SENSORY EXPERIENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN EDUCATION: AN EXPERIMENTAL VISUAL PERCEPTION STUDY WITH SERIAL VISION METHOD

Abstract

Architectural Design is a process that creates products that are perceived by sensory experience and appeal to the senses of the designer and the user, therefore, it is essential to include the senses in architectural education. In recent years, it has been discussed that design appeals to all senses and their sensory scale. For this reason, a sensory experience was planned within the scope of the Interior Reinforcement Relation course, and experimental processes were carried. In this study, students' perceptions of the city and its urban meaning were examined through visual sensory perspectives, and it was aimed to construct the relationship between architectural education and visual experience. The method of the research is a process that integrates visual perception and meaning by creating perspectives with serial visions. Students were given two shopping centers in Adana and were asked to photograph these places. Each stopping point is defined with a perspective and named with concepts that characterize students' perceptions. Consequently, it has been seen that the inclusion of sensory experiences in education contributes to the design education process by making students more sensitive to their environment, and the education process can be enriched by including different senses in architectural design education.