AZ 1902 FINAL REVISED

ITU A|Z • Vol 19 No 2 • July 2022 • 301-314
A model proposal for university
campuses in the context of
inclusive design
Sahika OZDEMIR1, Asli SUNGUR2
1 sahika.ozdemir@izu.edu.tr • Department of Interior Architecture and
Environmental Design, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Istanbul
Sabahattin Zaim University, Istanbul, Turkey
2 asungur@gmail.com • Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture,
Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Received: March 2021 • Final Acceptance: December 2021
doi: 10.5505/itujfa.2022.92342
Abstract
Urban public spaces should be shaped according to the need as they occupy an
important place in urban development. The campuses serve as a small city due
to the facilities and social environment they have and thus emerge as important
public spaces. Campus areas affect our attitudes towards education and should be
tailored to the needs and designed to cover all campus users. As a modern design
approach, the inclusive design philosophy; To create quality spaces by increasing
the livability and quality of university campuses as a public space, and to spread
this philosophy to the whole society in their professional lives by ensuring that this
design concept is placed on university students, who are the main campus users,
who will provide the development of the society. It is to determine the problems
faced by the users in the university campuses, research the approaches and examples
that will allow all users to access the campus equipment, use this equipment
as they wish, and develop solutions for the problems encountered. This study aims
to create an evaluation model to create an inclusive campus environment. The
creation of the checklist, which was prepared as a priority, as detailed in the field
study. The field study continued with the implementation and results of the checklist
in the selected Davutpaşa campus. The fieldwork carried out in the Davutpaşa
campus was divided into four categories: psycho-social arrangements, administrative
arrangements, outdoor and indoor physical arrangements.
Keywords
Architectural design, Inclusive design, Campus climate, Universal design.