Browsing by Subject "Interior decoration--Human factors."

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Bodies and spaces "in contact" : a study on the dancing body as means of understanding body-space relationship in an architectural context
(2001) Uysal, V. Şafak
Architectural discipline has long “repressed” the human body, the necessity of speaking of “bodies” in their plural form, and the ineradicable interdependency between body and space. However, especially the second half of the twentieth century has witnessed a number of attempts in the articulation of a “bodily architecture”. In an attempt to contribute to its refiguration, this study moves the body from the periphery to the centre of analysis. The author discusses the possibilities of studying theatrical dance in arriving at an “adequate” understanding of the relationship between body and space, constructing an analogy to the Contact Improvisation technique. The notions that are developed throughout the study of eight choreographic instances, with reference to the theoretical premises of studying Contact, trace four different type of relationship categories regarding body and space while demonstrating the potential of the body as a space-generating agent. Within such a framework, bodies and spaces are conceived as both cultural and historical products bearing peculiar natural qualities that position them as both an object and subject with powers of being affected from and affecting each other. The study concludes with a brief discussion on the possible linkages that may be constructed between the progression of bodily analogy in architecture and the conception of the body in dance and Performance Studies.
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A Study on the relationships among space, and time concepts, and attitudes of students within a dormitory environment
(2001) Ünsalan, Nur
The thesis discusses the relationships between space, time and the attitudes of people to time and space. The space concept is defined in relation with time. In order to understand the space concept in a broader sense the spatial elements were introduced. Attitude to time and space is analyzed with the environmental psychology concepts, which are namely attitude that is a manner towards a space; place that is differentiated from the space concept; and place attachment that is initiated with the time spending in a certain space. All these concepts are the major concerns in understanding the human needs and well being of oneself in an environment. Also these concepts change throughout time and affect the spatial understanding. A case study was conducted to analyze the relationships between time space and the students’ attitudes to time and space in dormitory environments at Bilkent University in Turkey. The reason for analyzing the dormitories is that living processes with many different activities take place together in these environments. The analyses consist of students’ evaluations of their rooms, their attitudes to their rooms, and the distribution of the activity patterns, and time spending in their rooms. The results of the research are expected to inform the designers about the importance of understanding the time and the attitudes of people to time and space in designing environments.