EVALUATION OF SIVAS CITY SELÇUKLU PARK IN TERMS OF PLANT DESIGN PRINCIPLES

Abstract

This studies cover ecological, social, cultural, economic, and technological processes and require an interdisciplinary study. Plants, as the most important elements of landscape design, are living design materials, and the plant design must be made by ecological data in terms of continuity of design. Plant design has aesthetic, ecological, and functional effects on people and places. A good planting design should be functional, ecologically, and aesthetically satisfactory, have a concept, and combine design elements and principles well. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the Selçuklu Park, which has an area of 35 300 m2 in the Sivas city square, in terms of plant design principles. Seljuk Park is an important park for Sivas as it is located in an area with many historical buildings. For this reason, it was chosen as the study area. The research method is based on the analysis and synthesis of data obtained from field studies covering four seasons as well as literature research. As a result of the research; It has been determined that most of the plants in the park are exotic species, that most of the plants are suitable for the ecology of Sivas in terms of their ecological demands and tolerances, that fragrant plants, showy flowering plants, and shading plants are very inadequate, that the principle of plant design has been disrupted by subsequent arrangements and that there are inadequacies in care, and suggestions have been developed.