Kentsel iç mekan: Taksim Meydanı ve Cumhuriyet Caddesi altgeçidi

Interior architectural design is considered to be focusing on interior spaces in the built environment together with their atmosphere, spatial configuration, ergonomics and infrastructure. The increasing population in urban environment brought the question of relation and interaction of these urban spaces' with humans into an undeniable importance. Thus, the interior architectural design approach which is dealing with human body and perception in space become a necessity for urban environment. In this thesis, urban environment is studied in relation to human scale and perception, to see whether if it is possible to mention an interior space that can also be named as 'urban'. The thesis begins with a literature research on human scale with human body and its perception of environment; focusing on the sense of interior space in urban situations. The second part of the thesis explains the chosen site for conceptual urban interior project which is Taksim Square and the Cumhuriyet Street Underpass with its development and later through the perspective of the described urban interior space explained. Lastly, an urban interior conceptual design proposal has been made by parametric design methodology in order to experiment on the theoretical background. In conclusion, it is stated that interior spatial design and its approach on environment can also make contributions on urban space by improving perceptional qualities of these spaces. Another contribution of the thesis is achieved with urban interior conceptual project as it revealed that an interior architectural approach with its focus on human body and perception can bring different perspectives for urban environment. It is also revealed that interdisciplinary thinking in architectural studies can widen the perspective of design in different scales drastically.