Gazi University Journal of Science Part B: Art Humanities Design and Planning, cilt.11, sa.2, ss.253-268, 2023 (Hakemli Dergi)
In special education and rehabilitation buildings, where physically and mentally
disabled individuals receive education and develop some social skills to
integrate themselves into social life, many problems are faced depending on the
design. The reasons for this are the inadequacy of architectural solutions, the
lack of a user-oriented design from scratch, the buildings having different
functions before, and the fact that these converted buildings cannot fully meet
the requirements of the user. The surplus of “converted special education
buildings” in our country and this building group being suitable for the
requirements of special education students, and all their requirements are
planned from the ground up, and what can be done to make the existing
converted buildings affordable with the least cost, designing an accessible and
barrier-free special education building were the focal points of the study.