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Evaluation of Plants Identified with Historical Places in Terms of Characteristic Properties and Size
(2022-08-01) Sakıcı C., Piskin Y.; Sakici, C, Piskin, Y
In addition to the facilities historical sites offer to city-dwellers, they play an important role in shaping a city. Over time, these places experience change through restoration, and changes are observed in plant presence and plant composition. This situation causes alienation between people-places. Plants represent many concepts with both their physical features and the meaning given to them by society from past to present. This study investigates the evaluation of plants as elements strengthening the meaning of historical places. Among the 28 plants most frequently used and best recognized by the public, the plants identified with historical places in İstanbul were revealed with this study. Additionally, the presence of a correlation between these plants, categorized according to characteristic properties and size, with the historical places was examined and which plant categories were associated with which historical places. In order to reveal the plant-place identification, a survey study was completed with a total of 500 people, including 100 primary school students, 100 middle school students, 100 high school students, 100 university students and 100 university graduates in İstanbul. In conclusion, for historical places, the Platanus, Pinus, Rosa, Salix and Cercis species came to the forefront with broad-leaved and conifer trees and flowering bushes chosen in terms of characteristic properties, while trees and shrubs were chosen in terms of size. Additionally, chi-square analysis revealed that educational level and gender differences were effective on plant-place identification. Thus, plants were determined to be used as effective identifying markers for places. Article HighlightsWe determined the assessment of plants as elements strengthening the meaning of placesWe revealed the plant-historical place identificationWe revealed that Platanus, Pinus, Rosa, Salix and Cercis species are identified with historical places.We revealed that broad-leaved and conifer trees and flowering bushes are preferred for historical places in terms of characteristic properties.We revealed that trees and shrubs are preferred for historical places in terms of size.
Plant-Space Relationship: An Example of Mosque Courtyard
(2019.01.01) Sakici, C, Piskin, Y; Yasemin PİŞKİN, Çiğdem SAKICI
The most important spatial element which helps understanding and defining a place are the type ofplants which give a certain character or symbol. Although it is difficult to reveal the perception ofspace and plant interactions by humans, it can be achieved through experimental studies. In thisstudy, visual impressions of the users in evaluating the perception of plants with spaces weredetermined by experimental study and the survey technique was used. The study was conducted inIstanbul, and over 500 people including 100 primary school students, 100 secondary school students,100 high school students, 100 university students and 100 university graduates participated in thesurvey. In this study, 28 plants, which are frequently seen and familiar with outdoor areas, wereused. In this study, it was aimed to reveal the opinions about which of these plants were associatedwith the mosque courtyard and which characteristic of the plants were emphasized. Gender andeducational level differences were investigated and results revealed that gender and educationallevels effected participants’ preferences. According to the results, flower bushes were preferredprimarily for the mosque courtyard, and rose, pine, tulip, violet and buxus plants were preferred asthe first choices respectively.