Parameters for designing media facades: A research toward different cases from Turkey and other countries


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YAMAN M., İLERİSOY Z. Y.

Grid - architecture, planning and design journal (Online), vol.6, no.2, pp.82-106, 2023 (Peer-Reviewed Journal) identifier

Abstract

The media facades that provide an interactive communication structure for urban users have emerged in the modern period, and the use of these facades has become common. This paper aims to determine the parameters that will affect the process of designing media facades and discover how design-related parameters are distributed in the practices of designing these media facades. For the evaluation process, 14 sample facades that are universally representative and serve different functions in buildings located in Turkey and other countries (control group) were selected. Analyzing these facades is important to reveal the digitalization level and detailed know-how in this regard. Data were compared using the charts for the media facade formations reviewed through observation method. Examining the parameters regarding the designs of media facades through the comparative analysis method plays a key role in predicting the development of media facades in Turkey. According to the comparison results, the media facades in Turkey were not able to catch up with the recent developments. It was observed that the diversification of the use purposes of media facades and the differentiation of the parameters for design were insufficient. As a result, it is thought that the designers and practitioners will be guided by the results obtained through the examples of the media facades.