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The effects of short-term crowding on personal space: a case study on an automatic teller machine
(Bilkent University, 1997)The aim of this study is to put forth the effects of shortterm crowding on personal space. The analysis is planned to be carried out by means of a research on Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) users in Ankara. Initially, ... -
Environmental preferences for leisure in shopping malls
(Bilkent University, 1999)In this study, the concept of leisure is studied examining its commercialization through history, discussing its contemporary meanings and place in public life. Shopping mall is presented as a synthesis of leisure and ... -
Integration of shopping malls with pedestrian environment : an analysis of Akköprü Migros and Karum shopping malls
(Bilkent University, 2003)In this study, importance of integrated pedestrian environment for urban realm within the context of shopping malls and pedestrian malls is examined. The main concern is rooted in the socio-spatial relationship between ... -
Location preferences of groups in public leisure spaces: the case of Likya Cafe in Ankara
(Bilkent University, 1999)In this study, public leisure spaces are examined considering the social and spatial behavior of occupant groups. After an introduction to the concepts of leisure, its types, its relations with public life and cultural ... -
Place attachment in gated communities : a case study in Bilkent housing settlements
(Bilkent University, 2004)This study brings out an analytical framework to the issue of place attachment in relation with the concepts such as place identity and environmental preferences in newly emerging communities in Turkey. With the increasing ... -
Preference for environmental attributes for different setting types
(Bilkent University, 2007)This study focuses on the attributes affecting environmental preference for different settings. In everyday life, all setting types have alternatives and each individual make preferences within those alternatives. The ... -
Private and public use of the living room : an upper income case in Ankara
(Bilkent University, 2010)The main focus of this study is examining the activities that are performed in the living room and interior design of the living room. In the living room both private and public activities can be performed. Living room ... -
The role of color on the assessment of retail space : restaurant atmospherics
(Bilkent University, 2009)This study aims to search the effects of color on user perception and evaluation of restaurant atmospherics. A case study was designed and done with three types of restaurant (lower class, middle class and upper class) using ... -
The role of socio-spatial features on the perception of publicness : the case of urban transit spaces
(Bilkent University, 2014)Publicness is the characteristic of a space segment indicating its ability to relate to public. Perception of publicness depends on various components of spaces such as ownership pattern, management model and spatial ... -
Social discrimination against teenagers in the mall environment : a case study in Migros shopping mall
(Bilkent University, 2005)This study focuses on the issue of social discrimination against teenagers in shopping malls. Young people, as often being perceived to be threats to the dominant forces of adult world, experience constraints of the adult ... -
Spatial factors affecting wayfinding and orientation in a shopping mall
(Bilkent University, 1997)The aim of this thesis is to study the main factors which affect the wayfinding and orientation of individuals in a shopping mall and explain how their behaviors are influenced by these factors. The spatial and individual ...
