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Article Citation - WoS: 0Citation - Scopus: 0A comparative research on space of women in prayer place interiors of celestial religions: Cases from istanbul(Gazi Univ, 2020) Disli, Gulsen; Ozcan, ZuhalCross-cultural comparison has been used in architecture mostly to discuss the components of culture, knowledge, and value systems, yet to date there is not a specific comparative study on gendered architecture in prayer places of celestial religions, namely Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Hence, this study aims to reveal how attendance of women in prayer places with different national, historic, religious, and cultural characteristics shaped architectural space organization and to assess potential similarities and differences of women's section in prayer spaces of celestial religions by examining literature survey, archival and historic research, including field observations. In addition to general observations in building scale, some exemplary historic synagogues, churches, and mosques in Istanbul still in use have been chosen as case studies, and their plan typologies, as well as types and locations of women's galleries/sections have been discussed. Cross-cultural comparison parameters were; development of women's section in prayer places as a structured architectural space and basic architectural terminologies used to define women's section. The major conclusion of the study is that originally women had right to worship in prayer spaces without any physical separation in all three religions, yet in time the place of women had a more defined/divided/structured character especially in Islam and Judaism. The study also indicates that while at present day, gendered architecture is still the predominant approach in Islam and in Orthodox Judaism; mix congregation in a single-unsegregated space for both sexes is more common in contemporary society of Christianity.Article Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 2A historical project: Doubling INDL exhibition catalogue(Middle East Technical Univ, 2013) Mutlu Tunca, Gulru; 17487; İç MimarlıkConference Object Citation - WoS: 0Citation - Scopus: 0A Literature Survey on Integration of Wind Energy and Formal Structure of Buildings at Urban Scale(Springer international Publishing Ag, 2018) Paltun, Serpil; Gultekin, Arzuhan Burcu; Celebi, Gulser; 2919Providing the needed and indispensable steady, quality and safe energy is one of the most important issues today. Wind energy is one of the most important renewable energy source. Wind energy has found uses much more in water pumping and obtaining electricity in rural areas until last years. Today, wind energy has taken its place in the energy sector as an alternative source of energy production. High-density building arrays within a city, the combination of indoor and outdoor spaces with different purposes effect wind flow and acceptable wind comfort. In urban areas, wind energy and wind comfort are important requirements. Not only in new urbanisation areas but also for existing urban areas and city centers acceptable wind comfort plays an important role among and around buildings. When viewed from this angle, the aim of this study is enlightening the building aerodynamics, wind effect and wind energy in urban environment, and also giving information about how to analyze the wind comfort and design criteria in dense urban areas.Article Citation - Scopus: 3A Review based on OLED Lighting Conditions and Human Circadian System(Gruppo del Colore ? Associazione Italiana Colore, 2023) Avci, A.N.; Akbay, S.; 237970; 21742; İç MimarlıkLight is a form of energy that affects the human sleep cycle, working hours, alertness, productivity, and well-being. As one of the essential environmental factors, lighting requires extensive research to understand the human-environment interaction. Earlier studies reveal that various artificial lighting technologies are utilized to investigate the human circadian system; experiments employing solid-state lighting (SSL) sources are still being conducted to determine how the human circadian system is affected. Due to the advantages of OLED (organic light-emitting diode) lighting, there is a need to enhance this form of artificial lighting in an indoor environment. This paper focuses on a literature review on artificial lighting sources, particularly OLED lighting, used from the past to the present. This article also discusses how OLED lighting can influence the human circadian system in terms of different characteristics of lighting in an indoor environment. © 2023, Gruppo del Colore? Associazione Italiana Colore. All rights reserved.Conference Object Citation - Scopus: 2A taxonomy of indoor acoustic environments and sound source preference in shopping centres(Korean Society of Noise and Vibration Engineering, 2020) Erçakmak, U.B.; Dökmeci Yörükoglu, P.N.; 214925; İç MimarlıkAs part of soundscape research, sound source classification and taxonomy studies play an important role in relation with contextual experience and user perception. Although, outdoor acoustic environments have been studied in detail, published and standardized in the literature, taxonomy studies on indoor acoustic environments are still at its preliminary phase and should be progressed. This study concentrates on shopping centre indoor acoustic environments and presents a preliminary proposal on the indoor sound source taxonomy of such indoor public spaces. The presented taxonomy and the structured classification of the sound sources lead to the preparation of a structured surveying protocol. Thereby, the sound source preference in the case shopping centre has been studied through this structured indoor soundscape preference assessment questionnaire, which is applied to 19 participants. The indoor sound source taxonomy lead to the identification of the sound sources to be included in the structured preference assessment questionnaire. 23 sound sources and the overall sound environment have been assessed through a bi-polar 6-point forced-choice rating scale. The results of the questionnaire have led to the identification of the most and least preferred sound sources in shopping centres, which can act as key elements in the design phase of such public enclosed environments. © Proceedings of 2020 International Congress on Noise Control Engineering, INTER-NOISE 2020. All rights reserved.Conference Object Citation - Scopus: 1An interdisciplinary sound source categorization framework for environmental sound design(The Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the USA, Inc., 2021) Kitapci, K.; Ozdemir, D.; İç MimarlıkOne of the objectives of architectural design is to create multisensory environments. The users are under the influence of a wide variety and intense perceptual data flow when users experience a designed space. Architects and environmental designers should not ignore the sense of hearing, one of the most important of the five primitive senses that allow us to experience the physical environment within the framework of creative thinking from the first stage of the design process. Today, auditory analysis of spaces has been studied under architectural acoustics, soundscapes, multisensory interactions, and sense of place. However, the current sound design methods implemented in the film and video game industries and industrial design have not been used in architectural design practices. Sound design is the art and application of making soundtracks in various disciplines, and it involves recognizing, acquiring, or developing auditory components. This research aims to establish a holistic architectural sound design framework based on the previous sound classification and taxonomic models found in the literature. The proposed sound design framework will help the architects and environmental designers classify the sound elements in the built environment and provide holistic environmental sound design guidelines depending on the spaces' functions and context. © INTER-NOISE 2021 .All right reserved.Conference Object Citation - Scopus: 0AN INVESTIGATION OF SOUND SOURCES IN SMART HOUSES FOR IMPROVED MACHINE-TO-HUMAN COMMUNICATION(European Acoustics Association, EAA, 2023) Alkan, A.; Yorukoglu, P.N.D.; Kitapci, K.; 214925; İç MimarlıkThis study aims to investigate the ever-evolving indoor soundscapes of smart houses by classification of the sounds emitted from smart devices. Nowadays, communication is no longer limited to person-to-person. Smart devices frequently communicate with users by verbal or tonal notifications. Therefore, acoustic characteristics of smart houses, especially reverberation time and background noise levels, have increased importance in achieving improved and lossless signal transfer and speech intelligibility. It is hypothesized that most houses are unsuitable for effective tonal and verbal communication with smart devices regarding acoustical conditions. Within the scope of the study, the devices found in the smart technology market were investigated. The sounds emitted from the identified devices were then classified according to their communicative nature (verbal/tonal), designability, customizability, and cause (i.e., intentional or consequential). The acoustic requirements for effective communication with the individual smart devices were analyzed in addition to the resulting holistic indoor soundscape of the smart houses The results of the study will help architects, interior architects, and other environmental designers to improve the quality of communication while guiding future research to understand indoor soundscapes of smart houses. © 2023 First author et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.Conference Object Citation - Scopus: 3Analyzing Natural Lighting Conditions from the Perspective of Biophilic Design in Indoor Office Environments(Institute of Physics, 2022) Karaman, G.D.; Avci, A.N.; 319194; 237970; İç MimarlıkThe term "biophilic design"is recognized by some designers who coined a word for designing instinctively using fresh understandings, reasons, and views, which helps reconnect us with the natural world in the indoor environment. Within the various patterns that connect humans with nature, natural lighting provides an orientation to the day and night according to the sun's location and cycles, which is essential for human health and wellness. The supply and quality of natural lighting, including its influence on mood, have been extensively investigated and written about for many years in various locations and the overlapping science and design disciplines. This paper analyzes the biophilic design approach to mood for the natural lighting conditions that change according to the position of the office environments in winter. The selected two indoor office environments were located in the Faculty of Architecture at Çankaya University on Main Campus, on the second floor of the building. Office-1 overlooked the design studio, preventing it from taking natural lighting directly, and Office-2 directly penetrated the natural lighting. Natural lighting-based photos were taken from the selected offices during three periods of the day. The photos and a survey were directed at the two groups: Group 1 consisted of the students who took the Natural and Artificial Lighting Course, and Group 2 students who did not take this course. The experimental instruments analyzed their moods to evaluate natural lighting conditions. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 0Architecture and Ceramics(Elsevier Science Bv, 2015) Berker, Olgu Sumengen; Ortak Dersler BölümüMost of the different art disciplines, meet each other on some intersections during the creation process. The art comes into life from the needs of human beings. Therefore the formation of these intersections are not so surprising for the art era. The aim of this paper is to set forth the association of architecture and ceramic art and interaction between them especially by means of the abstraction of contemporary ceramic artworks. Notions like inner space and outer space are mostly considered basic concepts of ceramic art. This conceptual consideration gains an importance when these concepts are viewed from the architectural perspective. Because these notions are also basic notions of architecture. While architecture transforms these notions into forms, it also creates outer spaces for the ceramic artworks. In this paper some chosen examples of ceramics are referenced from the ancient times until 20th century (when ceramic was accepted as an art discipline to express the ancient association of these two art disciplines. Then the artworks of contemporary ceramic artists are featured in terms of conceptual basis, styles, production methods and processes, and the opportunities that comes from the nature of ceramic materials. Abstracting the expressions of the contemporary ceramic artists in the architectural manner, resulted as the displaying how do these two art disciplines come together on the concept of inner and outer space. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.Article Citation - WoS: 0Changes and Problems of Conservation in Ankara-Ulus Historical City Center: Koyunpazarı Slope and Atpazarı Square(Konya Technical Univ, Fac Architecture & design, 2021) Karakus, Filiz; Urak, Z. Gediz; 1487; Şehir ve Bölge PlanlamaPurpose In this study, the settlement located in Koyunpazari Slope and Hisar (Atpazari) Square, which has an important position in the Atpazari-Koyunpazari-Samanpazari area, which is the oldest part of the Ankara-Ulus Historical City Center, was examined in a way to include Cengelhan and Cukurhan. With this study, it is aimed to determine the changes and conservation problems in the field and to give direction to the changes planned for the future in the area. Design/Methodology/Approach Analysis and evaluation studies conducted in 1998 have been repeated in the mentioned area. Research and surveys have been conducted on the number of buildings in the area, the number of floors, the physical conditions of the buildings, the number of sub-units, types of activities, ownership status, frequency of purchasing goods, types of transportation, spatial competence, infrastructure competencies and future expectations of the working population. Findings As a result of these studies, the changes and problems occurred in the period from 1998 to 2020 have been determined. It has been observed that there are serious changes in the area due to cultural tourism, as in all over the world and in our country. The infrastructural deficiencies are the main problems identified in the area. Furthermore, it has been observed that the traffic problem has not been solved completely and also some buildings need repair. Research Limitations/Implications The fact that the field of study could not be expanded due to the application of the survey questions in the field of study in 1998 constitutes the limitations of this study. Social/Practical Implications With this study, it is aimed to draw attention to the conservation of the historical environment in Koyunpazari Street and Atpazari Square, which is an important point of the Ulus Historical City Center, and to create a social awareness about the preservation of the area in question. Originality/Value This study is significant as it discusses the conservation problems in one of the oldest areas of Ankara and aims to give direction to future changes in the field by formulating proposals for the solution of these problems.Article Citation - WoS: 17Citation - Scopus: 23Comparing Turkish and European noise management and soundscape policies: a proposal of indoor soundscape integration to architectural design and application(Mdpi, 2019) Ercakmak, Ugur Beyza; Yorukoglu, Papatya Nur Dokmeci; 214925; İç MimarlıkImproving soundscape studies and policies states that the soundscape approach, which also considers noise interventions, should replace noise management. However, a considerable number of soundscape studies have been concerned with the quality of acoustic environments of open and urban public spaces. This study focuses on indoor soundscaping and its possible integration into the architectural design and application process. Therefore, the present and ongoing Turkish and European soundscape and noise management policies were evaluated in detail and compared in order to characterize the gap regarding the state of indoor soundscaping between the literature and the policy development level. Furthermore, we identified and classified factors and methods which have an influence on indoor soundscaping to be integrated into the final proposed model. As a result of the detailed evaluation regarding policies and indoor soundscaping principles, five stages were proposed that can be used in an integrated indoor soundscape model: (1) the establishment of a topic specific institution or working group on indoor soundscaping; (2) the preparation of a standard that includes definitions, indoor soundscape factors and methods; (3) the preparation of an indoor soundscape directive; (4) the preparation of indoor soundscape guidelines; and (5) the provision of maintenance and supervision by experts and authorities.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 0CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR A DECISION-MAKING MODEL BASED ON THE ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP) TO SELECT THE BEST PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP (PPP) MODEL FOR AIRPORTS(New Zealand Acad Applied Research Ltd, 2017) Mohammed, Ali Omar; Harputlugil, Timucin; 40295; MimarlıkThe adoption of public-private partnerships (PPPs) as a strategy for infrastructure projects, such as airports, highways, bridges, water supplies, and telecommunication, has been implemented in developed and developing countries with a number of obstacles. Based on this stance, critical success factors (CSFs) of public-private partnership projects and the selection of appropriate PPP models are critical issues that need to be analyzed. A multidisciplinary review of the literature on the critical success factors of public-private partnerships projects reveals the lack of a comprehensive decision-making model for selecting an appropriate PPP model. This paper presents a conceptual framework for a decision-making model to select the best PPP model considering CSFs for developing countries. The model is expected to be used for infrastructure projects, mostly for airports. The decision-making model is structured on the Analytic Hierarchy Process and sensitivity analysis. The decisionmaking model is expected to be adopted as a tool and contribute to decision makers for selecting the best fit PPP model for airports in order to enhance projects successfully.Conference Object Citation - Scopus: 0Cross-Cultural Evaluation of Indoor Soundscape in Residential Areas(Institute of Noise Control Engineering, 2017) Mohamed, M.A.E.; Dokmeci Yorukoglu, P.N.This research establishes the relation between the soundscape perception in a residential context and the acoustic environment of an urban environment, taking into consideration the auditory perception of the space users based on their cultural and social backgrounds. Therefore, a case study is performed using a questionnaire methodology on two groups of people within the same urban environment; Arabic people and Turkish people living in the city of Ankara, Turkey. Moreover, the study ensures a comprehensive use of the soundscape perception evaluation criteria utilized in several studies in the literature. Literature review on related research has been put together through literature matrix method. In this first phase of the study, residential soundscape questionnaire and the methodology is presented. This is an ongoing graduate study and the findings will be presented in the second phase. Through the results of the future analysis, the researchers aim to understand the impacts and variations of cultural and social factors on the soundscape perception. © 2017 Institute of Noise Control Engineering. All rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 0Citation - Scopus: 0Design And Counter Design Against Consumption: 1972 "Italy, The New Domestic Landscape" Exhibition (1)(Middle East Technical Univ, 2023) Boysan, Aysu; Tunca, Guelru Mutlu; 17487; İç MimarlıkIn Western Europe, the 1960s and 1970s covered the radical criticism of some European designers against mass production and consumption. Several Italian Radical designers raised the most compelling objection at an exhibition on the other side of the ocean: "Italy: The New Domestic Landscape" (INDL), curated by Emilio Ambasz in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1972. INDL marked a significant moment in contemporary design history. For the show, Ambasz selected more than a hundred "objects" produced by Italian manufacturers and displayed them in specially designed cases in the garden area. Moreover, he invited eleven Italian designers to create unique "microenvironments" by interpreting concepts assigned by a "special design program," such as environmental psychology, locality, urbanism, micro and macro-scale housing, consumerism, and mass production. Although the "objects" displayed in the garden were of great importance -since the event was one of the first instances of Italian design's introduction to the American public-this study concentrates on the contradicting responses of Italian designers, under headings "design and counterdesign as postulation" for understanding the design philosophy behind the appearance of "design versus non-design" dialectics of that era, which is still a recognized topic in contemporary architectural theory. This study, therefore, analyzes the eclectic and postmodern approaches of six Italian designers in the "design" category and the provocative denials of Radical designers presented under the "counterdesign" category. It aims to understand better the impact of this discursive opposition made visible by the exhibition on the anti -consumerist approaches and the search for alternative methodologies, which subsequently increased among designers.Book Part Citation - Scopus: 2Design Strategies for Green/Energy-Efficient Building Design: An Apartment Building in the Gaziantep Project(Springer International Publishing, 2020) Çelebi, G.; Yazıcıoğlu, M.; Tunçer, M.; 238157; Şehir ve Bölge PlanlamaThe aim of this study is to introduce the energy-efficient architectural design strategies of a project which has been supported by the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanization. This project has not yet been implemented, and the construction process and material choices have not been finalized. Nevertheless, it was considered important to share the design strategies and decisions. The location of the project is in Gaziantep City. The city is located in the southern part of Turkey. Some parts of the province, situated at the transition point of the Mediterranean and continental climate, are influenced by the Mediterranean climate. However, in general, summers are extremely hot and dry, and the winters are cold and rainy. Rare precipitation is most common in winter and spring. In the project, both in planning and architectural designing, the climatic and environment conditions were considered as a basic guider. Five principles were used in the design approach: “green/energy-efficient”, “buildings with identity”, “smart”, “safety”, and “human oriented”. For every principle, different strategies have been analysed and studied. In this study, only the design decisions for a green/energy-efficient building will be presented. While considering the principles and design decisions, strategies will be explained with references from scientific studies. In the green/energy-efficient design approach, the decisions transferred to the physical environment focused on the use of “passive systems”, “active systems”, and “resource conservation and local material use”. In passive solar system, principles such as “natural ventilation and wind control”, “sun control and natural daylighting”, “green roof”, and “envelope design and insulation” are considered and analysed. Solar heating is preferred during heating periods, and wind energy is preferred during cooling periods. Active solar systems were used during the seasons when the requirements were not met. Among the renewable energy sources, it is deemed appropriate to produce electricity from the sun (PV), which is the easiest way to reach and use alternative energy sources. Sun collectors in water heating were used. Also, these systems are integrated into the buildings. The basic approaches that affect the environmental performance of the building are to use local materials and to read the topography and microclimate conditions correctly. One of the most important factors affecting the shaping of the traditional buildings is the surrounding resources. In the construction of buildings, to use materials with the most sustainable resources available in the environment was proposed. Within the context of the principles and strategies mentioned above, projects have been prepared for buildings with different functions. Four- to five-storey apartments, detached houses, religious buildings, educational buildings, cultural centre, health centre, and traditional shopping malls were designed, which are related to planning and landscape principles. In this study, an apartment building will be presented with visual materials from project. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.Article Designing parametric rhizomes in architectural space(2021) Demirbaş, Güler Ufuk; Tunca, Gülru Mutlu; 17487; 17572; İç MimarlıkThe technological developments in the world present a challenge to designstudio students and educators alike since the incorporation of computeraided design software into design education has become a necessity. Thispaper focuses on the 2019-2020 Spring Semester of INAR 302 InteriorDesign Studio IV at Çankaya University, which is a parametric designstudio where students are encouraged to experiment and utilize computerbased form-finding strategies, concentrating on the interior space. Therhizome concept of Deleuze and Guattari is reinterpreted by Studio 302as a design methodology, allowing students to experience the unorthodoxyof space-user dialectics in the inner voids of the parametric forms over theterm project of re-functioning a part of Ulus Square Office Complex as acity hotel with a futuristic extension. The study examines and evaluates thestudents' works, which derive conceptual ideas from the formal analysesof ceramic artworks in the Anafartalar Bazaar and environmental analysesof the historic site, transforming them into the parameters of futuristicarchitectural form and diverse rhizome interpretations. The findingsindicate that students' reinterpretations of \"variations\" in the ceramicartworks uncover multifaceted outcomes of digital design strategies,maintaining diverse rhizomatic progress, which synchronically determinesand is determined by the functional mutationsArticle Citation - WoS: 31Citation - Scopus: 36Development and testing of Indoor Soundscape Questionnaire for evaluating contextual experience in public spaces(Sage Publications Ltd, 2017) Dokmeci Yorukoglu, Papatya Nur; Kang, Jian; 214925; İç MimarlıkAn Indoor Soundscape Questionnaire aiming at the evaluation of indoor public sound environments was designed, statistically tested and presented. It was established through initial pilot studies and three main factors under contextual experience variable are established as (1) psychological factors, (2) space usage factors and (3) demographical factors. In addition to the questions on demographical and space usage factors, detailed questions on psychological factors are designed and statistically tested for expectation, perception and reaction categories of the psychological factor. The questionnaire was applied as part of a case study in enclosed library foyer environments to a group of 270 participants through non-experimental survey data sampling. The reliability and validity scores of the Indoor Soundscape Questionnaire were statistically tested and confirmed. Furthermore, statistical tests were used to derive relationships between contextual experience variables of psychological, space usage and demographical factors. Chi-square test of goodness-of-fit results showed statistical significances of demographical and space usage factors with the psychological factors.Article Citation - WoS: 6Citation - Scopus: 6ENVIRONMENTAL PROPERTIES OF ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS: RECYCLED LDPE COMPOSITES FILLED BY BLAST FURNACE DUST(College Publishing, 2021) Kayili, Merve Tuna; Celebi, Gulser; 2919This study focused on creating a sustainable composite material using blast furnace dust of the iron-steel industry and plastic wastes of the plastic industry in order to reduce the embodied energy of the material and generate more sustainable material. In this study, varying amounts of blast furnace dust (BFD), which is the primary ironsteel industry waste and which is used as filler for recycled low-density polyethylene (LDPE), was mixed to create the composite material. The embodied energy, emissions to water and air (volatile organic compounds) of BFD filled LDPE composites were determined. It was found that the composite materials had less embodied energy compared with polymer-based flooring materials such as epoxy, polyurethane (PU) and polyvinylchloride (PVC). In addition, it was determined that the composite material did not release emissions to water and have fewer total volatile organic compounds (TVOCs). These results showed that the produced composite material could be used in buildings as a sustainable floor coating material, thus saving raw materials and supporting indoor air quality and recycling.Article Citation - WoS: 3Evaluating indoor environmental quality of a wellness center through objective, subjective and architectural criteria.(Yildiz Technical Univ, Fac Architecture, 2019) Alkabashi, Bubaker Hassan Ali; Dokmeci Yorukoglu, Papatya Nur; 214925; İç MimarlıkDesigning 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.Article Farklı Sosyo-Ekonomik Düzeye (SED) Sahip Konut Kullanıcılarının İç Mekân Donatılarını Değiştirme Süreçlerinin İncelenmesi(2020) Yazıcıoğlu, Nazife Mine Çelebi; Yıldırım, Kemal; Günçıktı, Mükerrem; 238157; İç MimarlıkBu araştırmada, farklı sosyo-ekonomik düzeylere (SED) sahip kullanıcıların, konutlarındabulunan iç mekân donatılarını hangi sıklıkla ve hangi nedenle değiştirmek istedikleri ve yaistemediklerinin irdelenmesi ve belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda, alt, orta veüst olmak üzere üç farklı SED grubu göz önünde bulundurularak hazırlanan ankete toplam 280kullanıcı katılmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlara ait veriler SPSS programıyla değerlendirilmiştir.Sonuçlara göre, genel olarak katılımcıların konut iç donatı elemanlarını değiştirme sürelerininortalama 6-10 yıl arasında olduğu, SED yükseldikçe donatı elemanlarını değiştirme sıklığınınazaldığı belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca katılımcıların donatı elemanlarını değiştirmek isteme nedenleriirdelendiğinde sırasıyla; eskidi, bozuldu/kırıldı, estetik görünüş, malzeme kalitesi, depolamayetersizliği, ölçü hatası, işçilik kalitesi ve bakım-servis yetersizliği gibi hususların öne çıktığıgörülmektedir.