Impacts of the design parameters in the airport waiting lounges on direction finding behaviors

Today, the airports which are considered as passage places while the transportation technologies and travel frequencies increase rapidly are becoming importance and strategical social communication places of our age. In this context, spatial relations in these places, interior design parameters, direction systems and communication of these with the users are considered in this study. Passengers of the airports, which have big scales within the interior space designs, were considered in terms of direction to the flight areas, fast and active spatial solution suggestions, environments presented by the airports and the interactions of these places which are used in entry and exit with the users were reviewed. In the study, spatial relations, direction systems and impacts of these design parameters on the occupants in the waiting lounges in Ankara Esenboğa Airport were analyzed. Spatial orietations and experiences of the direction finding concept on the passengers, space perception, equipment in the interior space, light, color, texture and materials are reviewed in the study. In this context, experiences, space perceptions and perceptual selectivity of the passengers waiting for their flights in Ankara Esenboğa Airport were considered. In the survey, in which the number of males and females were hold equal, the privilege orders that shape the preferences of the users were inspected. It is expected that this study will make contribution on both understanding the features of vital and spatial relations, with a survey in the interior space of the airport and the spatial relations and directing systems in those areas which have intensive circulation due to the abovementioned processes.