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    Environmental preferences for leisure in shopping malls
    (1999) Çalgüner, Ece
    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 commerce, representing the nostalgic street - as the center of public life. While exploring the supportive role of leisure in the shopping mall, mall environment is analyzed as one of the important factors that support leisure in shopping malls. With the assumption that leisure activities can influence aesthetic experience, concern towards environment, and hence environmental preferences, the concept of environmental preferences is discussed and the choice of shopping mall as a leisure site is examined with respect to environmental preferences of the users. In this context, a field research has been carried out to examine the significance of leisure in the shopping mall, the influence of environmental preferences on the choice of a shopping mall as a leisure site, and to analyze the affect of interior architecture education on aesthetic experience and preferences in a mall environmental.
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    Integration of shopping malls with pedestrian environment : an analysis of Akköprü Migros and Karum shopping malls
    (2003) Gürçel, Çılga
    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 indoor and outdoor space. Pedestrian malls and shopping malls are analyzed as the formations that create link between the interior and exterior spaces throughout the study, because integrated pedestrian environment is important for defining the characteristics of the city. In this context, a field survey was carried out in an urban and a suburban shopping mall, to understand their differences in creating an integrated pedestrian environment and propose a model which combines the benefits of open and closed malls. Evaluating an integrated pedestrian environment which has advantages in terms of users’ expectations and city image states the significance of relationship between spatial configuration and social life.