Ayse Ozbil*, Ozgur Gocer, Mujesira Bakovic, Kenan Gocer Archnet-IJAR, Volume 12 - Issue 2 - July 2018 - (98-125) – Regular Section Copyright © 2018 | Copyrights are granted to author(s), Archnet-IJAR, and Archnet @ MIT under the terms of the "CC-BY-NC-ND" License. 98 Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research www.archnet-ijar.net/ -- https://archnet.org/collections/34 A QUANTITATIVE INVESTIGATION OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING PATTERNS OF OCCUPATION IN A SUBURBAN CAMPUS: THE CASE OF OZYEGIN UNIVERSITY IN ISTANBUL DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26687/archnet-ijar.v12i2.1611 Ayse Ozbil*, Ozgur Gocer, Mujesira Bakovic, Kenan Gocer Keywords Abstract Suburban university campus; outdoor space; behavioral mapping; apace syntax analysis. This study investigates the patterns of occupation of outdoor spaces on a suburban university campus and seeks to understand the factors that affect them. The comprehensive methodology applied in this research attempted to overcome some of the shortcomings of related studies by conducting a longitudinal study (behavioral mapping during a year, as opposed to a few days) and by objectively analyzing the associations of user behavior and physical attributes, and the configurational properties of the campus layout. The results show that campus users fail to capitalize on the potential offered by the spatial configuration of outdoor spaces because they are not supported by amenities for pedestrians such as seating, shading elements and catering facilities. Supporting campus outdoor spaces that have the configurational potential of bringing various types of users (students and staff) with amenities for pedestrians and service facilities would create a lively and sustainable campus for its users. Ayse Ozbil * Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Ozgur Gocer Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey Mujesira Bakovic MSc Student, Institute of Science and Technology, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey Kenan Gocer Dr. Department of Architecture, Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey *Corresponding Author`s email address: ayse.torun@northumbria.ac.uk ArchNet-IJAR is indexed and listed in several databases, including: • Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals • EBSCO-Current Abstracts-Art and Architecture • CNKI: China National Knowledge Infrastructure • DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals • Pro-Quest • Scopus-Elsevier • Web of Science