The planning of the university campuses in the eastern mediterrenean area

ABSTRACTM.SCIENCE THESISTHE PLANNING OF THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES IN THE EASTERNMEDITERRENEAN AREAAyda BİLGİNÇUKUROVA UNIVERSITYINSTITUTE OF BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENCEDEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURESupervisor: Prof.Dr.Erkin ERTENYear: 2006, Pages: 132Jury: Prof.Dr.Erkin ERTEN: Yrd.Doç.Dr.Mustafa YEĞİN: Prof.Dr.Erdoğan GÜLTEKİNFirst of all the concept of university, the history of universities in our country and in the world, thearchitecture of universities, the development of the urban areas in the city and the phases of this development wasinvestigated in this study. In addition, the decision of the campus settling plans due to the change in concept fromthe city university to university cities settling plans were evaluated according to various criteria such as,populations, expensions and location.The second part of this study defines the campus universities by the literature and observationalinvestigations on the climate, topography, geographical location and the environmental relations.The third part of this study investigates and defines the universities according to their design criteriasuch as, location selection, transportation, developmental model as well as comparing them with each other. Thedevelopmental model of the university campuses and the development of the academical areas within that areawere analyzed. In the analysis study the academical growth models were shown schematically independent fromthe campus growth plans.The investigations were conducted in the universities and cities of the East Mediterrean section of ourcountry. The functional analysis of the existing universities were investigated in this study. Factors which weretaken into account were, the settling plans of the campuses, developmental growth plans, academicaldevelopment plans, divisions, vehicle-pedestrian seperation, the transportation from the pedestrian scale. Thefunctional areas in campuses can be divided as academical, administrative, housing, common-use areas, socialand cultural centers, open and closed recreational areas.The conclusion of this study emphasizes the criteria which were mentioned in previous studies and needto be considered in the planning of the campus buildings. The development and plannig of university campuses inthe Eastern Mediterrenean area and its vicinity were evaluated in accordance with the criteria mentioned above.The conclusions obtained from these evaluations are suggested for use in the feasibility studies of the newcampuses planned to be built in the upcoming years.Key Words: Campus, Campus Planning, University.II