Perceptual Evaluation of 21st Century Architectural Forms by Different Groups

Abstract This study aims to analyze how architectural forms recently designed with computational design are perceived by architects and non-architects and to measure the perceptual differences between the groups. For this purpose, an experimental study was designed. In the experimental study, in parallel with the literature, 4th year architecture students were categorized as 'architects' and 4th year civil engineering students were categorized as 'non-architects'. For the survey study, questionnaires were conducted with a total of 84 students, 42 participants from Konya Technical University Department of Architecture 4th year students in the architect category and 42 participants from Konya Technical University Department of Civil Engineering 4th year students in the civil engineer category, and the perceptual differences of the participants towards the architectural forms of computational design products were measured. All the buildings selected within the scope of the field study are iconic forms designed by computational design method in the 21st century. The participants were asked to evaluate each of the building images with the help of a 10-point semantic differential scale (1: positive, 10: negative) in terms of the specified adjective pairs. The data were analyzed, the analyses were interpreted, findings were presented, and recommendations were made.