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Item Open Access Location preferences of groups in public leisure spaces: the case of Likya Cafe in Ankara(Bilkent University, 1999) Altay, CanIn 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 concepts, the study discusses leisure as social activity, stressing on the importance of social interactions and group activity, and how leisure is related to the environment. Concepts of human spatial behavior, as territoriality, control, attachment, and crowding are introduced, followed by the notion of group, group activity, behavior, and the concept of group space. Location preference as an outcome of social and spatial needs and behavior of groups, is presented and analysed. A research conducted in Ankara, in a cafe, is presented as a study on the use of public leisure spaces. This research explores the determinants of location preferences, and the influences of group characteristics and physical features of the environment on location preference. Design suggestions, are proposed based upon the findings of the research.Item Open Access Process oriented value judgments of actor groups in mass housing : the case of Eryaman fourth stage, Ankara(Bilkent University, 2004) Altay, CanThis study is an attempt to develop an understanding of the mass housing process, through establishing a wider perspective to acknowledge the contributions of various groups. The theoretical structure of the study is composed of understanding the life-cycle of building, and the appropriation of the social constructionist paradigm; as well as establishing value judgments as the tools of analysis. “Actor groups”, refer to the various social and professional groups who act within the process, whose values are formative of mass housing. Value judgments are proposed as the assertion and expression of values. Mass housing in Turkey, and the role of Housing Development Administration (HDA) is noted, followed by explaining the case of Eryaman as a demonstrational project by HDA. The fourth stage of Eryaman is focused on as it includes wider variety of actor groups with distinct roles. An exploratory part, an inquiry into the value judgments of executive policy makers, has been conducted. This is followed by a survey study where representatives of various actor groups are exposed to the derived value judgments. The results present situations that provide knowledge on various conflicts and values of groups. Conceptual contributions as well as insights on the case are provided, as schemes of process oriented value judgments, classified according to a hierarchical structure are proposed. The second conceptual contribution is the introduction of six conceptualizations for further studies of values in the building context, which are consensus, opposition, inter-group valuations, fields of authority, notions related to conjuncture, and internal polarizations within groups.