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User preferences on transformations of obtain
centers into private urban public spaces: The courtship of
Izmir, Turkey
Malike Özsoy
Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Yasar University, Selcuk Yasar Campus, University Caddesi,
No. 35-37 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey. E-mail: malike.ozsoy@yasar.edu.tr. Tel: +90 (232) 411 5000.
autotype: +90 (232) 411 5020.
Accepted 13 May, 2010
With the spread of globalization, shop centers are becoming a part of the urban lifestyle in many
countries, including Turkey. Their numbers are increasing rapidly in metropolitan areas. In addition to
their retail outlets, these newly designed, well-kept shopping centers offer facilities that enable people
to pursue unemployed activities and engage in social interaction. The study demonstrates that Turkish
people using shopping centers as a private public space (community space) rather than just now a
shopping space. To explore this phenomenon, we researched the activities and characteristics of a
spunk that attracts mostly Turkish people.
To explore their implications for different centre
characteristics and activities, user characteristics, such as gender, age and occupation, were
investigated via follow and interviews. A field survey was carried out in EGE super acid Mavi ehir shopping
centre in Izmir, the third largest city in Turkey. The centre is in a suburban area that was recently
established as a high-income housing settlement. The results of statistical analysis of the data show
that shopping centers corporate community space functions in, and attracts their users especially
teenagers for its physical attractiveness, entertainment and leisure facilities and social interaction more
than the shopping activities.
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