Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on spatial preferences and usage habits of users in shopping malls and its relation with circulation layout

The COVID-19 pandemic, with its global impact on every scale of life, has caused a change in all the habits of people regarding daily life, and this change has also been directly reflected in the human-space interaction. The bidirectional relationship between human and space has evolved by being inf...

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Main Author: Süheyla Büyükşahin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-03-01
Series:Ain Shams Engineering Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090447922001496
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description The COVID-19 pandemic, with its global impact on every scale of life, has caused a change in all the habits of people regarding daily life, and this change has also been directly reflected in the human-space interaction. The bidirectional relationship between human and space has evolved by being influenced by each other during the pandemic process. Within the scope of this study, which aims to determine the predicted change in the spatial preferences and usage habits of the users in the shopping malls due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which causes changes in the space and the usage habits of the users from micro scale to macro scale, analyzes were made with the research methodology consisting of three stages (i. space syntax, ii. survey, iii. comparison) and the results were evaluated. According to the results obtained from the case study, it was determined that the COVID-19 pandemic deeply changed people's spatial perception, preferences and usage habits in shopping malls and circulation layout also plays a role on it. To summarize, while personal preferences were at the forefront in places to be preferred for shopping before the pandemic, the characteristics of the place gained importance after the pandemic.
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spelling doaj.art-b58e554c99ae40ba9e5246379e66d9212023-02-23T04:31:01ZengElsevierAin Shams Engineering Journal2090-44792023-03-01142101838Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on spatial preferences and usage habits of users in shopping malls and its relation with circulation layoutSüheyla Büyükşahin0Department of Architecture, Necmettin Erbakan University, Meram, Konya, TurkeyThe COVID-19 pandemic, with its global impact on every scale of life, has caused a change in all the habits of people regarding daily life, and this change has also been directly reflected in the human-space interaction. The bidirectional relationship between human and space has evolved by being influenced by each other during the pandemic process. Within the scope of this study, which aims to determine the predicted change in the spatial preferences and usage habits of the users in the shopping malls due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which causes changes in the space and the usage habits of the users from micro scale to macro scale, analyzes were made with the research methodology consisting of three stages (i. space syntax, ii. survey, iii. comparison) and the results were evaluated. According to the results obtained from the case study, it was determined that the COVID-19 pandemic deeply changed people's spatial perception, preferences and usage habits in shopping malls and circulation layout also plays a role on it. To summarize, while personal preferences were at the forefront in places to be preferred for shopping before the pandemic, the characteristics of the place gained importance after the pandemic.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090447922001496COVID-19Spatial preferencesUsage habitsShopping mallCirculation layoutSpace syntax
spellingShingle Süheyla Büyükşahin
Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on spatial preferences and usage habits of users in shopping malls and its relation with circulation layout
Ain Shams Engineering Journal
COVID-19
Spatial preferences
Usage habits
Shopping mall
Circulation layout
Space syntax
title Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on spatial preferences and usage habits of users in shopping malls and its relation with circulation layout
title_full Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on spatial preferences and usage habits of users in shopping malls and its relation with circulation layout
title_fullStr Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on spatial preferences and usage habits of users in shopping malls and its relation with circulation layout
title_full_unstemmed Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on spatial preferences and usage habits of users in shopping malls and its relation with circulation layout
title_short Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on spatial preferences and usage habits of users in shopping malls and its relation with circulation layout
title_sort effects of covid 19 pandemic on spatial preferences and usage habits of users in shopping malls and its relation with circulation layout
topic COVID-19
Spatial preferences
Usage habits
Shopping mall
Circulation layout
Space syntax
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090447922001496
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