CHANGING PERCEPTION OF HOUSING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: EVALUATIONS OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS

Aim: Pandemics have posed a threat to people and affected life throughout history. This study focuses on the experiences of third fourth year students Department Interior Architecture common use area stakeholders regarding pre-Covid-19 pandemic process. The aim is observe whether future designers' awareness changing spatial usage priorities house, problems that arise at different scales, their professional sensitivities predictions for housing design. Method: Online face-to-face interviews were conducted with 25 participants selected from among Eskişehir Technical University, Istanbul Mimar Sinan Fine Arts Marmara University Hacettepe Departments. Case study, one qualitative research methods, was used in study. All data collected through sketches evaluated descriptive analysis five themes created. Findings: In line opinions participants, it understood they saw house as "home" or "shelter" which attached sense belonging trust. addition, has been observed need reconsider elements affect design relations immediate environment way. Conclusion: It concluded interior architecture students, who are designers future, about emerged during process,