Master Degree / Yüksek Lisans Tezleri

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  • Master Thesis
    User Experience Based Participatory Urban Design Practices: Case of İzmir
    (01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2024) Yorulmaz, Aleyna; Velibeyoğlu, Koray; Özden, Pelin
    This thesis aims to analyze how participatory processes increase community engagement and enhance the role of the user in urban design processes. In this context, a mixed approach is used, blending qualitative and quantitative methods including spatial analysis, surveys, interviews and participatory design workshops. The research explores the effectiveness of participatory approaches and co-design tools in urban design, focusing on two case studies from İzmir, Turkey. The research is organized around three main questions: Which participatory design approaches effectively involve community members in urban planning? How do different co-design tools affect the effectiveness of participatory design processes? How do toolkit techniques shape user experiences in urban design? Key findings show that participatory design enables the creation of more inclusive, innovative and sustainable urban spaces by incorporating the knowledge and experience of community members. The study highlights the importance of user experience in co-design processes and reveals that well-designed interfaces and tools can increase the overall effectiveness of urban design projects by facilitating the active participation of citizens. The findings highlight the potential of participatory design to strengthen the social fabric of communities and increase individuals' sense of belonging to urban life. Through extensive analysis, this study provides valuable insights into the role of community engagement in creating livable and resilient urban environments. By examining the effects of different toolkit techniques on user experiences, the thesis aims to contribute to the development of more effective and user-friendly design processes. This research provides recommendations for developing more inclusive and innovative urban design practices and advocates for the wider application of participatory approaches in urban planning.
  • Master Thesis
    Location Choice of Food Industry in İzmir
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019) Akbaşoğulları, Nilnaz; Duran, Hüseyin Engin
    In this study, the spatial distribution of the food companies registered in the Aegean Region Chamber of Industry in İzmir has been investigated and the causality of the site selection has been reviewed. The empirical studies conducted in the literature so far does not include a detailed study on the choice of location of the food industry, a factor that adds strength to this study. The purpose of the current study is to analyse the determinants of firm location in Izmir’s food industry. It particularly focuses on the impact of experience and size of the firms. In this study, we examined, through statistical methods (such as descriptive statistics, maps, cross sectional linear regressions, spatial autocorrelation analyses), 734 companies. The following variables were empirically analysed, firms’ establishment dates, sub-sectors, number of employees, capital assets, locations, distances from the centre of Izmir, distances from the centre of the sub-province that the establishment belongs to and the distance from each other. As a result of the empirical analyses and spatial data evaluation, companies’ choice of location in the food industry can be summarized as follows; Experience plays a very significant role, which means that experienced companies are located in the centre or close to the centre because they have already been well-established in that place. The choice of location does not have any bearing upon the size of the firm.
  • Master Thesis
    Izmir as a World Design Capital and Designing Izmir's City Brand
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019) Baran, Tüzin; Tunç Fox, Ayça
    In 2009, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality organized a Culture and Art Workshop and introduced a three-step vision with the contributions of professionals from different disciplines and people who love Izmir. It was envisaged that Ġzmir would be a city of design and innovation to create an attractive focus in the Mediterranean. In the last ten years, this vision has been adopted by officials in Izmir. This study aims to examine Ġzmir‘s city identity, design culture in Ġzmir and Ġzmir's World Design Capital candidacy, identify its deficiencies and the areas where it could be developed and its potential, and understand how it could win this title by making changes in its possible new application for another year as World Design Capital. A survey was prepared for the residents of Ġzmir and in-depth interviews were made with nine professionals who worked and/or be informed about Izmir‘s process of being a design city and Izmir‘s candidacy for World Design Capital 2020.
  • Master Thesis
    Inclusive Design for Public Space in Basmane, Izmir: Psychogeography as a Design Method for Urban Furniture
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019) Ertürk, Aylin; Tunç Fox, Ayça
    İzmir is a city that has attracted immigrants throughout the history, and Basmane in particular, has functioned as a transition hub in İzmir Basmane is a multicultural, multilingual and multiethnic district in İzmir People from different cultures and ethnicities live in this district. In such a district, people may need to have hospitality and a friendly atmosphere to live in harmony. The changes of living conditions and social structure due to mass migration, the design of urban space has become more important. It can be provided improvement people's quality of life and standards, contribution to society, creation of hospitable environment, and the feeling of belonging with urban space design. Urban furniture is the integral element of urban public spaces. Urban furniture is expected to meet human needs in public spaces. This study examines inclusive design in order to analyze the principles of urban furniture design. In order to get inclusive design approach and the accurate data of Basmane district, psychogeography was used as a design method. A questionnaire was conducted to reach out people and gather data regarding their needs in Basmane. With the consideration of the results of the dérive experience and based on the findings of the questionnaire, a suggestion of inclusive urban furniture design was shaped.
  • Master Thesis
    Urban Transformation in Turkey Within Historical and Legal Framework: a Comprehensive Evaulation in Izmir
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019) Erdem, Ezgi Gül; Akpınar, Figen
    Cities are complicated and dynamic structures. Urban agenda has changed constantly. Urban planning has to follow and reshape this dynamism as a return. Cities are under constant restructuring with parallel to spatial, economic, social and political conditions. In recent years, urban transformation has become turning point in planning system and occupied dominant role as a policy tool in Turkish context. Urban transformation has come to the planning agenda as an indispensable policy tool. Especially in the last two decades, urban transformation projects became a tool of spatial restructuring processes and solving major problems such as illegal housing, disaster risk, and uncontrolled urban sprawl. Moreover, with the generalization and reinterpretation of the context of transformation caused conceptual and practical confusion. The implementation of the urban transformation projects is taken place almost in all Turkish cities; however, it has felt more in big metropolitan cities as in the case of first Istanbul and then Ankara. The city of İzmir, seems to be subjected to all these discussions. This study first discusses the urban transformation concept as a tool of planning, by clarifying its principles on a global scale. After, it evaluates Turkey’s performance on a holistic approach, which means all interventions that caused transformation at the citywide level in the case of İzmir central areas. The analysis has conducted using multidimensional spatial data in GIS database in relation to general policies and legislation. All urban transformations projects in İzmir have digitalized geographically on a map to evaluate their location and attributes in relation to urban plans. As a result of these analyses, it has been concluded that despite the urban transformation concept was proposed as a solution to problems of the cities, it has evolved into a new problematic because of fragmented and speculative rent seeking activities or ineffective applications. The study aims to highlight these deficiencies and offer solutions.
  • Master Thesis
    Testing Room and Window Design Parameters for Daylight Performance According To Breeam Assessment Criteria: Cases of London and Izmir
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019) Sönmez, İrem; Kazanasmaz, Tuğçe
    Daylight affects occupants' visual performance in the indoor environment. The amount of daylight determines the quality of the interior. If daylighting is controlled properly, it provides comfortable and healthy spaces for the occupants. It is the primary light source of interior and it saves energy decreasing the use of artificial lighting in the interior. Because of these reasons, daylight performance has a significant role in environmental assessment tools. As BREEAM is the first environmental assessment tool in the world which is published in the UK, it has been the subject matter in this thesis. BREEAM has 'Daylight' section in 'Health and Wellbeing' category. The illuminance value determines whether to get the credits or not in this category. It has been known that there are architectural parameters such as window size and surface reflectance that affect the illuminance value of the interiors. Each color combination of floor, wall, and ceiling results in a significant average reflectance value. Thus, the purpose of this thesis is to test the whole impact of these room and window design parameters on daylight performance according to BREEAM(universities, colleges, and higher education-occupied spaces) criteria with the cases of London and İzmir. The daylight performance simulation models of the reference rooms generated with four material alternatives were built in RELUX, under clear and overcast sky conditions. Simulations run for London and İzmir covering solstice and equinox days. Findings were discussed in the view of daylighting criteria of BREEAM. In general, daylight criteria of BREEAM which is based on conditions of London (UK) were found to be suitable and applicable for cases in İzmir.
  • Master Thesis
    Analysis of Four Urban Squares in Izmir According To the Leading Urban Design Literature
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2018) Ceyhan Abacı, Fatma; Çil, Ela; Velibeyoğlu, Koray
    The squares are the significant elements of the urban public spaces that provide the users different experience in the city, activate their city life and they are human oriented places for cities and societies. The squares are strong accumulation places where each day a different experience comes true so they transfer society‟s culture, social habits, way of life, memories from past to the future. Since urban squares have those significant roles for cities, researching the spatial, functional and social qualities of the squares are very important to understand and identify them. The aim of this study is to reveal the characteristics of urban squares according to leading literature studies. The study focuses on what are the criteria we need to analyze in order to determining the qualities of the squares. Accordingly, the main common ideas on urban squares in the literature have been categorized to evaluate the squares. The leading qualities of the squares comprise of the ten normative criteria based on sixteen important authors of related studies which are the main textbooks of the thesis. The content of the criteria consists mainly of the characteristics that the square must have physically, socially and functionally. In this study, Ali Paşa Square, Hatuniye Square, Cumhuriyet Square, and Gündoğdu Square are chosen in İzmir as case study area. The study cases are observed and analyzed according to ten evaluation criteria. The analyses results extract the characteristics of each square. All findings, results and normative criteria are together discussed as results. The results of this study may guide to reconsideration of urban squares within modern usages and designing more useful squares for further studies.
  • Master Thesis
    Identification of Vezirağa Aqueduct in Izmir as a Historical Monument
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2016) Mamaklı, Fatma Sezgi; Aktaş, Engin; Turan, Mine
    During 17th century, the developing commercial activities in İzmir took the attentions of senior people from the government to the city. Köprülü Fazıl Ahmet Paşa realized the lack of water supply in İzmir and ordered to construct an aqueduct on Melez valley and fountains to the city center. The system was constructed in 1674 with an aqueduct named Vezirağa Aqueduct, ten old restored fountains and seventy-three new fountains in the city center. This study aims to identify historical, architectural and structural characteristics of Vezirağa Aqueduct so that its heritage values and conservations problems can be understood. The geographical and historical characteristics of Vezirağa Aqueduct are described by taking the effects of site and the socio-cultural situation of city into consideration. The architectural characteristics of the aqueduct are prepared by using the site survey datas to reveal the current condition and find out the original state. The original state of the structure explains its historical value and the importance during the construction period. The resistance assesment of the structure is defined by using equivalent static analysis and dynamic analysis by using finite element modeling and time-history analysis. Finally, the historical, architectural and structural characteristics of Vezirağa Aqueduct prove its historical, documentary and aesthetic values and the structural problems that can damage the aqueduct and affect its values.