School buildings are one of the first public spaces where children feel themselves safe, well-being and fulfil their social needs. In this context, secondary school buildings, which are currently used in our country, have been discussing qualitatively for many years. Therefore, the focus point of this study is about the relationship between the buildings of education and their place in children’ perception. The question that constitutes the purpose of the study is as follows: What is the effect of school buildings’ physical conditions on children perception? Within this scope, İstanbul Kagithane region was selected as a case study and secondary school buildings in different typologies were examined. The first one of these typologies is the schools which were built by the Ministry of National Education with the same characteristics. The other is the schools that designed by Uygur Architecture. These schools were planned to be prepared for the possible earthquake of Istanbul and to be reconstructed in the context of “Istanbul Seismic Risk Reduction and Emergency Preparedness Project”. As a sample, Secondary School of Cengizhan was selected for the first typology and also Secondary School of Ahmet Cuhadaroglu was selected for the second typology. Selected schools were evaluated in terms of practice, user satisfaction and user perception. For this, questionnaire and mapping technique were applied as the method and the obtained data were interpreted over the selected evaluation criteria. The questionnaire and cognitive mapping study was conducted at the secondary schools with a total of 206 students aged 9 to 13 years. Cognitive maps were evaluated with projective, metric and imaginative space parameters. As a result, it is supported by cognitive mapping studies that spatial perceptions of students are directly related to the exterior and interior of building. Therefore, it is considered that the evaluation criteria and the obtained data from this study may be the support for the further research
Spatial Perception Secondary Schools Cognitive Development Children Perception School ArchitectureWordcount: 4.192
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Bölüm | Research Article |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 1 Nisan 2019 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2019 Cilt: 4 Sayı: 1 |