Effects of biophilic design in interior space and evaluation in educational buildings

Today, people's ideas about spaces, both at work and at home, are slowly starting to change. This change is based on the idea that the interior should adapt to the exterior in order to improve people's living spaces. There are many design approaches for strengthening this relationship. Biophilic design, which is a term raised by Stephen Kellert, is one of these design approaches. Considering the human-nature-space relationship, it is possible to say that the understanding of biophilia is based on the past. Biophilic design aims to combine our commitment to nature with the modern built environment. In addition, it is to contribute to the formation of satisfied individuals by creating the elements that exist in the natural world and contribute to productivity in built environments. This thesis focuses on evaluating the connection between nature, human comfort and well-being in order to create sustainable and livable spaces that enrich and enhance our daily lives through the use of biophilic design. In addition, it focuses on answering the questions of how a connection is established between natural elements and schools in terms of biophilic design in educational buildings, how biophilic design emerges in a school, and what are the benefits of being in contact with nature for students and school staff. In this study, the aim of the research is to set off with the question of how the design parameters developed for the application of biophilic design, which is one of the design approaches based on the relationship between nature and human beings, can be transferred to educational buildings, and a field study was carried out in this direction. Çankaya University Faculty of Architecture Building, which is an educational structure, is analyzed as an indoor application area of biophilic design experiences/principles, which is one of the design approaches that try to establish the connection between nature and space. As a method, 14 biophilic design principles defined by Browning were used in the analysis. In the results section, it is discussed whether these principles overlap with the designs in the educational building and the applicability of the biophilic design to an existing building.