Tezel, Elçin2016-01-082016-01-081999http://hdl.handle.net/11693/18566Ankara : Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture and Institute of Economics and Social Sciences, 1999.Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Bilkent University, 1999.Includes bibliographical references leaves 179-185Since the activities that children involve provide the attainment of abilities in the developmental fields of the early childhood period, the organization of the space through the activity centers influences the improvements in the developmental fields. The communication between the educators and the designers provides the tools surpass the mismatch between the educational decisions^and their interpretations in the space planning. A design model which provides the integration of educational and architectural expert knowledge through the variables of decision making processes is developed for the interior space planning|of the child care centers. A field research is conducted to examine the variables of the educational applications influential on the planning/with respect to the different plan types. The usage principles, relations of the activity centers and the space characteristics are examined in the research.xvi, 238 leavesEnglishinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessChild care centersSpace planningDesign modelsNA7195.P7 T49 1999Preschool children--Housing.Thesis