments. The urban design studio can ... -
An ontology-based universal design knowledge support system
(Elsevier, 2011-01-13)An effective and efficient knowledge support system is crucial for universal design process, as it has become a major design issue in the last decade with the growth of the elderly population and disabled people. There are ... -
Assessing Creativity in Design Education
(Elsevier Limited, 2012)The aim of this study is to explore creativity in design education and identify the creativity assessment indicators in the first-year design studio. A measurement tool of 41 items that consists of the artifact creativity, ... -
The distribution of urban public services: The case of parks and recreational services in Ankara
(Elsevier Limited, 1997-12)The provision of urban services is a central issue in urban planning and development, The distribution of these services to guarantee their effective utilization is another focus of concern, As citizens are heterogeneous ... -
Experiences with Moodle as a communication tool for design teamwork: a users' perspective
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Introducing sustainability to interior design students through industry collaboration
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2014)Purpose - The purpose of this study was to introduce a sustainability course to interior design students and explore how working with industry could address challenges with integrating sustainability education into and ... -
Colour contribution to children's wayfinding in school environments
(Elsevier Limited, 2011)The purpose of this study was to explore the contribution of colour to children's wayfinding ability in school environments and to examine the differences between colours in terms of their remembrance and usability in route ...
