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Health Priority Design Approaches in Library Buildings: The Case of Çukurova University

Year 2022, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 586 - 597, 30.12.2022
https://doi.org/10.30785/mbud.1116900

Abstract

The declaration of a pandemic on March 11, 2020 significantly affects the space organization process, which includes health-priority design approaches such as controlled communication, social distance, and reduction of physical contact. In this study, it is aimed to reorganize the library buildings with health priority design approaches in order to organize and re-function the used areas during the pandemic process. Çukurova University Central Library building was chosen as a case study. The working areas and current situation plans of the library building were evaluated through systematic observation, taking the Covid-19 preventive measures as criteria. Consequently, it was determined that health priority design criteria in library buildings should be advanced heating, cooling and ventilation systems, window sizes and shading elements that control sunlight and air flow, placement of green plants that keep indoor relative humidity above 40%, spatial organization decisions that reduces user capacity and interaction between them. Moreover, the approaches that take into account the health of the society and the researcher and the design decisions that include the rules, suggestions and principles published by individual designers and academics as a result of feeling responsible for the subject were proposed.

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Authors would like to thank Çukurova University and library staff for their support to the research. This study includes the preliminary results of a research initiated within the scope of the graduate course named 'Building Evaluation'. Ethics committee approval is not required for this study.

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  • Tamdoğan, O. G. (2009). Bilgi üretiminde yazın ürünleri ve kütüphaneler: Atıfların tespiti ve analizi yoluyla araştırma. Türk Kütüphaneciliği, 23(2), 254-277.
  • van Doremalen, N., Bushmaker. T., Morris, D.H., Holbrook, M.G., Gamble, A., Williamson, B.N., Tamin, A., Harcourt, J.L., Thornburg, N.J., Gerber, S.I., Lloyd-Smith, J.O., de Wit, E. & Munster, V.J. (2020). Aerosol and surface stability of SARS-CoV-2 as compared with SARS-CoV-1. The New England Journal Of Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2004973.
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  • Yüksel, Ç. Y. (2018). Dış Gölge Elemanının Pencere Boyutlarıyla Bağlantılı Gölgeleme Veriminin Araştırılması. Ulusal Çatı & Cephe Konferansı, 43, İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi-İstanbul.

Kütüphane Binalarında Sağlık Öncelikli Tasarım Yaklaşımları: Çukurova Üniversitesi Örneği

Year 2022, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 586 - 597, 30.12.2022
https://doi.org/10.30785/mbud.1116900

Abstract

11 Mart 2020'de pandemi ilan edilmesi, kontrollü iletişim, sosyal mesafe, fiziksel temasın azaltılması gibi sağlık öncelikli tasarım yaklaşımlarını içeren mekan organizasyon sürecini önemli ölçüde etkilemektedir. Bu çalışmada kütüphane binalarının sağlık öncelikli tasarım yaklaşımları ile yeniden düzenlenmesi için kullanılan alanların pandemi sürecinde düzenlenmesi ve yeniden işlevlendirilmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Çukurova Üniversitesi Merkez Kütüphane binası örnek olay olarak seçilmiştir. Kütüphane binasının çalışma alanları ve mevcut durum planları, Covid-19 önleyici tedbirler kriter alınarak sistematik gözlem yoluyla değerlendirilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, kütüphane binalarında sağlık öncelikli tasarım kriterlerinin, gelişmiş ısıtma, soğutma ve havalandırma sistemlerinin kullanılması, güneş ışığını ve hava akışını kontrol eden pencere boyutları ve gölgeleme elemanları, iç ortam bağıl nemini %40'ın üzerinde tutan yeşil bitkilerin yerleştirilmesi, kullanıcı kapasitesini ve aralarındaki etkileşimi azaltan mekansal organizasyon kararları olması gerektiği belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca, toplumun ve araştırmacının sağlığını dikkate alan yaklaşımlar ve bireysel tasarımcılar ile akademisyenlerin konuya karşı kendilerini sorumlu hissetmeleri sonucunda yayınladıkları kural, öneri ve ilkeleri içeren tasarım kararları önerilmiştir.

References

  • Bangwal, D., Suyal J. & Kumar, R. (2022). Hotel building design, occupants’ health and performance in response to COVID 19. International Journal of Hospitality Management, Volume 103, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2022.103212.
  • Brennan, A., Chugh, J.S. & Kline, T. (2002). Traditional versus open office design: A longitudinal study. Environment and Behavior, 34(3), 279-299.
  • Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress. (2020). Prolonged Operations in Personal Protective Equipment During Covid-19: Recommendations for Workers and Managers. https://www.cstsonline.org/ Retrieved on: 10.08.2020
  • Choice Media Channel. (2020). The Socially Distanced Library Physical Spaces, Transition Tactics, and a Look at the Data (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=p8bAVfCkbSQ&list=WL&index=2&t=47s Retrieved on: 06.08.2020
  • Council of Higher Education [CoHE]. (2021). https://www.yok.gov.tr/Sayfalar/Universiteler/arastirma-universiteleri.aspx Retrieved on 13.12.2021
  • Dietz, L., Horve, P.F., Coil, D.A., Fretz, M., Eisen, J.A. & Van Den Wymelenberg, K. (2020). 2019 novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic: built environment considerations to reduce transmission. mSystems,5(3), https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00245-20.
  • World Health Organization [WHO]. (2020). Considerations for public health and social measures in the workplace in the context of Covid-19. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/considerations-in-adjusting-public-health-and-social-measures-in-the-context-of-covid-19-interim-guidance Retrieved on 09.12.2020
  • Hillier, B. (2001). A Theory Of The City as Object or How Spatial Laws Mediate the Social Constructions of Urban Space, 3rd International Symposium on Space Syntax, Brazil, 02:1-9.
  • Kampf, G., Todt, D., Pfaender, S. & Steinmann, E. (2020). Persistence of Coronaviruses on inanimate surfaces and its inactivation with biocidal agents. The Journal of Hospital Infection, 104:246–251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2020.01.022.
  • Noti, J.D., Blachere, F.M., McMillen, C.M., Lindsley, W.G., Kashon, M.L., Slaughter, D.R. & Donald, H.B. (2013). High humidity leads to loss of ınfectious ınfluenza virus from simulated coughs. PLoS ONE, 8(2): e57485. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057485
  • Öz, Z. (1992). Kütüphane Binalarının mekansal organizasyonlarında ergonominin önemi ve standardizasyon. Türk Kütüphaneciliği, 6:3, 160-171s.
  • Riddell, S., Goldie, S., Hill, A., Eagles, D. & Drew, T.D. (2020). The effect of temperature on persistence of SARS-CoV-2 on common surfaces. Virol J, 17(145), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985- 020-01418-7
  • Rishi, P., Sinha, S.P. & Dubey, R. (2000). A correlational study of workplace characteristics and work satisfaction among Indian bank employees. Psychologia, 43(3), 155-164.
  • Şener, H. (1979). Tasarlayıcıya verilecek mimari programların İçerik Sınırları İfade Biçimleri ve Endüstrileşmiş Bina Açısından Değerlendirilmesi. Yapı Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Bina Programlama Semineri, Ankara; Tübitak.
  • Tamdoğan, O. G. (2009). Bilgi üretiminde yazın ürünleri ve kütüphaneler: Atıfların tespiti ve analizi yoluyla araştırma. Türk Kütüphaneciliği, 23(2), 254-277.
  • van Doremalen, N., Bushmaker. T., Morris, D.H., Holbrook, M.G., Gamble, A., Williamson, B.N., Tamin, A., Harcourt, J.L., Thornburg, N.J., Gerber, S.I., Lloyd-Smith, J.O., de Wit, E. & Munster, V.J. (2020). Aerosol and surface stability of SARS-CoV-2 as compared with SARS-CoV-1. The New England Journal Of Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2004973.
  • Vischer, J. C. (2008). Towards an environmental psychology of workspace: how people are affected by environments for work. Architectural Science Review, Volume 51.2, 97-108.
  • Yüksel, Ç. Y. (2018). Dış Gölge Elemanının Pencere Boyutlarıyla Bağlantılı Gölgeleme Veriminin Araştırılması. Ulusal Çatı & Cephe Konferansı, 43, İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi-İstanbul.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Architecture
Journal Section Research Articles
Authors

Çiğsem Yağmur Yüksel 0000-0002-6775-8348

Mustafa Yeğin 0000-0002-0025-6589

Publication Date December 30, 2022
Submission Date May 15, 2022
Published in Issue Year 2022 Volume: 7 Issue: 2

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APA Yüksel, Ç. Y., & Yeğin, M. (2022). Health Priority Design Approaches in Library Buildings: The Case of Çukurova University. Journal of Architectural Sciences and Applications, 7(2), 586-597. https://doi.org/10.30785/mbud.1116900