SENSORY EXPERIENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN EDUCATION: AN EXPERIMENTAL VISUAL PERCEPTION STUDY WITH SERIAL VISION METHOD

Abstract

Architectural Design is a process that creates products that are perceived by sensory experience and
appeal to the senses of the designer and the user, therefore, it is essential to include the senses in
architectural education. In recent years, it has been discussed that design appeals to all senses and
their sensory scale. For this reason, a sensory experience was planned within the scope of the
Interior Reinforcement Relation course, and experimental processes were carried. In this study,
students' perceptions of the city and its urban meaning were examined through visual sensory
perspectives, and it was aimed to construct the relationship between architectural education and
visual experience. The method of the research is a process that integrates visual perception and
meaning by creating perspectives with serial visions. Students were given two shopping centers in
Adana and were asked to photograph these places. Each stopping point is defined with a perspective
and named with concepts that characterize students' perceptions. Consequently, it has been seen that
the inclusion of sensory experiences in education contributes to the design education process by
making students more sensitive to their environment, and the education process can be enriched by
including different senses in architectural design education.