Principles of Parking Lots Design and User Requirements: A Case Study of Süleyman Demirel University Campus in Isparta, Turkey

Abstract

The rapid increase in the world population, technological and economic developments and the consequent rising welfare level in human life, the need for parking spaces has been increased in line with the increasing number of vehicles in our country as well as in all over the world. Although the increasing car park needs in urban areas brings the importance of parking lot design into prominence, there are limited numbers of research on the relationships between parking lot and landscape design in our country. Therefore, this study aims to reveal the design of parking lots in university campuses in accordance with user preferences and ecological principles in the case of Süleyman Demirel University. The methods of the research are consisted of physical analysis of the campus site and a questionnaire survey carried out among campus users. In this context, the existing situation of each parking lot in the campus was evaluated in terms of landscape design principles and problems related to these areas were first determined. Then a questionnaire survey was carried out among academic and administrative personal working in the university campus in order to determine their use patterns, preferences and expectations about campus parking lots. In the lights of the findings, design proposals considering the user preferences and ecological design approaches were developed for parking lots of the university campus.

Keywords

• parking lot design
• campus landscape
• user preferences
• ecological design
• isparta