The effects of location and layout of offices on perceptual evaluations of users

Abstract

Purpose This paper aims to focus on determining the effects of location of closed offices on the front facade, rear facade and side facade plans and the indoor layout (left and right users’ cabinets) on perceptual evaluations of users of physical environmental factors. Design/methodology/approach For this purpose, the responses of 54 academic users who use the Gazi University Technology Faculty Taskent Building offices were taken with the help of a survey. Findings As a result, it was determined that office users on the front and side facades generally perceived more positively the offices’ environmental factors than office users on the back facade. In addition, it was determined that offices with storage cabinets located to the right of users (Type A) were perceived more positively than storage cabinets located to the left of users (Type B). On the other hand, it was determined that users between the ages of 25–45 who used closed offices generally perceived the physical environmental factors of offices more positively than users between the ages of 46 and 65. Originality/value Especially the location of the building, the landscaping, the plan of the rooms and the landscape to which they are directed are major design decisions that cannot be controlled by employees. Therefore, it is necessary to know the positive/negative effects that may occur during use before making design decisions.

Effect of wall covering materials on the perception of cafe environments

“…The first part of the questionnaire was composed of questions about the general information of participants, while the second part was composed of questions about the effects of material type and material colour tone on spatial perception. Surveys containing semantic differentiation scales, which have been verified and found reliable in some previous studies, were used in the design of the questionnaire (Yıldırım et al, 2014(Yıldırım et al, , 2015(Yıldırım et al, , 2020a(Yıldırım et al, , 2021Ayalp et al, 2016;Burnard et al, 2017;Müezzino glu et al, 2021). The semantic differential scale was listed from positive to negative (1: positive, 7: negative) and was composed of 7 steps and 11 bipolar adjective pairs.…”

“…According to these data, realistic images were obtained in a computer environment by modelling an experimental space that was desired to be researched. The modelling of the virtual cafes used in the experimental environment of this research benefited from the studies made previously by Hidayetoglu et al (2012), Yıldırım et al (2012Yıldırım et al ( , 2014Yıldırım et al ( , 2019Yıldırım et al ( , 2021 and Ayalp et al (2017). With this objective, a rectangular-planned café space was used with an area of 84 m 2 that was designed and modelled in the 3Ds Max programme as an experimental environment.…”

Development of design quality indicators for public school facilities

“…Interestingly, research has linked mental stress and fatigue to poor landscaping (Matsuoka, 2010). Likewise, it has been observed that natural landscapes at close proximity to students’ view, affect their well-being, academic productivity, overall behavior and prevents criminal behavior (Nazarpour and Norouzian-Maleki, 2021; Yıldırım et al , 2022).…”

“…Issues related to visual comfort include heat gain and F 40,9/10 glare, which impact on the end-users and cause disruption in their concentration and focus (Konstantzos et al, 2020). Likewise, mental function and attention can be influenced by access to daylight (Yıldırım et al, 2022).…”

“…Therefore, a number of studies have suggested that design quality be evaluated according to the user's perception (Zalejska-Jonsson, 2020). In that respect, the quality of built facilities has been evaluated with the use of post occupancy evaluation (POE) (Yıldırım et al, 2022). POE is "a process of consistently assessing the performance of buildings after they have been occupied, is of vital importance to the achievement of highquality design, construction and management of school facilities" (Shi et al, 2021).…”