SEATING EQUIPMENT DESIGN IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION: INVESTIGATION OF THE CASE OF KTU LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT

Tuğba DÜZENLݹ , Sema MUMCU² , Abdullah ÇİĞDEM³

In this study seating equipment models that were produced in Equipment Design course which aims to teach designing ergonomic and unique equipment’s in landscape architecture curriculum are evaluated. To this end “Equipment Design” course in the third term of Karadeniz Technical University, Landscape Architecture Department curriculum is discussed. This course which is selective aims to teach students how equipment-space compatibility can be achieved and how equipment’s can be dealt with in design process in terms of functional and aesthetic aspects. The main goal of this course is to teach how spatial identity can be established by integrating equipment elements with the space, with each other and with the activity type that they serve. In this study the seating equipment’s designed and produced by students in context of this course conducted in year 2017, were analyzed in terms of size, shape and creativity solutions. The students were requested to design a seating equipment and produce a model of it with 1/20 scale. Models made by students were analyzed in size, shape and creativity. As a result, it was revealed that students can design seating equipment’s that are suitable for size and function, differ in size and creative in shape.

Keywords
Equipment Design, Seating Equipment, Measure, Landscape Architecture Education, Trabzon,