(Ebook) The Identification of The City on The Legibility and Wayfinding Concepts: A Case of Trabzon by Dr. Aysel Yavuz , Dr. Nihan Canbakal Ataoğlu and Dr. Habibe Acar

(Ebook) The Identification of The City on The Legibility and Wayfinding Concepts: A Case of Trabzon by Dr. Aysel Yavuz , Dr. Nihan Canbakal Ataoğlu and Dr. Habibe Acar

The concept of wayfinding includes understanding the space and finding directionwithin the space. But as cities and architectural spaces grow and become morecomplex, visitors and locals of the sapce can find it difficult to find direction. Forthese reasons, for visitors who speak different languages, along with theseelements, there is a need for well-designed information and direction-findinggraphics and landmarks that have a universal quality.The aim of the study is to explain the concepts of wayfinding and way-finding,defined as “direction-finding” in the literature and to create awareness.Furthermore, to analyze the concept of wayfinding and the direction designs thataim to transform the cities that have become complex into more understandablespaces, through the city of Trabzon and to examine the problems of the city in thiscontext and to make suggestions.In this study, Trabzon will be evaluated with the concepts of legibility anddirectability and the direction and information designs over the focal point,regions, edges, nodes, roads with which Kevin Lynch have defined the imageable,readable city. A survey was conducted to investigate the spatial informationelements and legibility of Trabzon city. Furthermore, to create awareness for othercities with similar problems.JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2020), 4(2), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2020.v4n2-1