Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, cilt.2017, sa.November Special Issue INTE, ss.1058-1064, 2017 (Scopus)
Urban facilities, in means of urban areas hierarchy, are closed and open areas of which right of use belongs to public and which meet the user requirements in their regions. The need of facility, parallel to the city development plan, is designed according to the socio-cultural, demographic structure of the population to whom it provides service. The quality and the size of the facility that is necessary in urban systems are also specified in regulations. Even described under several headings in the current legislation, there is no exact explanation of the meaning of mother-child home facility. It can be described as the smallest unit of urban systems in the subarea called “The Neighbourhood” and it is among one of the most important facilities for both parents and children. Especially parent (generally mother) who has to spend more time with his/her child who is at preschool age can not find opportunity to be physically and socially accessible for himself/herself and for his/her child and to have sufficient socialisation, to use his/her energy at right source and to express himself/herself sufficiently. Similarly, there is need for places of public nature and that are secure and which may contribute to socialisation and education apart from school for age groups whose parents work and who are at school age and however, who can not stay at home on his/her own after returning from school. The mother-child home facility proposed for meeting such needs is not fully included in current legislation. Describing the mother-child home facility, its size in the neighbourhood scale, and examining the site selection and application criteria are the subjects of this study The mother-child home criteria are examined in urban design and architectural scales relevant to observations and researches. Within the scope of this study the concept of facility, concept of neighbourhood, local needs, are examined within the axis of system component and mother-child home in brief.