A Study on Landscape Applications in Residential Gardens: The Case Study of Kemalpaşa District of Izmir Province, Turkey

Abstract

Gardens have become important places for satisfying people's longing to increase their relationship with nature, with adding aesthetic and functional value to the residential houses. In this study, an exemplary private residential construction project located in borders of Kemalpaşa district of İzmir province, is examined. In this context, work has been carried out in a total of 26 detached houses located in the 1st stage of a private settlement project area. A project was prepared under the view of the landscape design principles, for the garden of detached houses which belong to the residents. The garden sizes of each house in the construction area are different from others. The garden sizes of the 1st phase residences determined as the study area vary between 250 m² and 850 m². There are also some elevation differences between residential places. Therefore, projects for each residential unit has been drawn and implemented differently. Wire fences for security reasons surround the borders of each houses and garden entrance doors are placed appropriate placers. Each residential unit has its own parking lot that is in-dependent from the garden. It has also found that limitations were made with wire fences on the front parts of the car parks, and the interior parts of the gardens were partially prevented by planting.

Keywords

• garden
• i̇zmir
• detached house
• landscape design
• landscape applications