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  • Master Thesis
    The Effects of Lighting Conditions on Visual Comfort, Satisfaction and Motivation Levels of Architecture Students
    (01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2021) Durgut, Merve; Kazanasmaz, Zehra Tuğçe; Durgut, Merve; Kazanasmaz, Zehra Tuğçe; 02.02. Department of Architecture; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology; 02. Faculty of Architecture
    Education is a significant part of human life as people spend important part of their lives in learning spaces. Various studies indicate that the quality of physical environment in learning spaces has a crucial impact on students' mood, motivation, performance, productivity, health, and well-being. There are many different physical conditions in an environment and among these factors lighting is one of the most important ones as it is a visible condition. Although there is a wealth of research on the effects of lighting conditions on students' learning, well-being, visual comfort, and performance in regular classrooms, there is a dearth of research about lighting conditions' effects in architecture design studios. Moreover, while research on the effects of lighting conditions on students' performance and well-being is abundant research that focuses on motivation levels of the students is scarce. In this regard, the aim of this study is to investigate how lighting conditions affect the visual comfort, satisfaction, and motivation levels of architecture students. Field measurements and surveys were utilized in three architecture studios. Findings demonstrated that lighting conditions have an important impact on students' visual comfort, satisfaction, and motivation levels. Lack of daylight illuminance, glare, improper artificial lighting, and insufficient lighting were all found to contribute to inappropriate lighting conditions. Lighting conditions have also been found to affect seating preference of users. Seating arrangement and distance from windows affected the perception of users regarding lighting conditions. Based upon the results, some suggestions that would help resolve problems caused by inappropriate lighting were also offered.
  • Master Thesis
    The Use of Origami-Based Kinetic Facade Component To Improve Daylight Performance in Terms of Leed Criteria: a Case of Iztech Innovation Center
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2020) Korkmaz, Koray; Korkmaz, Koray; Korkmaz, Koray; 02.02. Department of Architecture; 02. Faculty of Architecture; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
    Novel solutions in sustainable design due to advancing technology are increased besides bringing new problems. One major problem is originated with the usage of fully-glazed surfaces on the building facade without any justification. Fully-glazed facades may lead to higher energy consumption and visual discomfort. In such office buildings where most of the working time is in the daytime, this situation causes a decreasing in employees' performance and high energy usage. Kinetic facades have emerged as a design solution to control daylight efficiency. Such adaptive elements with varying geometry and material can be applied to the facade according to the form, orientation, location of the building and the climate of the region. Therefore, the number of such studies must be increased. In this study, a determined part of the origami pattern (chicken wire) that consists of seven joints and six panels with a single degree of freedom as a spherical mechanism for the kinetic facade component was used. The aim is to increase daylight efficiency with three-dimensional shape changes in this kinetic facade in terms of LEED daylight criteria. IZTECH Innovation Center is modelled in Revit apply scenarios including variations of timeline, kinetic facade component's opening angles and material type. The performance of the kinetic facade is evaluated according to illuminance and sDA values calculated. As a result, a direct correlation between the customization of facade elements according to sunlight and daylight usage was observed. Findings provided us a guidance on how to apply the kinetic facade elements according to daylight.