A computer assisted universal design (CAUD) plug-in tool for architectural design process

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buir.advisorDemirkan, Halime
dc.contributor.authorAfacan, Yasemin
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-08T18:06:53Z
dc.date.available2016-01-08T18:06:53Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.departmentDepartment of Interior Architecture and Environmental Designen_US
dc.descriptionAnkara : The Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design and the Institute of Economics and Social Sciences of Bilkent University, 2008.en_US
dc.descriptionThesis (Ph.D.) -- Bilkent University, 2008.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references leaves 182-194.en_US
dc.description.abstractManaging universal design process is a highly complex and challenging design task due to its multi-parameter characteristics. It becomes even more difficult while accommodating the needs of people with diverse impairments in architectural design process. Thus, this study aims to propose the development and implementation of an innovative computer-assisted universal design plug-in tool (CAUD) in the initial design phase that is compatible with the existing three-dimensional design software, SketchUp. Based on the theories and researches, the cognitive design strategies are analyzed for the efficiency of the knowledge support of the CAUD plug-in tool. Thus, the capabilities of the plug-in tool are defined according to the accommodation with an ideal cognitive strategy during analysis, synthesis and evaluation operations. Moreover, to achieve challenges of selecting the right set of universal design requirements within the plug-in tool, a prioritization technique that is based on the hybridization of the two techniques, the Planning Game (PG) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) using a cost-value approach is proposed. Through the proposed hybrid technique, requirement–design relationships are computed and the cost-value ratios of requirement priorities are represented. The study that is developed for universal kitchen design applications yielded a significant contribution to the universal design problem-solving process in a computer-aided design (CAD) environment. Finally, the results of the acceptability studies also showed that the CAUD plug-in tool is found in general useful, understandable, efficient, helpful and satisfactory.en_US
dc.description.degreePh.D.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityAfacan, Yaseminen_US
dc.format.extentxv, 223 leaves, illustrations, tables, graphsen_US
dc.identifier.itemidBILKUTUPB109738
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/14745
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherBilkent Universityen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectUniversal designen_US
dc.subjectKitchen designen_US
dc.subjectArchitectural design processen_US
dc.subjectComputer- aided designen_US
dc.subjectCognitive design strategiesen_US
dc.subject.lccNA2545.P5 A33 2008en_US
dc.subject.lcshUniversal design.en_US
dc.subject.lcshArchitecture and the physically handicapped.en_US
dc.subject.lcshArchitectural design--Data processing.en_US
dc.subject.lcshArchitectural design--Computer-assisted instruction.llen_US
dc.subject.lcshComputer-aided design.en_US
dc.titleA computer assisted universal design (CAUD) plug-in tool for architectural design processen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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