Meryem Yalcin

TOBB University of Economics and Technology · Department of Interior and Environmental Design

The fundamental research inquiry in this study revolves around wood materials’ diverse facets, including structural identities, contextual considerations, interior and external spatial applications, and their user experiences. To address this research, a comprehensive literature review, case study, and survey were conducted. The objective being to...

The Odunpazarı Modern Museum (OMM), conceptualized by Architect Kengo Kuma and inaugurated in 2019 in Eskişehir, stands as a testament to the historical significance of the timber trade in the region. The deliberate choice of wood as the primary construction material serves as a tribute to this historical narrative. The conspicuous incorporation of...

Toplumların yemek kültürlerinin incelenmesi toplumsal bağlamı yüksek birçok yaşamın tüm katmanlarına ışık tutmaktadır. Bunlar çevresel, sosyo-ekonomik ve kültürel faktörlerin anlaşılması açısından iklim, yerleşim, tüketim kaynakları, teknoloji, ekonomi, siyaset, din, aile yapısı, gelenek ve görenekler vs. gibi yapı taşları olup yemek kültürünün alt...

Cerebral Palsy occurs when the brain has not yet completed its development. This disease progresses in the form of motor control and posture disorder, which occurs as a result of an injury with an unclear diagnosis that develops during birth or in the first three years (Altındağ et al. 2009). Basic problems of Cerebral Palsy patients; motor abiliti...

Aim: In early childhood play; is an important activity in terms of mental and physical development. Another factor that is as crucial as the activity’s itself is the playgrounds. In this context the study, examines the artificial environment created in the sense of atmosphere and fittings by addressing uniformization in indoor playgrounds. The main...

Aim: Increased awareness of creating design solutions that can meet the social and psychological needs of patients in healthcare spaces highlights research on the psychology of place-patient/ doctors/healthcare staff. Therefore, patient-oriented health space designs that provide a sense of trust and satisfaction to patients – along with a supportiv...

In a society characterized by uncertainty and rapid change, the ability of think creatively is becoming the key of success and satisfaction, both professionally and personally (Florida, 2002). For today’s student, nothing is more important than learning to think creatively — learning to come up with innovative solutions to the unexpected situations...

Montessori education gathers around two purposes: biological and social purposes. Helping natural development of an individual is targeted in the biological part, and preparation of an individual for the environment is targeted in the social part (Montessori, 1947). Fundamental element of Montessori approach is to form the space. Although there are...

The dynamic and complex nature of children's sense of physical environment (Lim, Barton, 2010) with respect to the location of the space concerning cultural conditions, relations, and parameters direct design criteria to meet pedagogic, physiologic, and biological needs and requirements of the children in the preschool interiors. This enquiry has g...

Many sociologists, psychologists and environmental designers have suggested that physical environment is stimulating the senses of children where they can explore and experiment not only positively effects their learning ability and skills but also influences their behavior. However practitioners of children space design adapt their spatial perspec...

The objective of this article was to explore interior spatial qualifications on patient perception of two densities of multioccupancy hospital rooms. The research setting of this study was the three- and six-person capacity hospital rooms used for treatment of patients at a large hospital in a major metropolitan city in Turkey. The subjects used in...

This article offers an alternative view of design education, emphasising on its introduction in kindergarten and proposing a curriculum that covers design issues for introduction in kinder­gar­ten. This approach is suited to developing creative thinking skills. In an environ­ment where children imagine, create, practice, modify, recognise, manipula...

Identifying human attachment to the environment by developing different degrees, spatial ranges and dimensions, this study aims to further the growing body of knowledge about the discipline of Environmental Psychology within the process of interior design solving problems. Environmental Psychology provides an analytic point of view up on the existi...

Bu araştırmada, Ankara’da bulunan Tahsin Banguoğlu Öğrenci Yurdu’nda kalan kız ve erkek öğrencilerin kullandıkları ve aynı özelliklere sahip 8 kişilik odaların, fonksiyonel ve algısal performans analizleri yapılmıştır. Buna bağlı olarak, odaların iç mekân karakteristiklerinin ve insan – donatı elemanı yoğunluğunun kullanıcıların mekân algılamaları...