PRINCIPLE 3 : SIMPLE AND INTUITIVE USE

A design must be understandable without the user’s experience, knowledge, capability of language and ability of momentarily focus . It should refrain the confusing elements and complexity in order to be universal. There has been plenty of developments in Turkey about this rule of design (Demir,2006 p.69).

However, In Ankara there some common places, which are also used by foreigners, that cannot satisfy the needs of the rule of simplicity and intuitivism. The metro station is one of the biggest example for that. There are many people that cannot find the place of the railway in the metro passage. Besides they also do not know which railway they will use, since there are two(one of them is named Ankaray which may put a passenger very unwanted places). Because of the fact that the metro corridors are not design to make people find the places instinctively, lots of people lost their way in metro corridors. These corridors are also used as a shelter in heavy weathers but they are so complex that sometimes while passing people cannot find the true stairs to go up. To sum up, Ankara’s Metro stations are confusing and not simple enough to make people feel that they can find their way easily.