Banu Manav

Kadir Has University | KHU · Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design

The study represents an approach to improving the annual lighting and primary energy performance of a residential building in temperate-humid and hot-dry Mediterranean climates in Turkey by simulation-based optimization method. In this context, five design variables and sixty four options including façade orientation, window size and configuration,...

This study assesses residential areas which have been converted into workplaces and are still used after the Covid-19 in terms of visual, non-visual, and energy performance requirements of lighting. We proposed a lighting design using LED systems with dimmable and tuneable features. Circadian factors in WELL Building Standard are analyzed for compa...

In the last years, as a result of environmental concerns, changes in lifestyle during the COVID-19 crisis, the role of healthy buildings in addition to the main lighting design principles are highlighted. Therefore, today’s lighting design issues include social well-being, mental well-being, and physical well-being more than we discussed in the las...

Color combination criteria are said to entail an affective response in interior design. We investigated the color combination criteria that orient the preference of current observers, after Le Corbusier's 1931 Salubra keyboards. We explored the similarity/contrast in Natural Color System (NCS) hue, blackness, and chromaticness in 312 combinations w...

Color preference for the interior of a bedroom of Le Corbusier's Swiss Pavilion was studied using 1931 Salubra color keyboards in a cross-cultural analysis. Results indicate that students from architecture and interior design slightly dislike or are indifferent to Le Corbusier color combinations and prefer pale and low saturated colors for interior...

The book presents the abstracts of the International Scientific Conference of the Color Society Russia dedicated to the discussion of a wide range of issues related to colour theory and its practical use in various socio-cultural contexts. The relevant psychological, sociological, linguistic, philosophical, pedagogical, art historical, technical an...

This book presents the selected full papers by participants of the International Scientific Conference of the Color Society of Russia. They discuss a wide range of issues related to colour theory and its application in various socio-cultural contexts. The relevant psychological, sociological, linguistic, philosophical, pedagogical, art historian, t...

By means of an experimental dataset, we use deep learning to implement an RGB (red, green, and blue) extrapolation of emotions associated to color, and do a mathematical study of the results obtained through this neural network. In particular, we see that males (type-m individuals) typically associate a given emotion with darker colors, while femal...

By means of an experimental dataset, we use deep learning to implement an RGB extrapolation of emotions associated to color, and do a mathematical study of the results obtained through this neural network. In particular, we see that males typically associate a given emotion with darker colors while females with brighter colors. A similar trend was...

Across cultures, people associate colours with emotions. Here, we test the hypothesis that one driver of this cross-modal correspondence is the physical environment we live in. We focus on a prime example – the association of yellow with joy, – which conceivably arises because yellow is reminiscent of life-sustaining sunshine and pleasant weather....

In lighting design, the main concept is to achieve a healthy environment, which addresses energy efficiency, cost, maintenance, and quality. User-friendly lighting systems shall be adopted to architecture and interior architecture. User control over the lighting system is important, by dimming or increasing light output, by changing the colour of t...

In lighting design, the main concept is to achieve a healthy environment, which addresses energy efficiency, cost, maintenance, and quality. User-friendly lighting systems shall be adopted to architecture and interior architecture. User control over the lighting system is important, by dimming or increasing light output, by changing the colour of t...

The aim of this study is to investigate and compare the visual comfort conditions, daylight performance, the amount of annual primary lighting energy consumption per square meter and the annual cost of electrical energy in a recently built, B class energy certificated gated community in Bursa, through selected twelve sample apartments’ sunlit rooms...

Ksour are original architectural models of fortified villages located in the north of Africa. They offer, through their urban and natural visual sceneries, specific visible features that we name them Ksourian Landscapes. The present research, accordingly, addresses an investigation; relying on a new methodic perspective, of the chromatic character...

Color in urban design has become an important issue, each city may present different colors which help to define and describe its architectural features. In the study, color in urban design with architectural setting is studied, façade colors are analyzed with a specific emphasis on the following research questions; “Can color schemes be designed i...

Interior design is a process which collaborates different approaches, strategies, methodologies and practices. This study is a social responsibility project which had been conducted under the supervision of the author and the authorities of The Educational Volunteers Foundation of Turkey (TEGV). The purpose of this project is to investigate how eff...

Museums do not have to be mysterious shadowy places, where visitors could observe and feel the history in the dark. On the contrary, experiencing transparency and existence of light are two important design features in revealing collections and exhibitions. At lighting standards published by CIE and/or IESNA, it is well known that art pieces shall...

In interior design, at the volume scale, colour is an important design paramater. During the design process, colour is a crucial subject for space identity, space psychology and personal impressions. In case colouring process is not planned well, the final product is an unexpected situation. For this reason, colour order shall be according to the s...

This paper examines designing a research on architectural coloring process and approaches to develop a color-emotion space model for human visual system. Matched on relevant methodology, a study is explored to compare modes of color evaluation with the following hypothesis; can slides of a real setting be used instead of 1/1 model study for space p...

In this study, it is aimed to find out the brand identity in interior design, especially the effects of color and lighting scheme at brand image, retail, store. This paper presents an experimental study by 121 participants with a special emphasis on the influence of color and light on environmental perception in retail design. The perceived image a...

City lighting influence people's aesthetic perception, enhance the quality of people's lives. At the same time, it can promote development of the city, enhance the reputation of the city, has the profound significance to politics, the economy and the culture. Good lighting design can display the culture and the characteristic of the city and build...

In the recent years, energy efficiency studies have been given priority in the field of lighting research. It is strictly advised to reduce energy consumption while maintaining visual quality, safety and comfort. Within those scope, the aim of this study is to evaluate energy performance and visual comfort of tubular LED lamps. Measuring and calcul...

Play should be at the hearth of children's daily lifes. A play space needs to be of high quality and shall attract children's attention while improving their physical and psycho-social development. For this reason, a well-designed physical environment is important to support children's needs. In the study, a proposal is developed for a multifunctio...

In the present study, historical and contemporary masterpieces in Istanbul will be discussed and analyzed considering "lighting scheme" as a design tool in the "lighting master plan". The present image of the city will be analyzed together with the light mapping tool. It was intended to introduce a "conceptual lighting master plan" where a lighting...

The main concern in this paper is to measure the design quality of ten different coffee shop windows on a historical avenue in İstanbul, Turkey which serves human functions of habitation, circulation and many related functions. This is a pilot study which evaluates and analyzes quantitative and qualitative factors in regard to the design quality by...

The aim of the study is to suggest an optimum facade design and an energy efficient lighting system for elementary schools' classroom modules for different climate types. A classroom module from the typical projects which are implemented by the Ministry of Public Works and Settlement of Turkey was analyzed, by the aid of the computer based daylight...

Play should be at the hearth of children's daily lifes. A play space needs to be of high quality and shall attract children's attention while improving their physical and psycho-social development. For this reason, a well-designed physical environment is important to support children's needs. In the study, a proposal is developed for a multifunctio...

This study examines existing beliefs about “color” focusing on color-emotion associations by discussing how color can be used as a way of communicator to fulfill human needs in residences. Fifty people from various age groups participated in the study. They were asked to match a list of adjectives with the proper color samples from the catalogue of...

Colour temperature and illumination level have affected the subjective impressions at an office setting. 2000 lx was preferred to 500 lx for impressions of comfort, spaciousness, brightness and saturation evaluation. A 4000 K colour temperature was preferred to 2700 K for impressions of ‘comfort and spaciousness’, while 2700 K was suggested for ‘re...

The idea to improve the quality of lighting design in interior spaces has gained importance in the last years. This experimental study concentrates on the quality of lighting and the relation between lighting arrangements and perception. A room having four different lighting arrangements was prepared and the differences between the perception of th...

Recent research has consistently shown that light entering the human eyes has an important non-visual biological effect on the human body, influences human health, well-being and productivity at the work environment [1-2]. Parallel to this argument, in the works of various researchers, qualitative rather than the quantitative aspects of the luminou...

At offices, productivity and performance increase as long as comfort conditions are satisfied. This statement is the main goal for the present study. Visual comfort conditions are achieved in a full scale room by means of avoiding reflected glare on the working surface and within the room. Psychological comfort conditions are investigated at the sa...

Lighting is a topic of interest in engineering, in architecture, in environmental psychology and even in medicine, where the basic principle is to provide a healthy, safe, comfortable and effi cient environment for humans. Emphasis should be given to the non-visual effects of lighting, or in other words,to the quality of lighting in order to provid...

In Turkey, an important amount of the consumed electrical energy at houses is light energy. To control light energy consumption, alternative solutions can be stated by examining user preferences' for lighting and housing. This paper discusses how energy consumption at houses can be controlled through lamp and luminaire selection, lighting hardware...