Comparison of studio courses on design scale in interior architecture education (The cases of universities from Türkiye and Poland)

The thesis study aims to analyze the studio courses that enable interior architecture education to evolve an idea / problem into a design / solution in the light of the objective information conveyed to the student during the education, and to reveal the acquisition of making this transformation tangible with various means of representation. In addition, studio courses, which form the basis and essence of the interior architecture education curriculum, are included in the scope of the study, as these courses play a guide role in the professional field after the training. This analysis will be carried out through the comparison of departments of interior architecture of the state universities from Türkiye and Academy of Art in Szczecin Department of Interior Architecture from Poland the approach to the studio courses and the methods applied in these courses on notion of the design scale. In the thesis, the subject of interior architecture education to be studied is limited to the studio courses included in the curriculum of interior architecture departments, since it constitutes the essence of the education in terms of the acquisition of design knowledge and skills. Afyon Kocatepe University Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design and Academy of Art in Szczecin Department of Interior Architecture studio courses, its elements and the design process are at the focus of the comparative analysis of the studio courses on design scale. The thesis deals with the comparative analysis of studio courses of undergraduate second year. According to the evidence obtained as a result of the comparative analysis, while similar methods were applied on design scale in Studio 213, Studio 214 and Interior Architecture Project 2 participated in the field study, there are differences in the evaluation of the design (design product) reached after the design process by the design students. Moreover, three different research and analysis methods are used in the study. These are literature review, creating / editing a thought graph (model) and field study which is participation in studio courses within the scope of comparative analysis. The approach of the studio courses to notion of the design is expressed by performing the comparative analysis on design scale. Keywords: Studio course, interior architecture, education, design, design process