مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Analysis of a Public Place in the View of Project for Public Spaces’ The Place Diagram

Abstract :

in this study in which Bornova Cumhuriyet Square has taken into account as a social life environment; it has been examined that if the place can provide a new image and lifestyle to the city by using its potential as well as it has offered its users the opportunity to live in a higher quality environment. According to this aim, benefited from the Ege University Faculty of Agriculture Department of Landscape Architecture undergraduate senior students - as individuals who have previously used the place at different times - as an assistant research group. The success criteria, effective in creating a qualitative living environment, have been determined as; activity and usage, accessibility, comfort - image and sociability, the square which was redesigned and turn on usage in 2007, was evaluated with the help of yes/no and scale questions including these main topics. In the second part of the study, the research area was observed by the same student group at various days and hours of the week, activity - intensity analyzes were performed by determining which parts of the square were used and which parts were not used. Through these studies, the extent of the relationship between the perception of the space and the determined quality criteria was questioned and development strategies were put forward to increase the space s success.