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Children in Urban Environments: a Case Study From a Dense Neighbourhood in Izmir-Turkey
(Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, 2022) Dikmen Güleryüz, Oylum; Doğan, Fehmi; Doğan, Fehmi; Kasalı, Altuğ; 02.02. Department of Architecture; 02. Faculty of Architecture; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
The aim of this study is to understand children's engagement with their urban outdoor environments in Izmir-Turkey, a city with a high urbanisation rate, and to explore the factors that affect their outdoor preferences outside of their school time. The study consists of a field study conducted in a densely populated middle-income neighbourhood. Participants are fourth-grade children from a state-run primary school aged 9-11 years (n=44) and their parents (n=40). The study followed a multi-methodological approach, employing questionnaires, drawing and story writing tasks as data collection methods. Results of the study showed the strong tendency to prefer outdoors during their free time even when their neighbourhood is a high-density urban settlement with limited opportunities for outdoor activities. In the studied neighbourhood, most of the participants mentioned the schoolyard over other locations as their preferred place fin- outdoor play. Other than the schoolyard, the children mainly reported familiar places in their neighbourhoods, close to their local environments which were also depicted in their drawings and described in their stories. From the perspectives of urban designers and policy-makers, the findings of the study highlight aspects to be concerned about opportunities for outdoor play in high-density and urbanised central neighbourhoods.
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Citation - Scopus: 2
Computational Design in Distributed Teamwork Using: Digital and Non-Digital Tools in Architectural Design Competitions
(Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, 2019) Erbil Altıntaş, Livanur; Kasalı, Altuğ; Kasalı, Altuğ; Doğan, Fehmi; Doğan, Fehmi; 02.02. Department of Architecture; 02. Faculty of Architecture; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
This paper reports a case involving computational practices in design process with an aim to understand the role of digital and non-digital tools in the design process. Following an ethnographic approach, we aimed at understanding the nature of the interactions among team participants which are human and non-human in a distributed system. We focused on computational practices in design process and we aimed to understand the role of digital and non-digital tools in the design process. Tools have remarkable role in a distributed system in the sense of propagation of knowledge. It was observed that form exploration by digital tools may not controlled as much as sketching.
Citation - WoS: 12
Citation - Scopus: 12
Fifth-, Sixth-, and Seventh- Grade Students' Use of Non-Classroom Spaces During Recess: the Case of Three Private Schools in Izmir, Turkey
(Academic Press Inc., 2010) Kasalı, Altuğ; Doğan, Fehmi; Kasalı, Altuğ; 02.02. Department of Architecture; 02. Faculty of Architecture; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
This study investigates fifth, sixth, and seventh grade students' place preferences between indoor and outdoor non-classroom spaces during recess and their activity patterns in these spaces in three private elementary schools. The study explores whether differences in the variety and organization of the spaces of school facilities have an impact on the place preferences of students and whether students are aware of the reasons for their preferences. Students' place preferences and their activities were determined with field observations and a 30-item questionnaire with Yes/No and open-ended questions. A total of 173 students (n = 51 School 1; n = 70 School 2; and n = 52 School 3) participated in the questionnaire. The Chi-Square test, a non-parametric statistical analysis test, was used to analyze the students' answers to the questionnaire. The results indicate that students prefer places which offer variety and which are large enough to avoid congestion and that, in general, students are aware of the spatial features of their environments and make choices accordingly. When students are given a choice of outdoors or indoors, they tend to choose according to which is more conducive to their activities. If both outdoor and indoor spaces are conducive, students tend to use both. If neither is conducive to their activities, students either alter their behavior patterns, for example, developing a preference for stationary activities or staying inside the classroom, or they convert available spaces to accommodate their activities. It is concluded that students are good sources of information in the design and planning of the environments they occupy. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.

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