Abubaker Hassan Ali ALKABASHİ, Papatya Nur DÖKMECİ YÖRÜKOĞLU

Evaluating Indoor Environmental Quality of a Wellness Center Through Objective, Subjective and Architectural Criteria

Designing a good indoor environment is necessary for its health effects on the users. Therefore, the assessment of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) should include analysis of objective measures and architectural assessment as well as users’ comfort evaluations. In this research, a wellness center in Ankara, Turkey is chosen as a case space. In order to assess its indoor environmental quality, acoustical, lighting, thermal and humidity measurements on indoor environment, questionnaires on user experience and architectural assessment of the chosen case space is presented. The findings obtained from the measurements and questionnaires are presented in detail. In addition, the relationship between objective and subjective data is statistically tested. Moreover, overall architectural assessment and material type and usage analysis are also included. Special spaces such as, exercise and treatment rooms in the case space are focused specifically for in depth function and activity related analyses. In addition, demographical and space usage data are also statistically tested with considering the importance and physical perception ratings of the IEQ parameters. Obtained results show that, age, frequency of visit and purpose of visit are the factors that affect the subjective evaluation of the IEQ parameters. Furthermore, the measured objective data are compared to international standards, where incompliances are found in the acoustic and lighting conditions of the case wellness center.

Bir Sağlıklı Yaşam Merkezinin İç Mekan Fiziksel Çevre Kalitesinin Nesnel, Öznel ve Mimari Kriterler Çerçevesinde İncelenmesi

Kabul edilebilir bir iç mekan kalitesinin tasarlanması, mekanda bulunan kullanıcıların üzerindeki sağlık etkileri nedeniyle çok önemlidir. Kapalı alan kalitesinin değerlendirilmesi dört temel parametre ile gerçekleştirilmektedir. Bu parametreler, iç mekan hava kalitesi, ısıl konfor, aydınlatma seviyesi ve akustik konfor olarak örneklenebilir. Bu araştırmada üç temel metot kullanılarak analizler sağlanmıştır. Bunlar, kapalı bir alanda bulunan çevre koşullarının kalitesini yerinde ölçümleme, öznel kullanıcı değerlendirmeleri ve seçilen alanının mimari analizi olarak belirlenmiş ve alan çalışması için bir sağlıklı yaşam merkezi seçilmiştir. Nesnel veriler uluslararası standartlarla karşılaştırılmış ve detaylı sunulmuştur. Araştırmanın bulguları istatistik testler ile desteklenmiş ve yapılan üç farklı analizin arasında birçok korelasyon ve ilişki saptanmıştır. Analizlere ek olarak, egzersiz ve tedavi odaları fonksiyon ve aktivite odaklı olarak detaylı irdelenmiş ve karşılaştırmalı olarak değerlendirilmiştir. İlk korelasyon, egzersiz odası için aydınlatma parametresinin nesnel ve öznel verileri arasında kurulmuştur. Ayrıca, katılımcıların demografik ve alan kullanımı verileri ile farklı alanlardaki öznel fiziksel algılama ve önem değerlendirmesi arasında korelasyonlar saptanmıştır. Son olarak, ANOVA testi ve ortalama analizlerinin karşılaştırılması sonucunda, egzersiz odaları, tedavi odalarından çok daha gürültülü, daha aydınlık, daha serin ve daha nemli bulunmuştur.

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