The Accessibility in Shopping Centres: The Cases of Istanbul Profilo and Kozzy Malls

Authors

  • S.Selhan Yalçın Usal Assist. Prof. Haliç University, Department of Interior Design, İstanbul
  • Ayse Nilay Evcil Assoc. Prof. Beykent University, Department of Architecture, İstanbul

Keywords:

Shopping center, accessibility, interior design, urban design

Abstract

Shopping centres are public areas which were used by people from every social strata and different age groups for consuming commodities or leisure. The aim of this study is to emphasize not only public areas accessibility of shopping centres but also consider interior space characteristics in terms of accessibility.

The study showed that architectural design and interior design solutions were not sufficient to solve accessibility problem without active audit mechanism.  

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Author Biographies

S.Selhan Yalçın Usal, Assist. Prof. Haliç University, Department of Interior Design, İstanbul

S. Selhan Yalçın Usal is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Architecture at Halic University, Istanbul. She received her PhD in Interior Design from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul. Her research interests include consuming design and interior space, universal design and also interior design education. Usal has published proceedings about her research areas and published articles in Journal of Interior Design and Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences and elsewhere.

Ayse Nilay Evcil, Assoc. Prof. Beykent University, Department of Architecture, İstanbul

A. Nilay Evcil is currently a member of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture in Beykent University. Her major research interests focus on urban design, quality of life in cities, design for all and designing for disabled, public spaces and accessibility, housing environments and gated communities. Dr. Evcil completed her Ph.D. degree in 2001, her MSc degree in 1996 and her BSc in 1992 in I.T.U.. She has (co)/authored in many international scientific journals, conference papers and chapters in referreed books.

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Published

15-06-2014

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Yalçın Usal, S., & Evcil, A. N. (2014). The Accessibility in Shopping Centres: The Cases of Istanbul Profilo and Kozzy Malls. ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning, 2(1), 97–109. Retrieved from https://iconarp.ktun.edu.tr/index.php/iconarp/article/view/41

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2014)

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