What is it about?

The aim of this text is to present a method of exploration for perceiving and comprehending urban space through mapping techniques.

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Why is it important?

The success of the course work can be evaluated under two main topics. First, a research itself can become a design product. The idea of mapping and mapping techniques offer a very useful ground for this approach. Secondly, subjective perceptions are so powerful in order to apprehend the meaning of urban space.

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Our mental maps of our cities are mostly limited with spaces we live in and our personal perception of urban space is developed in fragments. In order to represent this unity of fragmented images, an experimental work through mapping techniques is conducted by a group of students of architecture. Walking as an urban experience is the starting point of this experimental work. In the text, maps that are generally used as objective instruments of city representations are treated as creative designs which interrogate subjectivity in design education.

Mrs Ebru Yılmaz
Izmir Yuksek Teknoloji Enstitusu

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This page is a summary of: Subjectivity in Design Education: The Perception of the City through Personal Maps, International Journal of Art & Design Education, February 2016, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/jade.12005.
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