مدى فعالية استخدام الفراغ باتباع تصاميم أنظمة إيجاد المسار في مباني الجامعات الأردنية : جامعة العلوم و التكنولوجيا الأردنية كحالة دراسية

Other Title(s)

The effectiveness extent of the use of space by following wayfinding design systems in the buildings of Jordanian universities : Jordan University of Science and Technology as a case study

Dissertant

شناق، هديل وليد ناصر

Thesis advisor

الأزهري، وائل وليد

University

Middle East University

Faculty

Faculty of Architecture and Design

Department

Department of Graphic Design

University Country

Jordan

Degree

Master

Degree Date

2018

English Abstract

This study emphasizes the issues relating to accessibility by using wayfinding design systems existing inside the campus Universities.

The study included research in the literature relating to wayfinding and the behavioral aspects connected with it in such environment.

The study aimed at increasing the effectiveness of using wayfinding design systems in the buildings of universities, in general and Jordan University of Science and Technology, in particular and the achievement of complete perception of the built environment through the identification of the perception aspects of the signs and applications of wayfinding design systems in regard to their functional effectiveness for all University visitors, In addition to the help of the designers and the University administration to create a special model of the university design.

For achieving the aims of the study, the researcher followed the descriptive survey approach by concentrating on the visitors of university and how they found out them destination by following visual guidance.

The study population consisted of a random sample of university visitors, including teaching staff and University students.

The preliminary researches involved many University visitors who were bases for the methods of verification and making sure of the validity and reliability of the study instrument represented in the questionnaire.

The study depended on several methods of obtaining information and evidences represented in interviews with specialists in the graphic design and architectural designs in the department of engineering designs and projects inside the campus and obtaining documents in the form of pictures and sketches of the designs of university relating to the topic of the study in order to analyze them, besides the results of the questionnaire questions for teaching staff and university students in order to identify the best practices relating to the adoption of wayfinding design systems inside the campus.

Through the survey questionnaire, the results of the study revealed the existence of effectiveness for following wayfinding design systems in the three cores of the questionnaire (using symbols, using signage and using landmarks).

The results were in favor of the use of symbols in the first rank, followed by the use of landmarks in the second rank, then the use of signage and finally all the what was included in the second core in the use of maps.

The study revealed the important role of graphic designers in providing an effective and useful design that serves the process of wayfinding in which it should be early included in the designing process.

The study recommends that the concept of wayfinding should become as a customary design term by inviting the responsible authorities represented by the academic institutions, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the decision-makers in the field of graphic and architectural design in public and private universities to adopt the strategies of designing wayfinding systems in the early stages of the spatial planning of the internal and external universities facilities to solve problems related to wayfinding and the accessibility of university visitors.

Main Subjects

Arts

Topics

• Universities
• Case studies
• Jordan
• Engineering design

No. of Pages

166

Table of Contents

• APA
• MLA
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Language

Arabic

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-834963