Examination of the Relationships between Pedestrian Mobility and Land Use with Space Syntax and Wayfinding Methods in Kadıköy Historical Center

• Main Authors: Müge Özkan Özbek, Ömer Alemdar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Süleyman Demirel University 2021-07-01
• Series: Journal of Architectural Sciences and Applications
• Subjects: kadıköy; mekân dizimi; yol bulma; yaya hareketliliği; kentsel morfoloji; space syntax; wayfinding method; pedestrian mobility; urban morphology
• Online Access: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/mbud/issue/62362/779991

Cities with identity issues, have required the discussion of the structure of cities, urban use and architectural diversity. Space Syntax as a morphologic method developed by Bill Hillier and his colleagues in the 1970’s to analyze urban and architectural scale studies in order to explain their syntactic relationships. Along with this method, "Wayfinding" method is also used to make a check in order to evaluate the relationship between mobility and land use together with spatial quality. In this study, analyzes were carried out using the space syntax and route finding methods in the Kadıköy region. The streets mostly used by pedestrians in Kadıköy are analyzed and the results for the spaces are discussed. Syntactic examinations of the morphological structure of Kadıköy, from the historical process were also analyzed and the continuity of the strong axes or changes have been discussed.As a result; It has been determined that the users of the urban space use the most preferred roads with the longest view, the safest, with the best spatial quality and the most integrated streets of the city.