Browsing by Subject "Space perception."

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Effects of colored lighting on the perception of interior spaces
(2009) Odabaşıoğlu, Seden
The aim of this study is to understand the effects of colored lighting on the perception of interior spaces and to compare different colored lightings in order to understand their effects on interior space perception. The experiment was conducted with the same sample group for three different lightings which are red, green and white. The participants were ninety-seven students from different departments of Bilkent University, most of them from the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design. The study was conducted in three phases. Firstly, participants were tested for color vision deficiencies and the ones who passed this test entered the first part of the experiment. They evaluated the experiment room under red lighting in the first phase. Secondly, they evaluated the experiment room under green lighting. Lastly, they evaluated the experiment room under white lighting. It was found that colored lighting (red and green) affects the perception of an interior space and the space perception differs according to the color of the lighting for some of the evaluative factors.
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The effects of correlated color temperature on wayfinding : a study in a virtual airport environment
(2013) Kumoğlu, Özge
The aim of the study is to understand the effects of correlated color temperature on wayfinding performance in airports and to compare different color temperatures in order to understand their effects on wayfinding performance. The experiment was conducted with three different sample groups in three different lighting settings that are 3000 K, 6500 K and 12000 K. The participants were total ninety graduate students from twenty-one different departments of twenty-six different universities. The study was conducted in a single phase. The volunteered participants experienced the desktop VE one by one. The participants were seated at the computer and were tested by the researcher. They were asked to direct the researcher from the starting point to the final destination which was stated as gate numbered 109. It was found that correlated color temperature has no significant effect on wayfinding performance in terms of the time spent, the total number of error, the total number of decision points and the route choice during finding the route. However, the correlated color temperature has a significant effect on experiencing hesitations. It was found that the total number of hesitations decrease while the correlated color temperature increases from 3000 K to 12000 K.
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Experiencing space without vision
(1997) Evyapan, Naz A. G. Z.
In this study, the human body without vision, and its relation with the surrounding space, is examined. Towards this end, firstly space and the human body are briefly discussed. the sense modalities apart from vision, and the development of spatial cognition for the blind and visually impaired are examined. The environmental factors that contribute to the understanding of the surrounding built environment, and the assistive devices for this population are briefly covered. These issues stress the importance of stimulating, thus training the human body without vision to establish body and spatial awareness, and to learn to gather information from the surrounding architectural environment to be able to perform a task. To illustrate this fact, an experiment was conducted among blind and visually impaired children from the Goreneller Primary School in Ankara. The study consists of testing a game played with an educative toy and its effects on the tactual learning performance of the children.
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Relationship of interior design with the customer recognition of corporate identity
(2013) Dağlı, Zeynep
A well-established corporate identity may be accepted as an important contributor to corporate success in today’s capitalist world. Corporations are engaging in the process of redesigning their corporate identity to establish a sustainable relationship with their customers. Corporations may use different tools to reflect their corporate identity in a desired manner to their customers and interior design is one of those elements which is commonly used. However the design of the interiors of companies does not always reflect the corporate image and the company's perspective may be different from that of the customer's perspective. This thesis explores the interior design applications on Garanti Bank's branch as a case study to emphasize the importance of interior design in creating corporate identity. This thesis contributes to the investigations regarding the impact of interior design for desired customer perception.
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Relationships between assessements of residential movie interiors, attributes of assumed residents and respondent characteristics
(2009) Tanrıverdi, Yaprak
The aim of this study was to explore the relationships between assessments of residential movie interiors, personal attributes of assumed residents and respondent characteristics. The study was conducted with 113 students from the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design of Bilkent University. Nine residential movie clips were presented to the participants and they were asked to fill out a questionnaire sheet which consisted of three parts: Items involving space qualities, personal attributes of assumed residents, and relatedness and happiness of the respondents. Residential spaces rated as unfamiliar were rated as more exciting and were preferred over those rated as familiar. Furthermore, respondents having related self-construals reported more happiness and they perceived assumed residents as being happier and more trustworthy. No significant relationship was found between the complexity ratings of the movie clips and the evaluations of the residential spaces portrayed. This might have been because other variables besides complexity could not be controlled due to the nature of the stimuli.
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The role of color on the assessment of retail space : restaurant atmospherics
(2009) Söker, Meliha Begüm
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 eight basic colors (purple, pink, red, orange, brown, yellow, green and blue). Undergraduate students of the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design at Bilkent University participated in this research. According to the findings of the research, color preferences were effective on certain user perceptions. Results indicated that warm colors are preferred more than cool colors in general. It was found that participants associated lower prices more with warm colors. Contrary to the expectations, gender differences in relation to color preference were not found in this study.
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Spatial factors affecting wayfinding and orientation in a shopping mall
(1997) Ufuk Doğu, Güler
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 factors and their properties are defined. Among the spatiaf factors, shape and dimensions, light and color, building configuration, visual accessibility, circulation systems, and signage are considered. Age, gender, occupation, disability, individual psychology and purpose(s) are analyzed as individual factors. Also, the relation between the shopping activity and wayfinding are discussed. The profile of a sample from the Turkish society is tried to be clarified through their wayfinding behaviors during shopping. Properties of a shopping mall is defined from the point of wayfinding, and a case study is conducted in Karum Shopping Center, Ankara.
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Spatial familiarity as a dimension of wayfinding
(2001) Demirbaş, Güler Ufuk Doğu
Spatial familiarity is a significant, yet insufficiently investigated factor that affects wayfinding. The aim of this thesis is to explore spatial familiarity as a dimension of wayfinding, and explain how it affects human behavior within the built environment. Factors affecting wayfinding are defined under two categories; environmental information and individual characteristics. Spatial familiarity is a concept that comprises these two characteristics and thus, is analyzed separately. Factors affecting spatial familiarity apart from those mentioned above are defined as experience, spatial ability, meaning and expectancy, and environmental complexity. The effects of individual and group differences on spatial familiarity are identified and assessed through an empirical study conducted in two buildings of the Faculty of Art, Design, and Architecture, of Bilkent University. Spatial ability tests, wayfinding tasks, and interviews were administered to subjects from the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design and the Department of Graphic Design. The findings indicate that spatial and individual factors affect spatial familiarity with the built environment.