Investigation of architectural characteristics of type no 9798 projects in secondary education buildings from today's perspective: Example of Bursa Osmangazi

Education buildings are one of the most constructed structures around the world and one of the most used buildings that one spends time throughout the life from childhood to adulthood. Education buildings in which education is given physically are defined as locations where students complete self-development physically, socially and psychologically and develop learning skills and create social networks. In our country, education buildings and facilities in every stage and variety are being planned and made by Ministry of Education. With the proclamation of the republic, the rising need for the new education buildings have been satisfied with the typical projects. Despite the fact that some revisions have been issued on the typical projects with the change in living conditions, education system and user expectations, the practice of using the typical projects to have education buildings is still valid currently. In the design stage of new typical projects and other education buildings projects, it is compulsory to conform to the Design Criteria for Education Buildings published by MoE in 2015. Many education buildings constructed with typical projects, from the beginning of the proclamation of the republic up to date, are still being used. However, the buildings do not conform with the Design Criteria completely since they have been designed before issuance of the Design Criteria since they have been constructed before 2015. This situation leads to change the function of the buildings in some cases and sometimes causes constructing new additional buildings. In the scope of this Master's Thesis, 5 schools that have the same typical project determined within 15 each Secondary Education Buildings exist in Osmangazi. In this manner, it is examined whether these buildings satisfy the modern-day needs of education buildings, conforms with the standards of MoE and user needs. A survey study has been performed with 575 people from 5 schools in order to measure the user satisfaction in buildings that are reviewed in terms conformity to MoE. The main objective of this Master's Thesis is to assist the forthcoming restoration studies by analyzing the schools in terms of Standards of MoE, user satisfaction and suitability of the buildings to the modern-day needs.