THE CITY EXPERIENCE WITH LOCATION-BASED MEDIA: AN EXAMINATION THROUGH COGNITIVE MAPS

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15320/ICONARP.2021.163

Keywords:

Urban space, virtual city experience, spatial cognition, location-based media, cognitive-mapping.

Abstract

Purpose

The physical space has been an important value for supporting human experience. With the development of mobile devices and location-based media, these technologies have been increasingly present in our virtual spatial experience and the experience of physical city has been changed permanently. Accordingly, this paper aims to discuss the experience potential of urban space with location-based technologies.

Design/Methodology/Approach

The research structure of this study is based on the literature of location-based media and ‘Space of flow’ theory. Within the methodology, a workshop is conducted to review the cognitive mappings of the virtual city experience. The workshop is structured through two segments: Documenting the spatial experience revealed using location-based media made by cognitive mappings and testing participants' direct experiences within structured questionnaire-based interviews and finally, interpretating of the obtained data.

Findings

This paper provides an experiential examination of the relationship between the usage of the degree of location-based media and cognitive experience. Findings point out that experience may differ depending on the media interface used and it is controversial comparing with the physical space experience with its multiple relationships.

Research Limitations/Implications

The research subject had been exemplified with limited location-based media in a specific location.

Originality/Value

The proposed method of examining the degree of spatial experience by the location-based media linking with interviews determines the originality of the study. There are also limited studies on the topic of location-based media by focusing on the users' cognitive maps.

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Author Biographies

Ayşenur Hilal Iavarone, Istanbul Kultur University

A. Hilal Iavarone received her BSc. degree from Yıldız Technical University in 2016, as the highest-ranked student. She is currently a student of ITU Architectural Design PhD program. Since 2017, she works for Istanbul Kultur University, as a research assistant. Her current research interests are media architecture correlation and design studio studies.

Esin Hasgül, Istanbul Kultur University

Esin Hasgül received her PhD degree from Istanbul Technical University, Architectural Design Program in 2018. She has been working as a lecturer at Istanbul Kultur University since 2015. Her research areas are spatial organization and wayfinding, housing design and flexibility, design guidelines, rural studies, and design.

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Iavarone, A. H., & Hasgül, E. (2021). THE CITY EXPERIENCE WITH LOCATION-BASED MEDIA: AN EXAMINATION THROUGH COGNITIVE MAPS. ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning, 9(1), 363–380. https://doi.org/10.15320/ICONARP.2021.163

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