PRINCIPLE 4 : PERCEPTIBLE INFORMATION

The design communicates necessary information effectively to the user, regardless of ambient conditions or the user's sensory abilities. The readability of basic information should be provided at the highest level. The design should be differentiated in order to be explained to the user easily. The product, by including the users with sensory limitations, should also have the interfaces and techniques to ensure compatibility.

With the principle of defining space perceptibly, the designer should act like that no one would be informed about the function of that space. The space which is designed considerably should speak for itself and reflect its function of use to people clearly. In order to give that quality to a designed product, the differentiation of it should be pre-thought and included while it is still in design process.

In Ankara, the green are in front of the hall named Panora has no function that is reflected to the users clearly. It looks like a ‘park’ but is not working in that manner. It is generally providing a green view from the balconies and restaurants of Panora, which is really not a necessity at all. By designing it, may be it is thought that it can work as a common area in good weathers. However, in reality, no one choose to sit there instead of going in the mall. In addition, the view of the mall has already a wide green perspective naturally, and do not need that artificial area to ruin the existing one.