YOUTHS USES OF OPEN SPACES: EXAMPLE OF KTU KANUNI CAMPUS

Universities in our country are not oriented towards the interests, talents and desires of the students who are admitted, they are placed according to the preferences they make in the direction of the points they get from the examination. Sometimes students find themselves in an environment where they do not know themselves, do not come willingly. However, the use of space in the environment of young people is important in terms of personality development and is different from the society in general. The reason for this is the difference in the environmental preferences of youth. These preferences and differences are especially reflected in campus designs where the majority of their time is spent. For this reason, open spaces of the Karadeniz Technical University Kanuni campus were considered in the study. It has been researched how youth use campus open spaces, what spatial factors and components they find possible. In other words, it is aimed to determine the possibilities of campus open spaces so that they can perform activities. For this purpose, observations were made on open spaces in the campus. Camera records were analyzed and open spaces were analyzed in terms of spatial characteristics and possibilities schematized