Evren ÜLKERYILDIZ*, Zeynep DURMUŞ ARSAN, Tonguç AKIŞ

Öğrenci zihin haritalarında kente ilişkin deneyimle değişen çevre algısı

Bu çalışmada araştırmanın yapıldığı kentsel dokuya yabancı bir grup öğrencinin tanımlanmış bir alanın Lynch’in (1960) ortaya koyduğu temel kentsel imge çeşitlerinden faydalanarak taslak haritasını çizmeleri istenmiştir. Çalışma kapsamında öğrencilerin görsel belleklerinde öncelikli olarak hangi imaj öğelerini kullandıkları ve bu alanı hangi çizim stillerinden faydalanarak zihinlerinde kurguladıkları incelenmiştir. Araştırma bulguları taslak haritaların ağırlıklı olarak ardışık tarzda çizildiklerini, bireylerin en çok referans noktaları ve yolları öncelikli olarak vurguladıklarını ortaya koymaktadır. Ayrıca çevresel algının zaman ve dokuyla kurulan ilişkiden ortaya çıkan deneyimle gelişip farklılaştığı ortaya çıkmıştır

In this study a group of students who are unfamilar the urban pattern of an area are requested to draw the urban pattern of that area by using Lynch’s (1960) principal city image patterns. It explores which city images are predominantly used in visual memory of the students and also which drawing styles are used by the students to construct the area in their mind. Research findings show that predominantly used map style is sequential, and most of the students primarily identify and emphasize landmarks and paths. Furthermore, research findings also suggest that environmental perception develops and changes with time and the experience gained from construction of relationship with the space

Keywords:

Historical urban pattern Mental map, Cognition, Environmental perception,

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