Determining and Evaluating the Interactive Features of Educational Design Practices in Public Buildings; Space Center Project

In the light of developments in the fields of technology and communication, centers such as shopping malls, museums, aquariums, botanicals and zoos that provide public services aim to offer an up-to-date and unique experience to visitors. The unique experience that is intended to be presented consists of strategies to ensure the memorability, brand value and revisit of the center. The effort to use different new technologies in the centers strengthens the relationship of these strategies with design. As in most areas of design, the aim in terms of architectural design is to achieve positive perception and high user experience value. In this context, companies make decisions that allow them to integrate the 'Educational' design method in all or part of their projects. Educational design is a design method that presents the formation of content-related knowledge to visitors through entertainment with the high engagement it provides. For this reason, many centers use theming and communication strategies under the umbrella of educational design. Among the main objectives of the study is the aim of presenting an original project positioned in a public structure on the axis of user experience provided by the design value. The Space Center project, which was designed by Polimeks Construction and carried out by the design studio in which the author is a partner, includes the presentation of the processes and results of a project of international value. In order to emphasize the original value of the study, it is aimed to emphasize the interdisciplinary value of the process and result by considering the concept of architectural user experience from a different perspective. With this aim, the study presents the title, keywords and important concepts, explains the criteria required for the academic positioning of the project and evaluates the findings.