ÜNİVERSİTE KÜTÜPHANELERİNDE MEKÂNSAL ORGANİZASYONUN MEKÂN DİZİMİYLE DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ: DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ KÜTÜPHANESİNDE MEVCUT VE ALTERNATİF DÜZENLERİN KARŞILAŞTIRILMASI

Macit B. E., Izmir Tunahan G.

1. INTERNATIONAL İZMİR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CONGRESS, İzmir, Türkiye, 21 - 22 Ekim 2026, ss.1-15, (Tam Metin Bildiri)

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: İzmir
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-15
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

University libraries are learning environments that provide access to information resources alongside opportunities for individual and collaborative study. Their spatial organization should enable users to readily identify study areas and circulation routes while accommodating varying needs for visual openness and privacy. In open study areas, the position and orientation of bookshelves influence visual relationships between spaces. This study aims to examine the existing spatial layouts of the ground-floor study hall and first-floor reading hall of Dokuz Eylül University Library using space syntax and to assess the effects of two alternative layout scenarios on visual relationships. The research employs visibility graph analysis (VGA) based on floor plans representing the current layouts. Mean visual connectivity and integration values were calculated for each floor-layout configuration, while VGA maps were used to examine the spatial distribution of these values across circulation routes and study areas. Based on the existing spatial organization, two alternative scenarios were developed by redistributing study areas and book collections across the two floors and introducing different bookshelf arrangements. The existing and alternative layouts are spatially compared using identical modelling assumptions and analysis settings.

The comparison considers visual connections in entrance and circulation areas alongside varying visibility conditions within study areas. The effects of the alternative layouts were assessed through changes in floor-level mean values and the spatial patterns shown in the VGA maps. Both alternative layouts substantially reduced mean visual connectivity and integration on the ground floor, whereas increases were observed on the first floor. Alternative 2 produced higher mean values than Alternative 1 on both floors. These findings demonstrate that changes in the arrangement of study areas and bookshelves can produce contrasting effects on visual spatial configuration depending on the existing layout.