Browsing by Author "Dokmeci Yorukoglu, Papatya Nur"

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Development and Testing of Indoor Soundscape Questionnaire for Evaluating Contextual Experience in Public Spaces
(Sage Publications Ltd, 2017) Dokmeci Yorukoglu, Papatya Nur; Kang, Jian
An Indoor Soundscape Questionnaire aiming at the evaluation of indoor public sound environments was designed, statistically tested and presented. It was established through initial pilot studies and three main factors under contextual experience variable are established as (1) psychological factors, (2) space usage factors and (3) demographical factors. In addition to the questions on demographical and space usage factors, detailed questions on psychological factors are designed and statistically tested for expectation, perception and reaction categories of the psychological factor. The questionnaire was applied as part of a case study in enclosed library foyer environments to a group of 270 participants through non-experimental survey data sampling. The reliability and validity scores of the Indoor Soundscape Questionnaire were statistically tested and confirmed. Furthermore, statistical tests were used to derive relationships between contextual experience variables of psychological, space usage and demographical factors. Chi-square test of goodness-of-fit results showed statistical significances of demographical and space usage factors with the psychological factors.
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Evaluating Indoor Environmental Quality of a Wellness Center Through Objective, Subjective and Architectural Criteria
(Yildiz Technical Univ, Fac Architecture, 2019) Alkabashi, Bubaker Hassan Ali; Dokmeci Yorukoglu, Papatya Nur
Designing a good indoor environment is necessary for its health effects on the users. Therefore, the assessment of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) should include analysis of objective measures and architectural assessment as well as users' comfort evaluations. In this research, a wellness center in Ankara, Turkey is chosen as a case space. In order to assess its indoor environmental quality, acoustical, lighting, thermal and humidity measurements on indoor environment, questionnaires on user experience and architectural assessment of the chosen case space is presented. The findings obtained from the measurements and questionnaires are presented in detail. In addition, the relationship between objective and subjective data is statistically tested. Moreover, overall architectural assessment and material type and usage analysis are also included. Special spaces such as, exercise and treatment rooms in the case space are focused specifically for in depth function and activity related analyses. In addition, demographical and space usage data are also statistically tested with considering the importance and physical perception ratings of the IEQ parameters. Obtained results show that, age, frequency of visit and purpose of visit are the factors that affect the subjective evaluation of the IEQ parameters. Furthermore, the measured objective data are compared to international standards, where incompliances are found in the acoustic and lighting conditions of the case wellness center.
Indoor Soundscape Intervention (ISI) Criteria for Architectural Practice: A Systematic Review With Grounded Theory Analysis
(MDPI, 2025) Ercakmak Osma, Ugur Beyza; Dokmeci Yorukoglu, Papatya Nur
Indoor soundscape is a relatively new and developing field compared to urban soundscape in practice. To address this gap, this study aims to identify the key influencing factors as a first step of the indoor soundscape intervention approach. The study employed a two-phase methodology. Phase one involved a Systematic Review (SR) of the literature, conducted through the PRISMA 2020 guidelines, to collate data on the influencing factors and intervention criteria of the indoor soundscape approach. Searching was conducted using two databases, Web of Science and Scopus. As a result of the search, a total of 29 studies were included in the review. The review included studies addressing the soundscape influencing factors and theoretical frameworks. Studies that did not address these criteria were excluded. Phase two comprised the application of the Grounded Theory (GT) coding process to organize, categorize, and merge the data collected in phase one. As a result of the coding process, three levels of categories were achieved; L1: key concept, L2: overarching category, L3: core category. Four core categories were identified as 'Sound', 'People', 'Building', and 'Environment' by proposing the Indoor Soundscape Intervention (ISI) criteria. The repeatable and updatable nature of the proposed method allows it to be adapted to further studies and different contexts/cases.
Reconstructing the Soundscape of the Ancient Hippodrome of Olympia for an Immersive Sonic Experience of the Site Based on Sound Sources Description in Texts
(Société Française d’Acoustique, 2024) Al-Bayyar, Zinah; Dokmeci Yorukoglu, Papatya Nur; Kitapci, Kivanc; Çelebi, Gülser
This study attempts to reconstruct and auralize the soundscape of the Hippodrome of Olympia in Greece. This UNESCO world-heritage-listed-site is considered the evidence of the Greek hippodromes. Hippodromes used to have several activities from which different combinations of sound sources created the soundscape. To collect sound sources, description in texts of site is sought by implementing methods of the archaeology of soundscape and the suggested criteria of contextual, internal, and comparative certainty for archaeoacoustics studies. The description of these activities facilitates reconstructing and auralizing the soundscape during different phases of events in the hippodrome. The results of the study showed that the information about the activities on the hippodrome, on similar hippodromes of different civilizations, and on similar hippodromes of later eras are rather sufficient to create a comprehensive soundscape of the site. Auralizing the reconstructed soundscape by using current auralization software and techniques promises of immersive experience of ancient sites that enhances understanding the sonic intangible cultural heritage element and the experience of the ancient soundscape. Furthermore, ancient users’ perception of the soundscape can be approached by localizing the sound sources on the site and obtaining the corresponding acoustical properties, providing information of users’ response to the sonic. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.