Sürdürülebilir Yeşil Kampüs Koleksiyonu / Sustainable Green Campus Collection
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Master Thesis Managing the Risk of Contractor Failure(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2009) Yağmuroğlu, Zeynep; Günaydın, Hüsnü MuratThe topic of contractor failure has become a major research domain since the beginning of the 1980s. Construction is a risky business with many features like long period of time, complicated process, financial intensity, environment and dynamic organizational structure. The aim of this thesis is to find out the factors effecting contractor failure. In the first phase contractor failure ratio for public procurement is found by investigating the data of the Turkish Ministry of Public Works and Settlement between the years 1999 and 2006. It is found that 10.5% of the public projects end in construction default. The second phase of the study involves a questionnaire survey to find out why construction companies fail in Turkey. The first part of the questionnaire includes the determinants used by Dun and Bradstreet as the causes of failure classified as organizational, environmental, and performance factors. The second part of the questionnaire includes questions about the organizational structure of the company. It is found that the most effective causes of contractor failure are receivable difficulties, insufficient capital, lack of managerial experience, lack of business knowledge, and family problems. It is observed that ego problems, removing performance barriers, monitoring of performance, adaptation to modern work models, and clarified directions are found as major problem areas for the organizational structure of the company. Key Words: Risk Management, Construction Industry, Contractor, Failures.Master Thesis Colour Design of Exterior Surfaces as an Expression of Architectural Thought(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2001) Kaynak Bayık, Ahenk; Erkarslan, ÖzlemBased on the postulation of the architectural end products communicate with the context by means of their exterior surfaces, this study claims that colour as a design concept is one of the main elements in expressing the architectural thought through out the products' surfaces. Being in a universe where human beings identify the three dimensionality with their perceptions, surface becomes one of the main concepts in identifying and communicating with the environment which they live in. The identification and communication of an object exposes itself through the way which it have been created. This exposition can be the structural and physical properties of the object where as it can be a semantic reflection of its designers' thoughts and personal expressions. The architect utilises the surfaces of the architectural end-products as a canvas in order to reflect their architectural thoughts. However, apart from the other objects, architects' canvases is three dimensional and they are two sided as inner and exterior surfaces. The architectural product's inner surface can be considered as the bordering surface of the designed space. On the other hand, the exterior surface should be considered as the inner skin of the environment.Within this thesis the components which visualises the thoughts of the designer, as the exterior facades of the building becomes the surfaces of environmental borders, these components will be studied as a part of this design process. Since colour is an important concept of the design process, it will be emphasised within its exterior surface application and its design notions. Especially, in the developing countries colour concept usually comes to the fore just as an esthetical component on the surfaces of the architectural products and can not go further than being a dye which is chosen during the last stage of the construction process. In these circumstances, colour as a surface property becomes one of the main reasons of the visual decay in the cityscapes. In this respect, this thesis does not only point out that colour is one of the main components of the design process but also indicates that colour is an inherent part of the expression of the architectural thought on the exterior surfaces of the architectural design objects which should be considered in relating with the characteristics of the environment. Keywords: Surface, Architectural Surface, Exterior Surface, Environmental Skin, Colour, Colour Perception, Functional Colour, Surface Colour, Colour in Architecture.Master Thesis Architectural Reflections of the Political Thresholds During Interwar Years (1914-1945)(Izmir Institute of Technology, 1999) Emir, Özgür Deniz; Eyüce, ÖzenThis thesis claims that political power and ideology have the ability to transform the building forms of architecture and that power uses architecture as the ideological symbols of the regime in the interactive relationship of 'Architecture and Politics'. The study examines this relationship in Russia, Germany, Italy and Turkey which are experiencing political thresholds during the' Interwar Years' (1914-1945). The architectural reflections of political thresholds have been discussed through architectural trends, styles, built environment and urbanism. Formal and conceptual analyses and readings have been performed in order to determine the architectural transformations and variations that are parallel to political developments, architectural trends before and after the political thresholds have been analyzed comparatively. The concepts that exist similarly both in political ideologies and architectural end-products have been studied with the aim of finding the interaction between 'Architecture and Politics'. These analyses have led to a conclusion that political interference, transforms architectural trends due to its ideologies; monumentality, grandeur, axiality, symmetry order and hierarchy as a result exist in the created architectural language due to this political interference.Master Thesis A Prediction Model for Daylighting Illuminance for Office Buildings(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2008) Binol, Selcen; Kazanasmaz, Zehra TuğçeDaylight is a primary light source for the office buildings where a comfortable and an efficient working environment should be provided mostly during day time. Evidence that daylight is desirable can be found in research as well as in observations of human behavior and the arrangement of office space. A prediction model was then developed to determine daylight illuminance for the office buildings by using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). A field study was performed to collect illuminance data for four months in the subject building of the Faculty of Architecture in .zmir Institute of technology. The study then involved the weather data obtained from the local Weather Station and building parameters from the architectural drawings. A three-layer ANNs model of feed-forward type was constructed by utilizing these parameters. Input variables were date, hour, outdoor temperature, solar radiation, humidity, UV Index, UV dose, distance to windows, number of windows, orientation of rooms, floor identification, room dimensions and point identification. Illuminance was used as the output variable. The first 80 of the data sets were used for training and the remaining 20 for testing the model. Microsoft Excel Solver used simplex optimization method for the optimal weights. Results showed that the prediction power of the model was almost 97.8%. Thus the model was successful within the sample measurements. NeuroSolutions Software performed the sensitivity analysis of the model. On the top of daylight consideration, this model can supply beneficial inputs in designing stage and in daylighting performance assessment of buildings by making predictions and comparisons. Investigation about this subject can be able to support the office buildings. having intended daylighting comfort conditions.Master Thesis The Peculiarities of Light as a Quality in Architecture(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2000) Kutlu, H. Gökhan; Erkarslan, ÖzlemThis study focuses on the evolution of lighting, both natural and artificial, and its effects on space. The twentieth century is taken as a focal time period, which had witnessed great developments in lighting field that caused inevitable transformations on space and spatial concepts. The evolution of artificial light, the significant innovations in building technology, and the new requirements formed under the desires of a new society are examined in their relation to architectural context with respond to light and lighting in space.The research includes cases from architectural and artistic world, and tries to investigate the role of light in the built environment. These cases are examined in a comparative way, considering the psychical and experiential characteristics of light in order to define its meaning for space.The study consists of two parts. In the first part the process of the evolution of lighting in the twentieth century, its position today, and the social, cultural, and technological alterations are examined deterministically. The second part is a classification of cases under the guidance of some concepts, which defines the interaction of light and space.Master Thesis The Evolution and Change of Building Facades: a Research for Developing Alternative Composite Surface Materials(İzmir Institute of Technology, 2007) Çıkış, Dilaver Turgut; Günaydin, Hüsnü MuratCladding of buildings is an important and commonly applied activity area of building sector. As it is known major purpose of cladding is to separate the indoor environment from the outdoors in such a way that indoor environment conditions can be maintained at level suitable for the buildings intended use. Therefore from the functional point of view it can be defined as, the part of the building that is non load bearing exterior wall that must defend the interior spaces against invasion by water, wind, sun, light, heat and cold, and all the other forces of nature. Besides this it must also fulfill the aesthetic, economic and security consideration. The design of the building façade has become much more complicated with development of new methods of construction, the requirements for a highly controlled interior environments, stress on energy efficiency, advent of materials and new production methods. But it seems that available technologies on ordinary building sector relay on the analog production methods. Analog production process depends on technical drawings and the interpretation of drawings. The human interpretation is the basics of the systems. On the other hand, new design tools that introduced by computer aided design programs proposes new conceptions of space that beyond the limits of Cartesian understanding of form and construction. It is known that computer aided design and production methods are applied pervasively in numerous different sectors. Articulation of computer aided design and manufacturing processes with digitally driven assemblage methods is an important task that is expected to be solved by the building sector. Building envelope systems as being one of the most important building component from the points of both identity and utility of buildings, is has to be reconsidered as a part of the adaptation of whole construction sector. It is also a measure of responsibility on the part of architects. Besides material design, production processes, and connection details of the components with the other parts of the building are the other important dimensions of the envelope systems.Master Thesis An Analysis on the Aqua-Architecture and Its Internal Dynamics(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2000) Ay, Nevin; Eyüce, Ahmet; Eyüce, AhmetWater has always been an undeniable element of the settlement, nature and continuity. At the beginning water has seen as a need for living organisms, (i.e. drinking, heating, worshipping, washing, etc.) later on with the urbanization the importance and necessity of the water has increased and has started to carry more social meanings. In the course of time, people wanted to use all the gadgets and functions to make their lives much more comfortable. Human settlements next to the water resources are a basic example for the importance of water in our lives. The connection between water and people has shown varieties from society to society and culture to culture. But it has always got the priority in our lives. Even different professions saw the water in a different perspective and used in their occupations. The designers and architects who are not denying all those different point of views have been taken water as an element into the world of design.In architectural designs sometimes water can be used as a design tool and sometimes as one of the components, which constructs the concept. Also water has the potential to effect its environment. So those features have made water an important element in design.The concern of this thesis is about; How the alterations in water utilization is effecting the architecture discipline and; How can water element be used in the course of periods and cultures? In this study the internal dynamics of water element have been introduced and those internal dynamics have been discussed and categorized. At the mean time proposed conclusions of this study are that the importance of water element in architecture should be underlined and increased. And water element should take its place in the architectural design literature more actively.Master Thesis Prison Architecture a Typological Analysis of Spatial Organizations in Respect To Punishment Systems(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2002) Dokgöz, G. Deniz; Eyüce, Emine Özen; Eyüce, ÖzenThe concepts of crime and punishment have always been a part of culture in every society throughout the history of mankind. However, the acts accepted as .crime. and the penalties imposed upon criminals for the same crime have revealed differences in each society and in each era. Prior to the Modern Age, almost in all societies, punishment was an open public activity to warn people and imprisonment was not a way of punishment; instead it was only a measure impeding the criminal.s escape until the execution of punishment. Modern world, at the beginning, has tried to use punishment for dictating definite .norms. instead of frightening; later on, instead of corporal execution some other punishment systems have been used as a means of creating individuals submitting to the authority on the way to the formation of inspection oriented .New Society.. This new approaches in punishment systems has required spatial and organizational solutions. As a result, prisons in which imprisonment would be executed have developed as a new building type requiring architectural design as other new building types developed during modernization. However, prison architecture is different from all other buildings as an architectural end product. This architectural product is such a place that whoever stays in never wants to live in there and wants to get out it as soon as possible since there is no relation between the spatial properties of the building and the preferences of a person staying in it, in other words, the criminal. Although debate on prison buildings seems to be a current issue in public opinion, discussions on the spatial organizations of prisons. coincides with the of F-type applications of Ministry of Justice in Turkey. On the other hand, the problems of this building type haven.t been examined enough in terms of architectural design approaches. It is important to discuss how prisons. spatial design have been developed throughout the history; and which architectural properties a prison has to have today must be considered. Whether a prison system, in which the person serving his/her sentence will not be damaged both physically and mentally by public authority, environment and other criminals during its detention period, is created or not, or relevance of the created spaces to the prevailing understanding of punishment and their appropriateness to its functions should also be studied. Therefore, this study aims at understanding prison architecture., their development and change in relation to changing social structures. A typological analysis on case studies is used to understand their spatial organizations in a retrospective perspective. Key words: Crime, Punishment, Prison, Prison Architecture, Type, and Typology.Master Thesis Annexes and Extensions in Historical Buildings: an Ideological Perspective(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2002) İlter, Buket; Çıkış, ŞenizThe art of designing additions carries with it a host of unique challenges. Especially, in the case of annexes and extensions in historical buildings, ideology can be an important factor in shaping the design of the addition. Ideology.s close relation with the concept of identity also makes it a factor in shaping additions in historic buildings. However, studies about the subject generally address themselves to the examination of the functional necessities, and aesthetic concerns. Additions in historic buildings are mostly evaluated within the scope of conservation, and with their harmony to the historical context. This study attempts to analyse the design of additions in historical buildings from a different perspective, leaving aside the principles conservation and discussions of contextualism. The aim of the thesis is to analyse the reflections of ideological and social changes in the physical environment, and to examine the additions in historic buildings from that point of view. Within the scope of this thesis additions in historical buildings are investigated with special emphasis given to the concept of ideology. The interaction between ideology and architecture is explained through an examination of international and local samples. Also, the concept of conservation and historic building is discussed in relation to ideology. Basic reasons for building new architecture in historic settings are examined. Finally, classifications of addition buildings according to their location design approaches, and combined expressions are made.Master Thesis Development of a Design Evaluation Tool for Primary School Projects(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2003) Çelik, Çelen Ayşe; Eyüce, AhmetEducation should play an important role in transforming children into productive adults and members of society. School should be the environment of these transformations as an educational milieu in which children collect data through perception. School should also offer a motivating environment while concepts of three-dimensionality, size, proportion and symbolization develop in the child.s mind. Therefore, the spaces in which children are educated have very special importance in their lives.Contemporary schools should have environmental adaptation, be functionally sufficient, aesthetically attractive and structurally appropriate.Since August 18'th 1997, new educational measures have been taking such as renovation of Turkish National Education Program and primary school education which have been extended from five years to eight years. This required capacity increase, restoration of existing school buildings and design of new projects.Development of an evaluation tool for primary school projects has the aim of creating a basis for future primary school projects for both private and national ones.