Browsing by Subject "public space"

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The role of socio-spatial features on the perception of publicness : the case of urban transit spaces
(2014) Şengül, Buse Ceren
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 features. Socio-spatial features are taken as observable social, spatial and physical characteristics of public spaces, answering to the needs of the public. This study aims to investigate the relationship between spatial features of the built environment and their contribution to the perception of publicness through the case of urban transit spaces. Do socio-spatial features affect the perception of publicness, and if so, how do their effects vary for different user groups are the main research questions. The field survey was conducted in Ankara Intercity Bus Station (ASTI) as an urban transit space. Findings indicate that socio-spatial features involving facilities and inclusiveness of the space are the main factors which seem to affect the overall perception of publicness; although none of the characteristics of user groups such as age, gender and frequency of use of that space was found to have a direct effect on it
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The supportive role of recreation in public spaces with changing colors, forms, and sizes
(1999) Gozen, Güner
This thesis discusses the supportive role of color, form, and size in the recreational spaces in public complexes. The basic concepts, and the relationship of color, form, and size is presented. Human responses and semiotics of color, form, and size is studied with the perception, symbolic interpretation, and psychological responses. Application of color, form and size in the interior spaces are discussed and the roles of those features are analyzed by defining the space. The definition of the recreation is presented with its significance in human life and changes in its character. Public space is defined and the emergence of public complexes is introduced. The role of recreation on public complexes is discussed with its commercial, social, and psychological features. A field research is conducted to test whether there is a difference in the preference of color form and size for different activities and for different sexes in recreational spaces in public complexes, among 100 subjects in the Bilkent University dormitories.