The Effects of Gestalt Theory on Facade Perception: An Evaluation of Diyarbakır Mahabad Boulevard

 

Building facades are a surface that building can interact within the city. The Facades of architectural spaces which composed the city surface are key elements in term of the meaning and perception of the building with its contaminant’s knowledges. This situation causes the term “visual perception” which means the estimation and evaluation of the building facades in term of the visual content. The main problem of this study is how effect the “facades” of buildings which are important part of the building on the users in term of the visual perception. The aim of the study is to analyze the visual perception of the residential building facades of Mahabad Boulevard, which is one of the important arteries in Diyarbakır, where the settlement potential is intense, in the context of Gestalt Theory in the context of design criteria. In term of the scope of the study, a literature review was conducted primarily for conceptual infrastructure. In literature review part the basic parameters have been defined based on the perception, visual perception and basic principles of the gestalt theory. The data about the study area and building facades on this area has been obtained from the public sources and with this data some of the observations, surveys and visual documentations has been done for build a base for the empirical study. In site work a questionnaire has been done with photos of buildings. Digitalization of the data of the questionaries’ has helped to analyze the data with statistical methods and based on the statistical analysis the result section has been done and results has been discussed with the literature and conclusions has been done based on this discussions.The façades of buildings in Mahabad boulevard has been estimated based on the results of the statistical analyses. As a result of the evaluation made by the users, the symmetry principle stands out as a highly effective principle on the facades. The principle of continuity and repetition is welcomed as long as it does not create monotony and boring on the facades. While determining the organization of windows and doors in facade designs in the principle of shape-ground and sovereignty, it was an important factor in design criteria that it was primarily in terms of shape and color instead of monotonous facades. These principles need to be taken into consideration in new designs, but an estimated user analysis is required.