Visual Presentation of Mental Images in Urban Design Education:Cognitive Maps

Topçu, Kadriye Deniz; Topçu, Mehmet

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.08.208

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“…Authorities exercise their power on the spaces designed with their political and cultural outlook. This practice shapes the public spaces that public experiences and urbanizes in a unique way as a "space becomes place" (Topcu & Topcu, 2012). The urban subdivisions which inhabitants use are eventually shaped by the flow of life reflecting all social, cultural and psychological aspects.…”

Section: Public Spacementioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a Multi-Disciplinary Approach in Urban Design Education: Art and Software (Depthmap) Use in Urban Design of Public Spaces

Dimililer

Akyuz

2018

EURASIA J MATH SCI T

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Urban design plays an important role in architectural education and its subdivisions. When architects are looking at cities, they not only recognize three dimensionality and geographical appearances of spaces but also see the necessity of incorporating artistic, cultural, social, environmental and psychological elements alongside. Urban design is currently studied as a fundamental discipline with the use of developing technology and influential changes in educational practices, pedagogies and methods. In this study, the artistic aesthetic principles of Hermann Maertens towards monuments and public squares are used to analyze theoretical planning of urban spaces together with technological transformations in the practice with an educational software program called Space Syntax "depth map" as a case-study to redefine the multidisciplinary perspectives of urban design; artistic, cultural, social, psychological as well as accessibility and usability perspectives. The analysis puts forth the necessity of new multidisciplinary approaches in urban design practices and education.

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Section: Public Spacementioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a Multi-Disciplinary Approach in Urban Design Education: Art and Software (Depthmap) Use in Urban Design of Public Spaces

Dimililer

Akyuz

2018

EURASIA J MATH SCI T

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“…In this context, the data obtained differed from Lynch's description of regional elements and paths of individuals with little experience in space. Then, Topçu and Topçu [23] used cognitive maps to determine the perceptual and spatial legibility of Selcuk University Campus and to develop suggestions for improvement.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment of Perception of Physical Environment in the Context of Cognitive Maps and Experiences

Alptekin¹,

Ünver²

2020

Cognitive and Intermedial Semiotics

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Experiences in the physical environment awaken different perceptions in different people and enable the formation of an environmental image in people's minds during and after use. The campuses are also the physical environments in which students from different cultural, ethnic, and social backgrounds spend part of their lives during their education. In the formation of the environmental image, it is important that the students choose, organize, and add meaning to what they see in line with their own needs and goals. In this way, the image formed in the minds of the students limits what is seen, while emphasizing what is important according to their own mental orientation. In this context, the students are asked to draw the cognitive maps of the Meselik Campus of Eskisehir Osmangazi University. The obtained cognitive maps are examined, and the image elements used are evaluated statistically. As a result of the evaluation, it is seen that the students emphasize the reference points and the roads first. In this study, cognitive maps of first and fourth grade architectural students were evaluated separately and then compared with each other in order to determine the change of time factor in students' perception and the effect of architectural education on expression techniques.

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“…There are several studies that examine the characteristics of the area and observer in the process of obtaining spatial information. In these studies, spatial characteristics were examined in terms of circulation spaces in hospitals [15], metropolitan cities and University campus spaces [16,17]. and the characteristics of the observer were examined in terms of sight-disabled individuals [6], spatial perception change of young people [18] and people who experience the urban area for the first time (visitors) [14], Furthermore, the actions and experiences of individuals and associating the pieces of the city are important in the process of obtaining information on the spatial variables [15].…”

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Evaluating Spatial Legibility of the University Campus using GIS

Bozdağ

Gümüş

Gumus

et al. 2020

Aksaray University Journal of Science and Engineering

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Spatial legibility is related to the obtainment of spatial information (2D and 3D) that is in the urban area according to the characteristics of the observer who perceives this space. The aim of this research is to examine the spatial legibility of the campus of Selçuk University which is located in Konya province according to the characteristics of the area and the observer. The spatial characteristics of the application area were determined with the analyzes that were conducted with the help of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and the characteristics of the observer were determined with analyzes that reveal the understanding of the observer to the area (Lynch analysis, questionnaire application and statistical evaluations). When the conducted spatial analyzes and statistical evaluations are examined, it was determined that the spatial legibility of the campus has a statistically significant relationship with the characteristics of the area and the observer.

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Visual Presentation of Mental Images in Urban Design Education:Cognitive Maps

Cited by 27 publications

References 22 publications

Towards a Multi-Disciplinary Approach in Urban Design Education: Art and Software (Depthmap) Use in Urban Design of Public Spaces

Towards a Multi-Disciplinary Approach in Urban Design Education: Art and Software (Depthmap) Use in Urban Design of Public Spaces

Assessment of Perception of Physical Environment in the Context of Cognitive Maps and Experiences

Evaluating Spatial Legibility of the University Campus using GIS

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